DAILY CREATIVITY ~ day 16

I cut into the soap I made yesterday.  I'm hooked.

I went up to the city last weekend with my boy, to the Plaza district.  It was packed with vintage stores and boutiques...and a smattering of yummy body products.  I saw a bath bomb...that was not shaped like a bath bomb.  It was cut into a cube.  It looked rustic and modern all at once.  It never occurred to me that I didn't have to do it like everyone else.  So I whipped out a rectangular bath bomb mold out of corrugated plastic from hubby's shop.  I decided on one that could hold 2 different sized batches.

                                     

I'll post a better pic tomorrow.

DAILY CREATIVITY ~ day 15

I've decided to jump in and offer Valentines Day bath and body kits.  This will be just the self imposed kick in the butt I need to swing Sublime Soapworks into motion.  I'll be making 15 lbs of soap, whipped body butter and sugar scrub, bath bombs and fizzy bath salts for each batch, as well as labels and packaging.

I'm LOVING my new work space.  I just whipped out a batch of Satin and Smoke, with patchouli, cinnamon, cedarwood, benzoin and vanilla.

DAILY CREATIVITY ~ day 13 and 14

Out of all of the projects I've done so far, this is the most boring AND exciting one.  Cleaning the random crap that's accumulated since moving in and scrubbing the 40 years of gunk off the shelf wasn't the most fun I ever had...BUT, all of my soaping supplies are neatly tucked away in a space that will make creating soaps much more efficient AND creative.  I know what I'll be doing tomorrow :)

DAILY CREATIVITY ~ day 11 and 12

I did a painting marathon yesterday and today, rotating four paintings I needed to get done ASAP.  Sorry, can't show the finished pieces :)

DAILY CREATIVITY ~ day 10

First off, we had gallery walk tonight.  The soaps sold really well...especially for January, when everyone is worn out on spending money.  Lover's Lullaby will become regularly stocked.  NOW, I need to figure out the recipe!  I usually take thorough notes when creating a soap scent, but this one was not smelling good AT ALL...so I just started tweaking it in an attempt to not waste $15 worth of essential oils.

While I waited for traffic to pick up, I worked on some DAILY CREATIVITY.

well, my first attempt at transferring a photocopy didn't turn out so well.  Luckily there are two of each image...so I'll try again.

DAILY CREATIVITY ~ day 9

It started as a joke.  I asked on Facebook: "if I were to make a bar of soap named "The Dude", what would it smell like?"  I've been working on a scent that smells like White Russian and dirty hippie for over a month.  Yes, it's harder than it sounds.  My husband is a Dudeist priest and he has not given the seal of approval on any of my attempts so far.  So here's this instead.

DAILY CREATIVITY ~ day 8

 I decided to do a self portrait today...I wanted to see how many layers I could pile on.  I also cut the soap I made yesterday and HOT DAMN it's beautiful!