Soap Making Techniques Newsletter
In This Issue
- Editor's Note
- Project Idea: Fall Foliage Soap
- Crafter's Touch Candle Making Kits
- Project Idea: Body Butter Cream
- Tips & Tricks: Soap Making Techniques
- Survey Results
- Other New Articles At Crafter's Touch
Editor's Note
Soap can make great gifts for the holiday season. Whether you're
looking for a party favor, a gift basket addition, or a way to spruce up your
guest bathroom, homemade soap may be your answer. Below you'll find a
couple of great soap recipes to get your creativity flowing.
We, also, would like to announce that Crafter's Touch is now offering
candle making kits for votive, pillar, and container candles. You'll find
more information below about how to purchase one today!
Finally, we've included the results of our latest website poll.
This poll will be open for one more week so be sure to get your vote in!
Project Idea: Fall Foliage Soap
Add a little fall flair to your bathroom sinks with
these fall soaps. You can use these same instructions to embed any kind of silk
leaves or flowers for other seasons or occasions.
All you need are the following supplies:
Clear soap base
Small silk leaves
Soap dye (if desired)
Soap fragrance (if desired)
Double boiler (or a Microwave)
Soap mold
Knife or grater to cut soap
Toothpick To get full instructions for this project,
visit our site
HERE
Do you love candles?
Are you still buying candles?
Why not try making your own?
Our candle
making kits contain the highest quality supplies and are fun and easy for
the whole family! Make your own pillars, votives, or container candles
today!
Click here
to see what kits we have to offer!
Project Idea: Body Butter Cream
This body butter recipe is great for conditioning
skin in the winter. A little body butter will turn rough elbows and knees silky
smooth.
All you need are the following supplies:
6 oz of shea, mango, or almond butter
1 oz cocoa butter
1 oz beeswax
Fragrance oil if desired scent
Mica if desired for color
Double Boiler
Container to hold the butter when you're finished To get full
instructions for this project, visit our site
HERE
Tips & Tricks - Soap Making Techniques
Layers
- You can layer different colors of melt & pour soap simply by melting the
first color and letting it cool, and then melting the second color and
letting it cool
- Another way to layer colors in melt & pour soap is to use two bases of
different densities. For example, white coconut base and clear glycerin
base will seperate when poured together because of their different
densities. The glycerin will sink to the bottom of the mold and the
coconut will rise to the top. In addition you will have a mixed layer in
the middle which creates a neat effect.
Swirling
- You can create a swirled effect in your soaps by pouring clear glycerin
base and white glycerine base into opposite ends of the mold at the
same time. Use a toothpick or thin dowel to gently swirl the two soaps
together.
- Add dye to one or both of the glycerin soaps to add colors to your
swirls
Other Soap Making Projects
Survey Results
We asked our website visitors "Which category would you like to see more
project ideas in on Crafter's Touch?" 78 people responded!
Here's the results:
Candles & Soap - 13%, 10 votes
Food Crafts - 9%, 7 votes
Jewelry Making - 13%, 10 votes
Kids Crafts - 9%, 7 votes
Paper/Scrapbooking - 10%, 8 votes
Seasons & Holidays - 27%, 21 votes
Wedding - 3%, 2 votes
Yarn & Needlework - 17%, 13 votes
We are going to leave the poll open for one more week to make sure everyone
has a chance to vote. Just visit our website and look
on the left hand column to find the poll. Your votes will affect what
types of projects are added to our site so please vote today!
Other New Articles At Crafter's Touch
New Christmas
Project - Popsicle Stick Snowman
http://www.crafterstouch.com/projectpage.aspx?projectid=61
New Halloween Project - Spider Web Ornament
http://www.crafterstouch.com/projectpage.aspx?projectid=62
New Wedding Project - Easy Votive Centerpiece
http://www.crafterstouch.com/projectpage.aspx?projectid=64
New Christmas Project - Elegant Frosted Ornament
http://www.crafterstouch.com/projectpage.aspx?projectid=63
New Painting Project - Rose Bouquet Painted Pot
http://www.crafterstouch.com/projectpage.aspx?projectid=66
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