Projects: In Progess or Ideas? What'choo Workin' On?

[WhiteDove01s]

Anyone want to come over and sort Barbies?

XD Shame I live so far away. I actually love looking through 'surprise bags' and such. A remnant from a few family instances of cleaning out old houses when I was younger, and made worse by yardsales and auction sites. It's like a treasure hunt!

[DollyKim]

Anyone who helped would be welcome to some of it, we can't even figure out how many pet shop/vet sets are going on. Next session I'm going to have to pull out the Kitchen Littles then glean stuff like medical equipment then it's take some pics to see if anyone on the board wants any of it before finding some deserving kids.

[Trethowan]

{...} HAHA... even better, I could make a doll soap mold out of a BJD head. Head soap. *snicker*

Head Soap, for those times when you really wish to wash that mental picture away!

That sounds like a great marketing line. Now I really want to make Head Soap!

Soap gifts for Christmas will have to be melt and pour because the lye will take too long to cure. Too bad I didn't have this idea sooner. I'm really excited about it. I might even try to make tiny doll soaps. ha! Wouldn't that be hilarious? Real soap doll soap!

Hi! I've been making my own soap for years, partly because it's a whole lot cheaper than buying it. I end up making huge batches of just plain soap (lye, veggie shortening, and water the only ingredients) and use it for dishes and laundry.

Here's an idea if you're worried about those long-term cure times: Look up crock pot hot process. That's what I do, I actually cook the soap. It cooks up in a few hours tops, I pour it in the molds, and next day it's ready to use!

... and I've also considered real soaps for my dolls, since it wouldn't be hard at all to cut a mini bar from a bit of one of the loaf molds I use.

I didn't get the chance to research the hot process. I've only seen the melt and pour versions and Cold Process. I have been watching Soap Queen on Youtube and saw that Hot Process existed but I ran out of time and didn't research it. Thanks for the mention. I'll definitely check it out. I am hopefully getting a new crock pot for Christmas so I could dedicate the old one to a third soap making endeavour.

For my first attempt I'm going to use a blend of olive oil, coconut oil, palm oil, and shea butter. I'm thinking about adding oatmeal and lavender to my first batch. <3

[richila]

I built Legos rooms this weekend for Richi.

ADAD December 7: Weekends are for Baking by richila9098, on Flickr

[DollyKim]

I'd buy soap shaped like doll parts.

Meanwhile I'm progressing on my first reroot in quite awhile. I'm kind of inclined to keep this one, but only kind of.

[Trethowan]

Ivan has three parts that could be cast in soap. HAHA

[richila]

Ivan has three parts that could be cast in soap. HAHA

[Jobee]

I've finished all my holiday projects. Every purchase made, every package shipped, every gift wrapped... Oops! Except my husband's. Gotta get on that.

[Wispalian]

Ooh, so many awesome projects! ^_^ I'm really interested in your soap-making venture Trethowan; I have seriously wanted to try making soap, but the more I found out about how caustic lye is combined with my extreme clumsiness made me decide it was probably just safest for me and the kitchen that I get it from the farmer's market.

I did my first full face up! The doll is Silverbeam's holiday deer doll on the small pony body. I ordered the one with the huge antlers, yet I still gave it fawn spots. Realism is not one of my key strengths.

Link to the google drive picture because google will not let me embed it- https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8wHtf ... sp=sharing

[richila]

Halfway done with cowl 4 out of 5 by richila9098, on Flickr
I am making a total of 5 cowls for presents. I am thinking of making a little one for my granddaughter with any of this yarn that I have leftover. The yarn for the last one is due in by Wednesday. I sure hope it gets here.