Supplies are here!

My soap supplies arrived yesterday. I have some goat's milk soap in the mold as you read this. I'll let you know how it turns out!

Soap mold find

As I was looking in the dollar store for some items to use in my soap experiments I came across this. It is actually a piece of trash. I believe some of the glasses for sale came in this tray. It looks like it will make a good soap mold. I'm going to try it at least.

Soap list

I have been thinking of what kind of soaps I want to experiment with. I want to try scents and flavors that are familiar to me from growing up and living in Alabama. So far here are some I have come up with.....

• Sweetgum
• Forest fern
• Buttermilk
• Gardenia
• Butterfly bush
• Black-eyed Susan
• Southern pine
• Trillium

I also want to try some scents and flavors that I just plain like and hope others will enjoy. Here are some  am thinking of....

• Goat's milk and honey
• Lavender
• Ginger and lemon

The butterfly bush in my backyard is in bloom. It's scent is flooding the whole yard. It will be one of the first I will try. Here is a picture of the bush taken today after a hard rain. (Notice the "river" in the background.)

A new adventure

I am going to try my hand at making homemade soap. I am planning to tie the soaps into Alabama scenery or culture. Check in periodically to check out my next step.