Just after thin trace I started putting in my color. I started with about a teaspoon of thyme. It made no perceptible difference. So I tried adding another teaspoon and then another. If possible, it almost looked orange now. So I decided to pull out the big guns. Food coloring. Surprisingly the more green food coloring I added, the more orange my soap looked. This was strange, but I decided to make the best of it. Since orange Christmas trees sounded less than ideal, I decided to use my pumpkin molds instead, thinking it was too bad I never got around to this in October like I had planned. So Christmas trees were out and pumpkins were in, along with some autumn leaves (though I missed this season, too), a few gingerbread men (orange didn't seem too far from ginger) and a white pvc pipe for some round soaps.
Pleased with the result, despite having to go to plan B, I set my soap in the pantry to cure. Guess what? When I checked on my soap a few days later, it was green. My pumpkins and gingerbread men were green. Figures.
Maybe I'll try sewing again.
This is hilarious! I am so sorry your beautiful soaps didn't turn out quite like you had planned. Isn't that what happens in our lives sometimes? Then the Lord comes by and says, "Hey! I can still use this." And something wonderful happens in spite of how we thought things should have went. I hope as you use these soaps you will think of how God can use things even though we don't think it is all perfect. Not sure if I am getting my point across, but this is what struck me as I read your story.
ReplyDeleteGetting colorant just right...seems like I know someone else who struggles with this. :) The soap queen has good info on how colorants morph in lye soap.
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