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And the winners are.... ~drumroll~ First place - @Alzie Second place - @scard Third place - @szaza Beautiful entries everyone, thank you so much for participating! :)

Thanks all for your votes so far! We have 4 people left to vote. We'll set the deadline for tonight at 6:00pm EST so we don't hold up the next challenge too much. So the winners will be announced tonight shortly after 6.

Sorry guys, I had a crazy weekend and didn't have time to touch a computer! I'm setting up the survey now to send out! The survey link has been sent to the following 16 members: If anyone on that list has not received the Survey Link via private message, please let me know! Thanks all for...

Cutie! We have a crestie as well. We bought her a (gecko-safe) potted plant and she's taken to digging out the soil and laying her eggs in it once a month. So we always have to go fishing for eggs and tidying up the mess. The poor plant has been through a lot!

Hi all, I extended the Entry deadline to Sept 28th, 11:59pm EST. We only have 6 entries in so far so I thought an extra day might be good. So get those entries in before time runs out! :)

Wow those are wonderful @artemis!

I loooove my Instant Pot! I got one for Christmas and I've been using it weekly since. I just did a pot of chicken noodle soup last weekend too. I buy a precooked rotisserie chicken and strip the meat, then use the bones for the broth. I add the bones, celery, carrot, onion, bay leaf, salt and...

Oh no that's awful! I hope there's not too much damage. :(

This is the Official Entry Thread for the Sept 2018 SMF Challenge - Carved Soap Designs (Intaglio). Please post your entry soap photos here. You may introduce your entry as desired, with a backstory or description of your soap, recipe, fragrance, experience with the technique or process also...

No worries @Obsidian, thanks for letting us know! Life comes first, of course. :) Entry thread is up! There is still plenty of time to get your entries done, so don't worry. I look forward to seeing everyone's entries!! :)...

Smart idea! Did you score the old bars before pouring to make sure the new layer sticks?

Amazing!!

To add onto this: on Android, "Meitu" is an awesome free photo editing app. The UI makes it seem like it's only purpose is 'beautifying' selfies, but I find their photo adjustment tools really great. You can manually adjust brightness, contrast and other settings, but their Auto settings are...

Makes sense! I'll add that to the front post too!

Nice work so far @mommycarlson and @SunRiseArts! The nice thing about this challenge is the capacity to experiment with carving while still having many 'backup' bars if you don't like the first carving. It definitely takes some practice to create a design you're happy with! @TeresaGG - do it...