Hi Violet, well you have a nice story at least LOL! The glycerin stuff is hard to mess up, you might want to try it again minus the food coloring and random fragrance LOL!

thanks! Merry Christmas to you too!

thanks:)

Spray also with rubbing alcohol bevor pouring

awesome!

Kathryn Ellison HI I had the same issue and I was told about this wonderful website called indigo. they have a lot of fragrances but if there is one that you'd like them to match up all you to do is send them a message. There fragrances are also concentrated so little goes a long way. hope this helps :-)

haha, I fortunately did my shopping and wrapping early and I don't go too crazy and well, I just don't bake LOL!

celinagolo good to know, thanks!

you too!

you can make them, go to splitcoaststampers and look in the templates for one or google "post-it note holder" they are great sellers too!

I bet they are fine:) They might had dried out a bit but that is no big deal, cut some up and melt it and see how it goes. The soap has no color and fragrance to go bad and since it was stored in a sealed container it probably has not dried out much.

For melt and pour soap you need soap base, a glass measureing cup to melt it in and something to pour it in like a mold or a loaf pan or washed yogurt cups. After that you can get creative with scents and colors and additives.

Use rubber cement and it will be.

I don't know, let me see if I can search that...here is the info sheet from the place I buy my soap base: www.chemistrystore.com/mp.pdf

thanks a lot. i have the pdf open right now. hope i find the answer.

Marilyn Reno if not then email them:)

thanks. they have it listed on some, not all but no worries i have their #. thanks again.

Maaike Uijthoven yes:)

I've never has that happen.

Really. Than it works well with M&P p? Because I would like to do that too. Ty

for this project yes! I find that good quality deeply etched stamps really don't need the cushion especially if you are using a curved block. I use EZ mount if I am in a hurry and need to stamp my new stamp now but often i slap some Aleens Tack It on the back and let it dry so it is a sticky stamp like I used in the tutorial. I'm fickle LOL!

Hi Jody, the great thing about this is that you can use a lot of items from your kitchen: Pyrex measuring cups, microwave, spoons and you can fine enbedments in your cupboards: tea, herbs, spices, oatmeal, dry milk, honey, and things to use as molds: loaf pans lined with plastic wrap for sliced soaps, small tupperware for individual soaps to use stamps with etc. So all you need to go out and buy are soap base, fragrance and color if desired. I've seen soap molds at ACmoore with a plastic embossing plate that you put in a recess of the mold to make the printed soaps and you might want to try that if you don't have any unmounted or clear stamps too. You can save money buying the soap base online or everyone could pick up their own with a coupon at the craft store, you will probably each want a 2lb block of base but you could all share a kit of fracrence and color. You will each need your own molds but everyonce can bring their own: silicone cupcake lines and small pans, washed yogurt cups, small milk cartons etc and everyone should have their own large glass measuring cup to microwave in. Does that help? Sounds like a fun class, can I come? LOL! BTW, if you want to order the soap online I get mine from The Chemistry Store, they have fragrence and color there too if you want to order it all at one place, the soap is WAY cheaper but you do need to pay shipping by weight.

Julie Santiago it depends on how much soap you are making. You can pour any leftover back in the package if you melt too much.

Hello, thank you for responding since I am a beginner I think I only would like to make like ten just to see how it comes out...

We lost power Monday and just got it back, it was an old fashioned Christmas but a great one never the less! Watercolor paper is different that cardstock, it has sizing in it that keeps the water from pilling the paper, it is thicker and usually made of cotton.

Ah, thanks Lindsay, good to know. I tend to think out of the box and do things differently! I got pastel pencils from my daughter for Christmas...they are beautiful, Staedtler brand. You must be having some crummy weather their in Maine! But so long as you have the wood stove, all is good!! Where I live is right near coal fired Power Stations, and we all get a bit huffy if there is no power!! Lots of the men work in them and their fathers before them!

prettyblimp she will love them, my girls wanted to use mine after I made the santa drawing tutorial, they really can't hurt them, just have her hand sharpen them and not drop them. We had power crews up from as far away as Rhode Island working (and missing Christmas with their families) so I can't complain, we had heat and everyone was safe:) It will be a Christmas to remember, that's for sure!

Aeesha Idalene most soaps that are sold in sores are cold processed and a different beast, you should get the melt and pour base but if you get it from a soap supplier online it will be cheaper:)

AC Moore, it was $22 regular price for 6 scents and 2 droppers and the scents are made to blend. The brand was Life of the Party. You can go the ACmoore website and click "coupons" or "store locator" to print them, you might even be able to use the coupon online, let me see if I can link to the coupon for you: www.acmoore.com/view-our-weekly-craft-deal/ there will be a new one tomorrow I think:)

It says the online store is coming in 2014, and I don't think we have one here on Arkansas. Only Michaels and Hobby Lobby

Thanks for letting me know I will continue to check it out and see when the open

+Brtty Withrow the tannic acid it tea is god for your skin and will sooth windburned or sunburned skin and it smells nice:) Looks pretty too!

I am not sure, soap queen TV on youtube would know I bet:)

m&p is made with shea ,coconut , aloe, avacado depending which one you buy I didnt realize that and added coconut oil and it cant lather with to much oil

thanks and I got my comeuppance for being caught up, a 2 day power outage LOL! The lights just came back a couple of hours ago, talk about an old-fashioned Christmas!

Oh no! I hope you at least heat with a wood stove??? EEK! Brrrrr.

Annette Miller check other soap makers prices the closest to you. just type in google... "homemade soap then your area code". just to get an idea of prices. of course you can create your own...how ever high or low..

Thank you very much

+fatima wiswall and craft store

bramble berry or ebay

glitterglamscrapper I do not make soap that often, try soap queen TV channel, she is really good:)

put a bout a half teaspoon of denatured alcohol on the pad and let it soak in, then it will be good as new, here is a tutorial on my blog: thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/a-staz-on-solution-woyww-early-my-1000th-post/

Andy M I did not know that, the soap is still pretty but more of a cream and less green tinted now, that must be why:) Thanks for letting me know:)

Always check your labels on fragrance oils. A lot of them do contain vanilla. A good FO will list the percentage of vanilla it contains, when there's vanilla it. NOTE: When buying stabilizer make sure you get stabilizer for the type of soap your processing i.e. melt & pour, cold or hot process.

Bridgton1 Lavender gives men boobs. it's true. there was a research about that

hahaha! me neither! Let's see what extra present can I make 2 days before xmas LOL!

Jeni sroka thanks!

she is awesome

Her speed is perfectly fine. I can follow her no problem