Happy Hump Day!

Those of you taking advantage of that, I'm jealous! It must also be 'wear every color you hate' day, as I'm wearing pink, green & orange. (If it wasn't a Tony Stewart shirt, I wouldn't own anything orange, trust me!) All I need now is brown, and my look will be complete. Anyhoo's...

The last few days, I've been a soap-making fool. Last night, I uploaded some pics of my boob & weiner soaps to my Flickr page. It was suggested to me by a pure genius that I just needed to put it on 'restricted' access, so only people in my contacts can see those certain ones. Which I couldn't figure out last night, but I did it this morning - thanks, hun! Now, I'm not sure of blogger's policy on anatomically correct soap. But I'm going to take a chance and post one of the pictures from my Flickr page. This one shows me holding them for size reference. They dried a bit darker than I thought they would (this pic is of fresh ones), so my next batch I will do lighter. I'm especially pleased with the way the boobs came out. As long as they don't separate like the eyes of my frogs did, everything will be fine! Deborah, the aforementioned genius, also told me how to keep my layers from separating. So from now on, I'm going to do them all the way she mentioned. I've gotten several orders for these, and I'm thrilled! Because I really don't think these are something I can take to any craft shows around here! Lol! One friend is getting some for stocking stuffers, another is getting some angels, and another friend, Chris (who I did the mugs for) is interested in some for some friends of hers. And hopefully, that's just the begining! I can definetly take the frog & turtle soap to shows, along with ones I made from a discarded candy tray. If the brown coloring works out (again, you're a lifesaver, dear!) I will be making 'chocolate' candy soaps. Wow, that just came to me!!! =^D

Ok, I have to admit, the soaps were getting - tiresome.. but after Deborah gave me the recipe for brown, now I have footballs AND candy to make!! WOO HOO!!! Maybe a ball of red soap inside the candy..? Nah.. ok, I'm getting ahead of myself! One thing at a time!!!

*breathe in, breathe out*

*repeat*

M & M 's

I just realized I am eating M&M's, while listening to Eminem. That struck me funny.. lol. Also, why is there only one shade of brown anymore? They took it out because they added blue? Why not take out yellow or better yet, orange! Nobody likes orange. They need to make rainbow M&M's. I can't be the only one who separates the colors before I eat them. Am I?

"What did you do Saturday night?

"Oh, I segregated my M&M's. Then killed them. Orange first."

So.. this is what having no job, no man, and no life does to a person. Omg. Somebody put a gun in my mouth!

Yeah, yeah... just kidding.

Sudsy Fun!

Here is my new batch of soaps that I took out of the molds yesterday. They were only sitting a day, so I popped them in the freezer for a few hours and they came right out with a lil' twist. I did an experiment that my good and VERY smart friend Deborah suggested - I 'antiqued' one of the angels with a mixture of alcohol and PearlEx. The finished angel turned out all yellow in the pic, so I need to take another one. The process getting *to* the final pic, is on my Flickr site. This soap making is fun!

Hold That Thought

Maybe it was because I didn't have enough food coloring in the mix, but when I tried the soap crayons in the shower last night, they didn't work. The blue suds were pretty, but they didn't write on the wall like they were suppose to. Now I have to decide if I should grate them down, or try to sell them, as is. Along with other colors. But what's the point of having them in the shape of a crayon, if you can't doodle on mommy and daddy's wall? So what I might do, is use a mini ice cube tray to make soap cubes. That way, I can fill them, and pop them out the next day so they can finish drying. Tonight, I made some frog and turtle soap. Plus a few angels. But the molds have lots of nooks and crannies, and it makes it hard to get the soap out - it takes weeks and weeks to dry in there. Also, when I was taking trash out - CLOTHES! I need to put clothes in the dryer! ARGH! Ok, I'm back. So anyways, when I took trash out, I found my dad's empty candy 'tray', that I think would make awesome soap shapes. Didn't use the adult molds.. I honestly forgot. I also haven't tried the other method of soap making yet. The method that involves boiling the grated soap with the addition of oil. Hope to try it soon! Will keep the troops updated..

*yawns*

Soap Crayons, Made Easy!

Over on my Flickr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/clayrplayr/ I took you on a pictoral journey of how I made my crayons. This pic is the result of a night of grating, mixing and molding. The final recipe I decided on, was very easy and found all over the internet. Here's what you'll need -

1 cup soap flakes or grated soap
2 Tbsps. hot water
Food coloring (as many drops needed for desired color)

As far as materials.. a grater, if using bar soap, bowl for mixing, heavy utensil for stirring, and ice cube trays or molds. Me, I worked 'em out by hand. ;) My Flickr page explains the steps in more detail. It's fairly easy, and fun! Since it has a clay-like consistancy, I was thinking of sculpting simple shapes. Or even using the weiner and boob molds I have. Hey.. where *are* those molds?? In a day or so, I wll try out the smaller crayons to see if I should continue making the other colors. I did grate more soap tonight while watching NCIS. But with my right thumb and forefinger wore down to the nub, I decided to stop for the night.. lol.

Note to self - find weiner molds..

*Whew*

Interview is over... it went very well! I expect a call saying I got the job. He said he was going to try to make a decision by the end of the day. He does interviews every 1/2 an hour, so he has been busy with them. What makes me think I got the job, is the fact he told me he was thinking about putting me in 'seafood' (do what, exactly, to seafood on 3rd shift?? lol) but he actually said after he found out what he did, he is considering me for helping to unload the freight trucks. What he found out, was that I use to help unload the trucks at Ben Franklins, and putting the merchandise in it's appropriate places in the warehouse. There's 2 positions open for 3rd shift, and it will be part time at first, of course. He did tell me that they have been having problems with people calling off constantly. And the 'night boss', or whatever that person is called, up and quite right before xmas, with no notice. Also, they are looking for people who can finish the job, because so often, the night shift will leave stuff around for the morning people to do, when it's not their job. He said it wasn't easy. What they expect of an employee, is 50 cases an hour. I think that might be when they are put on the shelf. I know if I get this job, my entire body will hate me.. but it'll just have to get use to it! My feet, for one. Or, two. I can hear them screaming already! Since I'm not use to physical labor, my muscles will feel like they are being shredded. But that's why god made hot bubble baths, right? lol

Hola, One And All!

So far, the new year has had it's perks. Hopefully, it's been better for all of you, also. Tomorrow, I have an interview with the local grocery store, to work 3rd shift. Wish me luck! I'm extremely nervous, as I know my mind will go blank and I'll stutter something aweful - I do that when I'm nervous or scared. I'm very suprised I got an interview, because the first question on the 73 question 'test' applicants take, is "Do you remember instructions well?" Um.. well.... since I have this disease called 'I can't lie', I had no choice but to choose 'Not very well'. I laughed out loud at the question that went something like "Do you think a good fist fight would be fun to watch?" WTF kind of question is that, and what does it have to do with stocking the shelves of a grocery store?? LOL! And yes, of course it would be fun to watch.. lol. They must have problems with drugs and fights, because that's what 90% of the questions were about. Another question... "If someone offered a stolen car to you to buy, would you buy it?" Hello? See, alot were just common sense questions. *Sighs* I'm incredibly nervous. My interview is at 9:30 in the morning. Did I mention I was nervous?

Last night while watching the show of all shows, Paranormal State, I made some crayon soap. It was quite fun and satisfying! I took pictures, and will upload and show you all tomorrow. Right now, I'm going to grate some more soap while I watch Ghost Hunters. Maybe make some more.. maybe green or lavendar tonight. Last night was blue and yellow. Pink? I'll think about it. Maybe orange. I'll try to do a batch of all colors. One cup of grated soap makes 6 1/2 crayons. But more about all that tomorrow. Time to scrape up my fingers and slice off a few more fingernails. 'Til tomorrow, my children!