SOAP

Having a busy two weeks, last week was all about my son going to Uni and as he is at Bournemouth I was fortunate to be able to visit the New Forest and all the lovely trees, some are going red fast and others are just turning.  It is a beautiful time of year.  I am off for a couple of days now the opposite way to Cambridge somewhere I have not been for years and am looking forward to seeing all the countryside.  I was at a Harvest Fair on the weekend and it was interesting how many people are asking about Christmas, fortunately the Christmas soaps are drying and will be on the on line shop in a couple of weeks.  We have an apple spice smell in red and white soap, and light and darker beige soap with snowberries, and a soap that is light brown and cream with the smell of Christmas, all spices with orange slices and star anise on top.  So look out for them. The pictures were on a previous blog.  

Space

I have had acouple of days away and done a lot of driving and today instead of coming back and getting on with soaps I just cannot motivate myself.  I read a blog of someone I follow and read about allowing space into your life, my life is just tiredness, hers is that her husband who had a large operation for cancer has now taken a turn for the worse and they both have faced the fact that he will die.  Unless we have been in that situation we cannot know what it feels like.  A close relation of mine died four years ago from a brain tumour and the saddest part was watching a very intelligent man looked inside his brain as his speech and reasonsing had been destroyed.  So space is something that comes to us all and we need to acknowledge that it is with us for a reason so I shall enjoy the rest of my day without worrying about not doing anything because obviously my body, mind and spirit are telling me I need a day off after three quite emotional days. 

Christmas

Every where you go Christmas is appearing, is it to encourage to buy more seeing more?  I have today made my first batch of twinkle snowmen, the reason being a Wedding fair on Sunday and some might like to have them at their winter wedding.  They look soooo cute and come in a little organza christmas bag and yes they do twinkle.

Party

That was fun.  I took Rosie and off we went to a 10 year olds party, I had forgotton how much energy they have and how excited they get. We got them to ice bath bombs, great success and are now going to do this at fiars as it will get the kids involved.  The chicks have tripled in size since they were born and are even noisier than before.  Rosie rushed out this morning to see if everyone was alright as the wind is really blowing here.  Chcikens are so hardy it seems to make no difference to them.

Every day ...............

Every day in my house is Christmas at the moment, I am so excited, when Christmas finally arrives in three months and so many days will I have run out of excitement, no.  Every time I create a new soap to me it is like opening a Christmas present, so full of expectation, will it be or won't it be what I wanted? I really believe it is the unknown that I love, creating something having to wait 24 hours to see if it comes out as you hoped.   Today I unveiled another Christmas soap and it smells absolutely fab and looks so good.  It has a lovely gentle perfume smell with the hint of pot pouri and christmas cinnamon. 

Camera working

I have found a camera in this house that works so have taken lots of pictures.

 The Blue/purple soap is the mens intensity, I think it smells so nice I might use it, my son loves it and is being packed off to uni with the hair shampoo and soap in intensity.  Also the hearts in citrus burst, applejack and lemongrass and ginger.  All be ready soon, will smell so good for Christmas.  The "spotty" one is  "snow" it is snowballs in the snow and smells really subtle like a gentle forest on a cold frosty day.

Sweetie shops

Been making the Christmas soaps, yesterday I made Applejace in red and white swirl.  When making them you always wonder whether they will look as you want when you cut the loaf.  I waited 24hours for it to set and then opened it up, the top was amazing just like Christmas swirls and then I cut it and I was so excited like a child in a sweetie shop.  I can't wait to put it on the web page for sale, I think it looks so good.

Excited

I am excited after much soul searching asking opinions we came up with making a Christmas soap in red and white swirls.  Red is quite hard to get without putting an awful lot of colour in, so I put extra paprika with the red colour and it looks like a real deep raspberry ripple.  Can't wait to unmold it tomorrow to see how good it looks.  Will be ready for Octoberfest in Basingstoke.

soap glourious soap

Saturday was a return to what I was used to, the soap walked off the table, so now I have to start re-making and especially the teens soap and peace in the garden.  Need to get the Christmas soaps done this week to be ready for Oct 15th and Basingstoke weekend. 

Amberley

Wow, I had forgotton what a busy day was like, having had a couple of slow months you get out of the habit, however it is always great when you pack up and have empty boxes.  People liked the Christmas testers, the applejack went down well, smelling like mulled wine most said.  That I suppose is the smell that people remember, mulled wine.

blog

I read a blog today that put me to shame, the lady had actually written her blog in a poem.  I don't have a camera and it seems that all the ones my kids have, have gone on the blink, I have made so many different goody soaps that need to go on the web page and on folksy.  Need to go and buy a camera this weekend.  Spent the day making bath bombs, when the weather is good it is a good time to do it.