Making Soaps for Christmas

Just in case anyone has ever wondered about the mysterious process of soapmaking, here are a few photos I took of my equipment and supplies that might (or might not) be of interest to the uninitiated:

Several stainless steel bowls/pans

Several all-natural base oils

Lye

Distilled Water

Natural colorants (like powdered sandalwood,
madder root, French green clay, etc.)

Essential Oils

Fragrance Oils

Botanicals (like oatmeal, rosemary, lavender, etc.)

Several wire whisks

Stick blender

Several spatulas

Scale that weighs in ounces

Thermometers

Large (as in huge) stainless steel spoon

Large plastic spoon

Smaller spoons

Wooden molds (designed by me, made by Mr. C.)

Freezer paper

Apron

Goggles 

Rubber gloves

...and probably some other things I'm forgetting at the moment.

Oils and lye water getting to temperature

'Sweet Baby Calendula' with
all-natural, calendula-infused olive oil

poured into the freezer-paper-lined mold

Ready to cure

After the soap has its initial cure,

I cut the soap log and set the bars out on drying racks

Some Christmas soaps on my drying racks

And here they are, photographed and
 ready to go to my website and Etsy shop.

Each bar is 4.5-5 oz.
Every bar is vegan.

When I get a soap order,

the bars are each labeled with their specific label

placed in a clear cello bag,

and sealed with a gold paper seal.

Then they are carefully wrapped and placed in a bubble wrap mailer
along with a little card that explains how to care for
your handcrafted soap,

and off they go to the post office.

And there you have it!

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Buy any 5 or more, Get 1 FREE

 Check out all my handcrafted vegan soaps at

HomemadeSoapNSuch

and at

Our ETSY Shop 


 

Although I usually forget to do it, there is a chance that this post will be linked to one or more of these great linky parties:  Amaze Me Monday and Inspiration Monday and Mosaic Monday and The Barn Collective and    Treasure Box Tuesday and Vintage Bliss Tuesday and KatheWithAnE and Rubbish Tuesday and Our World Tuesday and Tuesdays at our Home and Tuesday with a Twist and  Knick of Time Tuesday (vintage)  and   Tweak it Tuesday and Vintage Inspiration Wednesday and Ivy and Elephants Wednesday and Adorned From Above  and Artsy Corner Thursday and  All Things With Purpose and Home & Garden Thursday and Good Fences on Thursdays and  Time Travel Thursday and Freedom Fridays and Vintage Inspiration Friday and Saturday's Critters

InSPIREd Sunday - Hymn Sing and St. Joseph's Church

When's the last time you had some folks in for a hymn sing? We weren't a large group (12 adults, 3 kids, and an unborn baby), but we made up for it in enthusiasm. It is so much fun to get together and sing praises to our Lord and Savior, maker and ruler of the Universe.


One of my favorites:

And can it be that I should gain

an interest in the Saviour's blood?

Died he for me, who caused his pain?

For me, who Him to death pursued?

Amazing love! How can it be

That thou, my God, shouldst die for me

Amazing love! How can it be

That thou, my God, shouldst die for me.

'Tis mystery all, Th'Immortal dies! 

Who can explore His strange design?

In vain the first-born seraph tries

To sound the depths of love Divine!

Tis mercy all! Let earth adore,
Let angel minds inquire no more.

He left His Father's throne above,

So free, so infinite His grace;

Emptied Himself of all but love, 

And bled for Adam's helpless race;

'Tis mercy all, immense and free;

For O, my God, it found out me.

Long my imprisoned spirit lay

Fast bound in sin and nature's night;

Thine eye diffused a quick'ning ray,

I woke, the dungeon flamed with light;

My chains fell off, my heart was free;

I rose, went forth, and followed Thee.

No condemnation now I dread;

Jesus, and all in Him, is mine!

Alive in Him, my living Head, 

And clothed in righteousness Divine,

Bold I approach th'eternal throne,

And claim the crown, thro' Christ my own.

Amazing love! How can it be

That Thou, my God, shouldst die for me.

AMEN.

"There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.  For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.  For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit."

Romans 8:1-4

 St. Joseph's Catholic Church

Rice Lake, WI
September

South Side

East Side

Same church, October

Linking to

InSPIREd Sunday