Hello!
Fabulous day today!
I had two goals this year – things just for my own self indulgent interest. (Clearly that tiny goal list doesn’t include all the insane house and yard goals)
I’ve been wanting to make soap for years… years and years!!
I am so lucky to have a local friend who has been making soap for a long time, who has decided to start running workshops to teach the skill.
Sharon invited me and a couple of other ladies to act as guinea pigs for her first teaching day.
Fresh goats milk right from Sharons farm! Part of the ingredients used.
Actually it would have been good to get a photo of her goats which at some points were dancing about on top of the BBQ!! Soap making AND free entertainment!
It was so good to physically go through the process and get taught some background and basics – but we were all itching to get in there and start mixing!
We watched Sharon do a basic batch then we all got to make two batches of our own.
Choosing colours and scents was a really fun part of the proceedings.
I really liked the effects of mixing up colours and making patterns on the soap
In goes the goats milk!
Mixing three colours into the loaf mould. (It will have to be cut into pieces tomorrow morning so I need to try to juggle Jeff’s dentist appointment and getting back out to Sharons place)
I am looking forward to seeing these cut!
Sharon provided us with a beautiful platter of nibblies… including home made goats feta!! Oh my! I need to ask her about the possibility of purchasing this! Soooooo good!!
The laundry was packed with trays of new soap! It was all so colourful and cheerful looking.
I’ve got my own little budget set aside for the ‘me’ things this year so I am rather keen to get online and to op-shops to start shopping for my supplies so I can continue on and have a go making soap myself.
Hopefully tomorrow I will be able to pick up my selection of soaps and get some snaps of the products out of their moulds. Exciting!
Hope your day was great too!
Cheers!
Oh my what an adventure!! Sharon looks like a wonderful teacher. I’m sure you’ll be in full swing ASAP!!love the all the beautiful colors. Keep on keeping on!!!
Thanks Linda! Yes – Sharon did a great job and we had a fab afternoon! I can’t wait to set up with my own gear and supplies!
What fun!!! Lucky you…can’t wait to see tomorrows results.
🙂 Hello!! I will have to take the photos tomorrow in better light… We got to get them out of the moulds and cut them which was excellent… but I got home a bit late today.
They are in the library so that room smells great!
Looks like fun!
Certainly was!! If I have some success you might see some in a Christmas parcel later this year!! 😀 😀
Congratulations on making some soap! It’s a lot of fun eh? I like how each piece will be different with the coloured swirls. What scents did you use?
Thanks Amy!! I really loved it! Really looking forward to getting some gear and set up to do it here! I used some lemon, there was also lavender, eucalyptus, and another one or two I can’t remember offhand. I tried some coconut essence that I had but it didn’t hold in the soap. Its going to be so much fun to experiment.