pamperme Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Here are some things I have done lately. Have them in a booth at an antique mall now but we are getting ready to open our own shop and I have been working on stuff pretty much non-stop. Here are some of the fun things I did.Used a container from the Pillsbury cinnamon rolls to make these. Perfect size. I made fudge brownie scents wax and poured it onto waxed paper. Let it cook just a bit then balled them up into 'chocolate chunks' put them in the mold and did an overpour of vanilla. Soap is WSP Silk & Shea butter.This one is the clear base with a white shea soap edge. I used opal cosmetic glitter in the bottom after I did the edge and then added some to the clear base. Incase you can't read them. The pink is red current and the purple is midsummer(s) night. This is the $1 mold WSP has right now in the surplus.Kind of late for summer but I thought they might make cute stocking stuffers. The molds are from Dollar Tree. They hold 1oz of soap. Blue/Green is Cucumber Melon...my son picked that one out. The pink/orange is what we call Frootie Patootie, actualy Fruit Slices. These little buggers were very hard to get out of the mold. I had to freeze them for quite a while before they would come out. Last one! Both Black Canyon. I was not very happy with the results here. My intention was to make them blue & white for Penn State and Black & Gold for Steelers BUT...the mold is not very easy to work with. They are huge 5oz bars...but the mold is so angled that I could not fill in the side lines (no pun here) on the mold without it running out. So they ended up all blue...and I gave up and made the black and gold...just yellow. Anyone got any tips for that? Ok...now back to soap or bath bombs...seems to be the product of choice lately.Thanks for looking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNSandSCENTS Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 I have no experience with soap AT ALL but I was wondering.....would it be possible to 'paint' the side line colors instead of molding them? I know it would be a little extra work but because of the contours of the mold that I see in your pic, unless you did something like put a little in the mold at one resting point, let it mold and move on to the next resting point and repeat, I don't see any other way to do that in a mold that is not completely flat. I am sure a soap master will have better advice but they look wonderful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamperme Posted October 4, 2008 Author Share Posted October 4, 2008 Thanks. My hubby suggested that also. I don't know if I have a steady enough hand to paint them afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faye_SC Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Everything looks great. Congrats on the shop. You are living my dream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbuddy Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 Cute! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnitaG Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Very cute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapymomma Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 Those are all really cute. I don't like to paint soaps either, but it really isn't that hard to do. You can get an additive at a craft store to add to regular acrilic paint to make it stick to soaps or you can get soap paint from Brambleberry or some other place. I paint on eyes and a few little details because it really makes the soap pop and look awesome. I love your chocolate chip cookies! That is an adorable idea. I bet they will sell like crazy.Soapymomma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamperme Posted October 5, 2008 Author Share Posted October 5, 2008 What is the additive? I have TONS of acrylic paints. My intention was for the detail on the soap to pop out and make the 'other' color but it just did not work out that way.Thanks for the tip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michi Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 I like them all, but you definitely need to make those Steeler footballs darker yellow, and I think painting the lines black would really make them "Steelers".BTW- The Steelers is one of my fav. teams (don't ask why since I'm a Cali girl ) and that was one good game last night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamperme Posted October 6, 2008 Author Share Posted October 6, 2008 I agree! I lived 40 min from the stadium for 33 years and have never been to a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapymomma Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I'm sorry, I don't know exactly what the additive is, but I got it at a craft store - maybe Joanne's. It was right there with the paints and simply said soap and candle additive. You can also just get soap paints lots of places too.Hope that helps a little.Soapymomma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trishsmecca Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Very nice and colorful!:smiley2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddin1970 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Very cute soaps! Are the ones that look like cookies the CP or the MP? Plus I love the stars!! Very cute~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamperme Posted October 15, 2008 Author Share Posted October 15, 2008 They are all MP. Thanks!Very cute soaps! Are the ones that look like cookies the CP or the MP? Plus I love the stars!! Very cute~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddin1970 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Thanks! They are cute!! You do VERY nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usairforce Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 very cute!! i just love the stars, I think they will be perfect for Christmas! Great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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