Cranberry Lemon Zest Soap

This has to be the best soap I've made yet. And I actually thought it was a dud, needing to be thrown out, or at the very least only good enough for my family to use.


But I was wrong -


I rebatched soap and added both lemon zest, as well as tittebær (which is the Norwegian cousin of the North American [and possibly British for all I know] Cranberry).


I was so excited as to how this soap would turn out that I did not sleep so well the night after I made it.... and it was a long day before I could unwrap my goodies the next evening.


Here is how the soap looked before I took it out of its mold.




And here is a nice side angle:

It is difficult to see from the above picture, but the soap directly around the cranberries became very gummy in consistence. It was melted-cheese-like in consistence and stretched out into the air when I pulled the plastic away from it. This was a bit disappointing for me and it was here that I thought I had had my first major failure. Failures and me do not go well together. I tend not to be so easy on myself.

But I thought I would at least give the soap a few weeks to dry. Even now one and a half weeks later, all ares of the soap is really hard in texture. Now that was very cool.

Here are some more shots of the soap at different angles.....

It reminds me of a white Christmas cake I saw pictures of one time in a cook book.... long ago in my childhood. I never knew what that cake was made of, and I've never seen anything like it since. But it looked as good as this.

Mmmmmmm........

It just makes you want to eat it right up, doesn't it?

For the love of Mohair

I will admit that I was a bit hesitant when I found some a lot of mohair yarn at my favorite sewing and knitting store. Without anyone actually saying this to me, I felt that it went out of style in the early 1980's. And I'm not sure why.

In the end, the fantastic colors won me over.



How can one NOT walk around with a smile on their face, knowing they are drenched in sunshine?

For those who have their heads in the clouds, a sky blue scarf is perfect. And for those who really have their heads in the clouds, the safety buttons ensure that they won't loose the scarf.

A jolt of cranberry red to splash the world with color.

Finally, this burnt orange always makes me feel toast from the inside out.

I've personally tried wearing these scarves and they are so soft and cozy to the touch. But mine's a pink one and no one's allowed to take it.