This week was a mixed bag emotionally. I haven’t been as motivated as I was before, but, like I said yesterday, haven’t been depressed either. I have also been quite crafty over the past week. In fact, I have been exploring more creative outlets in a single week than I’ve done in a long while. For this reason, I’m choosing “crafty endeavors” as my word of the week.
Early in the week, I created the polymer clay tricolor “rainbow” pendant I showed you on Wednesday. Like I said, at first it wouldn’t cure in the oven, but eventually it did.
I also created the multicolor, layered heart I posted yesterday. Since my mother-in-law brought me a packet of sanding papers, I have been trying to sand this one a little. I only used grits 120 and 400 to get rid of the worst unevenness, since with it being multilayered, I don’t know how to sand the top two layers.
On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, I have been busy with soap and skincare product making. I made a lavender and clary sage massage oil. Unfortunately, I used up all my lavender essential oil, so I’ve put that on my wishlist to buy when I feel I am allowed to spend money again.
I also created a lavender and rose hand cream and melt and pour soap. In the soap, I used real dried lavender and rose petals.
I found the recipe here and, though I felt the use of crushed almonds was a bit strange, I just skipped that step. I really liked the soap.
Then yesterday, I showed it in a melt and pour soap making group on Facebook and was told by all of the commenters that most dried herbs and flowers will mold in melt and pour soap. I seriously had no idea! In fact, just a few days earlier, I’d seen another blogger post a recipe for calendula soap. That one is the one herb that won’t mold, but this blogger also included lemongrass. I’ve also seen tons of recipes for melt and pour soap that do include all kinds of dried herbs and flowers, so my next question obviously is how to sift through all the information out there online. In any case, some of the commenters on Facebook said I’m now officially a soaper for having made the same mistake 99% of melt and pour soapers make.
Then on to polymer clay again. On Friday evening, I made a flower. Then I saw an interesting video on YouTube on making polymer clay earrings and wanted to try it. Unfortunately, one of the colors of Fimo I used was way too brittle for in my extruder, so I decided to mix up the two colors. I’d used blossom rose and porcelain. The shade I got was a very light pink which was lovely. Unfortunately, I only had a tiny bit of it.
This evening, I may try more polymer clay, as I haven’t baked the flower yet and want it baked by tomorrow, but I don’t want to run the oven for just one piece.
Overall, despite this week not feeling as good as the past few weeks, I’ve done really well.
How would you sum up your week?
A Multitude of Musings 
The soap looks lovely.
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Thank you! 🙂
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You’re welcome
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That sounds like a really craft inspired week. I would love to try and make some soap myself but I worry about the mess and it sounds like it is easy to make mistakes. I hope you get your lavender soon.
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Basic melt and pour soap making is really easy and it doesn’t get too messy if you’re careful. I mean, not messier than baking or the like. It’s when you want to add other things besides basic colorants and fragrance oils, such as in my case the dried herbs, that it gets more complicated. I’m glad I inspired you though.
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You are doing really great on the craft front and not depressed is a really good thing!
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I wholeheartedly agree about that last sentiment. I’m so happy to still be crafting.
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It sounds like a really fun week! The soap sound lovely.
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Thanks. Yes, my week was quite good. I’m glad you like the soap.
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My last week was painful as I had a tooth pulled but now I feel much better. Glad that’s over.
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Oh, I’m so sorry you had to have a tooth pulled but so glad you’re feeling better.
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It sounds like you are really enjoying your crafty endeavours. The cream and soap sound so good. That is a shame about the herbs and flowers going mouldy. I didn’t know that. x
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I didn’t know that either. I had intended the soap for my day activities staff, who had her 25th anniversary of working for my care agency earlier this month. I decided to give it to her anyway with the warning that it may get moldy pretty quickly. At least she can enjoy her other gifts, which included the hand cream, and she did appreciate the gesture.
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There is nothing like crafting or making art for lifting my spirits. Your work is lovely.
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Thanks so much and I agree wholeheartedly.
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That soap looks lovely. I’ve never tried making soap before but it sounds like fun. You’ve certainly been busy on the crafting front this week. #WotW
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Thank you so much. Yes, soap making is a lot of fun and it’s a relatively quick activity too.
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