SoapArt on Etsy

Here's a little peek at some items from my Etsy shop.

What's Etsy?

It's an online marketplace.

 

 

What will you find on Etsy?

Handmade Items

Vintage Items

Supplies
Friends

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Butterfly Soap Wedding Favors

This week a bride-to-be ordered

220 butterfly soaps for wedding favors. 

That’s so exciting!

The order came in just six days before they need to be shipped.

That usually wouldn’t be a problem.

But the thing is, I have only one little butterfly mold.

One.

It takes 10-12 minutes for each butterfly to harden.

Then it can be unmolded. 

Blue Butterfly Lineup

Doing the math kicked me into high gear.

Figuring conservatively at 4 butterflies per hour,

I need a total of 55 hours of active production.

Allowing 11 hours per day as active butterfly making hours

means I can finish them in five days.

Yay!

I have a day to spare!

Wrapped and Labeled

Today is day three.

Half of the butterflies are made, wrapped, and labeled.

Dozens more are ready to be wrapped.

Production is right on schedule. 

Butterfly Collection

The bride-to-be is going to put two butterflies per organza bag.

I’m very honored to be a small part of her special day.

 

Purple Butterflies

I better get to it.

My timer that’s set to go off every 12 minutes is calling.

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Soapy Fun

Things are hopping around here.  I’m staying busy with lots of different soap projects.

Remember my kitchen counter from some time ago?  Well, I’ve been doing a so-so job of keeping it clear, but the last couple of weeks it’s been regularly covered with soap.  It looks pretty much like the second and third pictures you'll see if you click on the kitchen counter link.

It’s a beautiful sight to me, but it makes it kind of hard to get any other kind of work done in the kitchen.

Here’s a peek at some of what I’ve been working on over the last couple of weeks, aka my excuse for having super-messy counters.

Donut Soaps with Pink Frosting

Piggy Soaps

Flip Flops in Coral and Blue

Bacon Lip Balm

Butterfly Soaps

Chocolate Fudge Donuts

What’s your favorite?

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Mustache Soap

A friend brought her niece and nephew over for some soapy fun. 

We had a great time!

They made several fun soaps, including robots and legos.

They also made soaps with bugs, butterflies and ninjas inside them.

And they used glitter.  You gotta love glitter.

Well, I guess YOU don't gotta.  But I do.

My favorite of the day was the mustache soap. 

Aren't they a couple of cute kids?

Maybe they'll come back the next time they're in town!

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