Thesoapbush
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Hand crafted by Dallas has items created by me. I make books for artists, hand made soaps as well as paintings. If you want something special made, ask!
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facebook.comKnife pouch
im not going to post a huge amount in regards to how I went about this. I had an old knife pouch which I was able to pull apart and use the pieces as a guide so in terms of the size, it was easy. It did take me a few go's however to stitch it together as I had to work out spacing and style of stitch to use. [ 177 more words ] http://www.handcraftedbydallas.com/knife-pouch/
Tiger stripe soap challenge
hi everyone. i know it's been a long time since I posted. I've been travelling, busy and haven't had a huge amount of time for soaping lately. But I'm back into the swing of it now and I just made some soap for the latest great cakes soap challenge Amy wardens soap challenge club. The recipe I used was the one suggested by Amy Warden… [ 251 more words ] http://www.handcraftedbydallas.com/tiger-stripe-soap-challenge/
Psychadelic rimmed soap
This soap is one I've seen pictures of but have never tried. I had a go but am thinking I either need to practice it a bit more or get the tutorial off Amy Wardens Great cakes soapworks before I try it again. I got my colours together. I decided on simply pouring all of the colours together and just doing a general comb effect. [ 372 more words. ] http://www.handcraftedbydallas.com/psychadelic-rimmed-soap/
Bush Flower painted soap
In this technique I decided to see what happened if I just painted on some soap, almost like a canvas. I really enjoyed making this soap. It makes me wonder about all of the paintings/patterns I could do in the future. The recipe I used is one I've used before and quite like 520g Olive Oil 450g Lard 36g Coconut Oil… [ 196 more words. ] http://www.handcraftedbydallas.com/bush-flower-painted-soap/
Apple Cyser – A honey mead made from apples
http://www.handcraftedbydallas.com/apple-cyser-a-honey-mead-made-from-apples/
Hopeful hearts soap
This soap started because I decided to buy a couple of moulds from Aussie soap supplies. I bought two moulds and this one is a heart shaped mould. While I was making a different soap, I set aside a bit of soap, coloured it and filled my mould to see how it looked. The soap looked great when it came out of the mould. [ 395 more words. ] http://www.handcraftedbydallas.com/hopeful-hearts-soap/
Sunset soap Using a sculpted layers technique
Hi all. This technique is the latest from Amy Wardens Soap challenge club. This month we are learning a new technique called sculpted layers technique. The person teaching this technique is Claudia Carpenter from Omnom soap. I found this soap a real challenge to make (excuse the pun). I am actually hoping that I will have time to make another soap before I have to upload my soap as this one didn't quite work out how I'd like. [ 618 more words. ] http://www.handcraftedbydallas.com/sunset-soap-using-a-sculpted-layers-technique/
Salty Dog Soap
I know its been awhile since I last blogged. I'm afraid the university assignments got on top of me and I had to actually devote time to that. However, I have now finished for this semester - Yay! Which gives me a bit of time to do some soaping, and also some other creative activities. On my first day off from University assignments I decided to try a very different recipe. [ 781 more words. ] http://www.handcraftedbydallas.com/salty-dog-soap/
Hot processed colour swirl soap
I do love cold processed soap, however, I was interested to learn about hot processed as well. Hot processed is simply the process of cooking the soap. When we make soap, there is a chemical reaction that takes place between the lye (caustic soda) and the oils, called saponification. When we make cold processed soap, it has to be left 4-6 weeks so that the lye can finish doing its thing. [ 641 more words. ] http://www.handcraftedbydallas.com/hot-processed-colour-swirl-soap/
Teardrop soap challenge
Well here we are again for he second soap challenge. This soap is a teardrop soap from Amy Warden's soap challenge club. This is the May challenge and I have to admit when I first saw the videos she Posted on her website, I thought - OK, that looks pretty easy. Ha ha - well, I'm anxiously waiting for the first soap I tried with this method to harden up so I can see how it looks, however, I suspect it looks nothing like it should! [ 217 more words. ] http://www.handcraftedbydallas.com/teardrop-soap-challenge/
Mead making – Methaglen
After I made my first couple of batches of traditional mead, I was ready for the next step. Methaglen is simply any honey mead made with fruit as well as honey. I am really lucky and have a close friend who has peach and plum trees on her property which happened to be bursting with fruit at the time I was thinking of branching out. [ 454 more words. ] http://www.handcraftedbydallas.com/mead-making-methaglen/
If you want to sell your soap
As those who watch this site know, I have been making soap for a little while now, and it takes practice to become good at something, so I have ended up with quite a haul of soap in my spare room. This left me thinking, this is a great hobby, but I have made way to much soap to just be giving away on birthdays and at Christmas. [ 543 more words. ] http://www.handcraftedbydallas.com/if-you-want-to-sell-your-soap/
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