The Soap Dish

Goats supply Dickinson family with milk, meat, soap

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 20 Aug 2005 23:25:00 -0700

AP Wire | 08/20/2005 | Goats supply Dickinson family with milk, meat, soap: "Lisa grew up around goats and purchased her first one in 1992. She serves only goat's milk to her family.

'It tastes like cow's milk,' she said. 'It's naturally homogenized. The fat globules are easier to digest. For that reason, it's good for people with stomach problems.'

Because she doesn't have what is considered a Grade A dairy, Lisa can't sell the goat's milk. 'There's no way to market it, basically,' she said.

That's one of the reasons she turned to making soap. About 1 1/2 years ago, she started making the soap with a recipe she found on the Internet.

'It worked out the very first time. It was so exciting,' she said.

She always uses goat's milk, but cow's milk or water can be substituted in some recipes.

'The secret to mine is the frozen goat's milk,' she said. She blends it in a bowl with distilled water and the lye. The oils are heated to 110 degrees Fahrenheit and poured in a bowl.

The goat's milk mixture is poured slowly into the bowl and blended. The soap is poured into molds and is allowed to set for 24 hours."

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Dig cut flowers? Check out this nursery

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 4 Aug 2005 11:18:00 -0700

Dig cut flowers? Check out this nursery: "Dig Nursery on Vashon Island is well known by anyone who's into rare and unusual plants, but it also is a destination in its own right, featuring spectacular demonstration gardens and intriguing works of garden art. The coup de gras comes once a year when the amazing flower-filled wholesale cutting garden is open to the public.

The one-acre garden supplies flowers to wholesale florists all around the area. You'll see a dazzling display of old-fashioned 'grandma plants,' including 12-foot-tall empress dahlias, huge blue delphiniums combined with yellow and red Tigridia shell flowers, old-fashioned asters, salvias, Amaranthus 'Love Lies Bleeding,' gazillions of zinnias and much more.

When you're exhausted from strolling, attend a class on making bouquets, learn how to create your own cutting garden or see if you can do the impossible by stumping me with your garden questions. The event runs Saturday and Sunday, 1-5 p.m., and all proceeds from the $5 entry fee benefit Vashon Allied Arts. For information, call 206-463-5096, or go to www.dignursery.com and click on 'Workshops.'"

Check Out How To Buy Flowers for Any Occasion With Confidence

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 13:43:00 -0700

Soap Naturally - Ida teaches us how to recalculate a soap recipe

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 24 Jul 2005 07:49:00 -0700

Soap Naturally - Ida teaches us how to recalculate a soap recipe: "I have to defer to your fellow Aussie's knowledge and concerns about obtaining certain 'raw materials'. But to answer your question about reducing (or increasing) recipes, the easiest way I have found is to turn the weights into percentages and then multiply them by the amount you do want to make. You will have to excuse my US fondness for ounces but, of course, the theory is the same whatever measurement you use.

So for this recipe:"

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Scents and Mood

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 23 Jul 2005 00:33:00 -0700

Scents and Mood: "Scents and Mood
People are finally catching on that scents from candles and soaps truly can affect and/or enhance your mood. Jacqui MacNeill, of British Columbia, has recently rebranded all of her company's soaps and candles into six mood 'categories' - unwind, fresh, passionate, energize, balance and indulge, incorporating elements of aromatherapy and color theory into her recipes and product design. Read the Full Article."

There is so much to a fragrance.....

Cheers
Carmel

The Soap Dish Brings You More....Now It's Soul Soap

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:54:00 -0700

Bon Vivant: SOAP for the Soul: "Here are instructions for making attractive, great smelling and healthful hand milled soap:

First assemble your supplies. For approximately 22 ounces of cured soap you will need the following:
-Covered saucepan that can hold six cups of water and can be placed in a 200 degree oven.
-Plastic or wooden stirring spoon
-Measuring cups
-Muffin tin, loaf pan, some other kitchen item that can be used as a mold. Click here to see some examples. Or, ideally a soap making mold.
-Wire cookie or cake rack
-Knife

The Raw Materials:
-1 pound soap block that has been hand milled.
-1 cup of goat’s, white or soy milk
-1 cup of carrier oil such as sweet almond, grapeseed or olive oil.
-Pam cooking spray

These items based on personal preference:
-Pure essential oils
-Grated fruit skin such as lemon, grapefruit or orange
-Herbs, flowers, berries"

The Soap Dish brings you more......
Soap for the soul, good recipe here for you

Cheers
Carmel

Not Wind In The Willows, Now It's Soap In The Willow

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 14:49:00 -0700

SoapWire | Newswire for the Natural Personal Care Products Industry: Willow Way Now Offers, A Complete Line of Soap Making Accessories: "Willow Way now offers a complete line of soapmaking accessories to help make your soap making business easier, safer, profitable and more productive. Our quest is to be the “one stop shop” for all your soapmaking equipment needs.

We have added an extensive line of soapmaking accessories to our popular line of soapmaking equipment. Our accessory line has everything from safety equipment to material handling equipment.

Just point your browser to www.soapequipment.com/accessories/ and check out our complete line of quality products."

Just leave it to Willow, now they are into soap making lines, Could be to our benefit, bigger better range?????

Cheers & bubbles

Carmel

Come Clean.... Get The Soap Making Facts!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 19 Jul 2005 13:31:00 -0700

Soap making - General Instructions: "Soap making is not hard to do if you are armed with just a little bit of information. Soap is the result of combining fats with some sort of caustic agent such as lye using water as a catalyst. Armed with just a little bit of knowledge it’s possible to turn out a nice batch of soap with things that can be purchased at most grocery stores. Read on to get the specifics on this fun and interesting hobby. Study this page carefully and you shouldn't have any problems turning out a great batch of soap."

Bookmark This Date..Wacky Wednesday August 10th For 11 Year Olds and Over

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:24:00 -0700

baltimoresun.com - Glenwood library plans 'Wacky Wednesdays': "The Glenwood library, 2350 Route 97, Cooksville, will present 'Wacky Wednesdays,' a series of summer activities with books, crafts and discussions for youngsters ages 11 and older.

'Soap Making,' a workshop on making soap and bath salts, is planned from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Aug. 10. Materials will be provided. Registration is to begin July 27."

Double Whammy, 2 Recipes Bonus ! ! ! ! !

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 07:13:00 -0700

Too Young To Be Grumpy: 07/01/2005 - 07/31/2005: "Marbled Peanut Butter and Chocolate Cake & Wheat-free Chocolate Orange Cake

Yesterday was a big baking day for me. I made 2 cakes in the afternoon. As my Dad had been so kind on Friday night, I decided we should bake him a nice cake - however, he's wheat intolerent, so it was with glee that I noticed Esurientes had posted a nice chocolate orange cake that didn't use flour. More about this after the marble cake recipe.

The flourless cake requires the boiling of 2 oranges for about 2 hours, so while that was happening I went ahead and made the peanut butter marble cake. Again, it's from Cakes & Cake Decorating by Angela Nilsen, Sarah Maxwell and Janice Murfitt. If that first picture whets your appetite for baking, then here's the method.
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Bonus. 2 Special Recipes

Carmel

A Look Back At The History of Soap Making

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 06:01:00 -0700

A look back at the soap-making days of its life - The Boston Globe - Boston.com - Mass. - News: "The Garment District building located at Broadway and Davis Street is ''significant as the last structure in Cambridge associated with soap manufacturing,' according to Cambridge Historical Commission executive director Charles Sullivan.

Soap-making was once one of the city's largest industries, and several soap firms operated in the neighborhood. Salesmen with Curtis Davis and Co. would peddle their soap from wagons up and down Broadway in the late 19th century. The main US plant of Lever Brothers was located in Cambridge until the mid-1950s."

This is a fascinating article, take the link and a few minutes to read it.

Carmel

Soap Dish Has Found This Wonderful Rosemary Soap Recipe Just For You

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 05:53:00 -0700

Soap Naturally soap recipes - Annette's soaps: "Rosemary soaps

I recently made a CP batch and put dried ground up rosemary in it at trace.
It looked lovely for a while but developed brown spots around the tiny rosemary pieces and made them look much larger and more ugly. I decided to handmill some and found that the brown spots are simply the colour leaching from the rosemary and in the handmilled batch this colour spread evenly through the soap to make it a more even beige colour with smaller pieces of rosemary flecking through the soap.
When I handmilled I took Diane's advice and added a dash of milk (skim in this case). I was pleased with the results.
The top soap is the CP and the bottom is the handmilled.

These moulds were a mackeral tin. It did have a lip which I removed and there are some sticking problems from time to time, but the freezer method usually gets me by when it comes to releasing them, and patience... If I hurry it there are usually problems.

The recipe I used was a variation of The Palm Oil Soap of Norma Coney's, but I used a veg oil blend (that, I was told by the manufacturer, was almost all canola oil) instead of olive... purely for economics at this stage, while I develop my skills.
I ran the fats through the lye calculator at MMS and ended up with this recipe:
27% canola, 22% palm, 51% tallow.

I worked on only 3-4 % excess fat with the lye. It has usually handled well, and this is the only recipe I am using at present to use the oils of course.

For the rosemary soaps I added the dried rosemary and some rosemary fragrance oil, but there is very little fragrance apparent. Maybe once it suds up it will come."

I love the fragrance of Rosemary, this is a wonderful soap

Carmel

Fragrances Are Essential for your Soaps

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 17:48:00 -0700

Essential Oils: ". Soap supplies. Organic, wildcrafted bath & body, skincare herbal products all handmade. Essential Oil Importer. All natural handmade herbal soap and skincare. Essential oil resource for Soap Making ...
For the latest news updates,
visit www.essential-oils-4-less.com"

Beautiful soaps need beautiful perfumes try these fragrances

Soap Dish Brings You Soap Making

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 07:15:00 -0700

Free Soapmaking Recipes - Soap Making: "Soap Making

Learning to make your own soap is a rewarding and enjoyable experience. When people talk about making soap at home, they may be speaking of one of two things. Some people make their own soap from scratch, mixing some fat or oil with lye and other soap making supplies to facilitate the chemical reaction that forms soap. This is a very rewarding and allows the greatest flexibility in the use of ingredients, color, and other factors. Using soap molds, the soap can be molded to the desired shape.

Some people want to make soap, but aren't interested in the long and sometimes complex processes involved in soapmaking. For these people, there is a way to make custom colored, scented and shaped soaps very simply. 'Melt and Pour' soap is a glycerine based soap that can be scented, colored, and molded into desired shapes. It's a great gift idea! The melt and pour soap can be purchased at many craft or hobby stores that carry soap making supplies."

Stay tuned and we will bring you more tips and ideas for your soap making

Soap Dish

Welcome to Soap Dish

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 16 Jul 2005 06:01:00 -0700

Hi Soap Makers

Welcome to Soap Dish, we will bring you great information, tips and ideas for making beautiful soaps, to give as gifts, to keep or to make some money and turn a wonderful pastime into a great business.

Please take the time to introduce yourself, just press the comments button and say HI.

CTBaird