Posted in soap making, tagged goals, soapmaking on February 1, 2010|
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Welcome to a new month… but I missed my goal for January.
I had good Christmas sales and found myself very low or sold-out on many, many of my soaps! So I made a list and checked my fragrance supply. Some I needed to reorder but some I still had in stock. My list had 15 of my current soaps that needed remade!! That is a long list.
So I set to work.
I can prep 2 batches at a time so one day I’d get 2 pans of oils and 2 pitchers of lye water ready. The next day I’d mix one batch. The following day I’d mix the next batch.
Sometimes I try to cram in 2 batches a day with mixing in the early morning and then the next one near bedtime. But that really starts to stress me out and I have many other jobs on my list as well. (quilting and re-doing Phil’s office as well as regular life!)
I finished these batches:
- Crisp Breeze
- Beach Boys
- Denim Wear
- Gardener’s Blend
- Patchouli Musk
- Raspberry Rhubarb
- Red Clover Tea
- Sandalwood
- Smokey Mountain Pine Tree
- Rosemary Mint
- Lavender
I have 1 batch prepped to mix tomorrow and then I’m at the mercy of the shea butter supplier as I’m out!! Ack!! I know it takes awhile to get but I still didn’t reorder that soon enough. Then I have 3 more on my list to complete.
I have a few new batches I’d like to get made just for me and fun and to try something new. 😉
The soap cures about 6 weeks so even the first ones have a bit more curing time to go yet. But all are cut and curing nicely in the furnace room in the basement. I have them in cardboard boxes and covered loosely.
Next will be a big empty table to trim all the bars, make labels, and wrapping with ribbon.
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