February Challenge- Soap Stones

[newbie]

Oops. I thought you said loaf, but I think you changed to slab. I want to make absolutely certain I have the right picture. Can you tell me the number (first, second, third...) of the photo in your entry?

 

[Terri E]

Oops. I thought you said loaf, but I think you changed to slab. I want to make absolutely certain I have the right picture. Can you tell me the number (first, second, third...) of the photo in your entry?

I did say loaf but I happened to think about it and it's more of a slab. The 6th picture down just before the cut

 

[newbie]

Also, I shall be mean and pushy. Surely everyone can squish some scraps together to get a stone, even if you didn't have time to go specifically for a rock look! Enter something, for heaven't sake! It's all for fun and the more entries, the more fun.

Here are two of my squishers. They don't look like stones/rocks but what the heck!

 

[newbie]

Perfect. Thanks, Terri! Sixth it is.

 

[Terri E]

Also, I shall be mean and pushy. Surely everyone can squish some scraps together to get a stone, even if you didn't have time to go specifically for a rock look! Enter something, for heaven't sake! It's all for fun and the more entries, the more fun.

Here are two of my squishers. They don't look like stones/rocks but what the heck!

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I love squishers! The bottom one is awesome!!

 

[Meena]

@Misschief I love your amethyst, Ev! Very nicely shaped, as well.

@Terri E Your entry stones are so cute! I felt like I was in a rock shop where they have those open table bins of miscellaneous stones to paw through!

Time to work on my entry post!

 

[Terri E]

Your entry stones are so cute! I felt like I was in a rock shop where they have those open table bins of miscellaneous stones to paw through!

Time to work on my entry post![/QUOTE]

Thanks! It was fun to do

 

[SaltedFig]

Amazing rock soaps @Terri E !

I really liked your progress photo's - at first I thought the first soap was awesome ... and then you kept going!

Just WOW!

 

[SaltedFig]

@Meena, I really like that you included the wedge shaped soap to show your marbling - it shows the complexity of your marbling really well

 

[Meena]

@Meena, I really like that you included the wedge shaped soap to show your marbling - it shows the complexity of your marbling really well

Thank you so much! I appreciate it.

 

[Terri E]

Amazing rock soaps @Terri E !

I really liked your progress photo's - at first I thought the first soap was awesome ... and then you kept going!

Just WOW!

Thank you Fig! I really appreciate your comment

 

[earlene]

Everyone is doing such a nice job of their stone soaps. My motivation is just lacking, I am afraid. I really want to get back into the groove and make some soap and was hoping to do so this week. Well, it's Saturday and the week has come to an end, so I guess I'll have to hope to say that ship has sailed. Tomorrow is another day, so I will make an effort to clear my worktable and get busy.

 

[Terri E]

@Meena Your soap stones are beautiful! I love the colors! Great job

 

[Meena]

@Meena Your soap stones are beautiful! I love the colors! Great job

Thanks a lot, Terri!

 

[Terri E]

@Carolyne Thrasher Your soap stones look very real! So cool, they remind me of bird eggs

 

[Meena]

@szaza I love your obsidian arrowheads! The sheen you got on them is just beautiful!

Your perseverance with figuring out how to carve them paid off in spades (heh heh), just handsome as all get-out.

(Where the devil did that old expression come from, i wonder?? )

 

[Meena]

@Carolyne Thrasher Your soap stones look very real! So cool, they remind me of bird eggs

Me too! I immediately thought of duck eggs, then granite.

 

[Terri E]

@szaza I love your obsidian arrowheads! The sheen you got on them is just beautiful!

Your perseverance with figuring out how to carve them paid off in spades (heh heh), just handsome as all get-out.

(Where the devil did that old expression come from, i wonder?? )

@Meena Lol! I use that expression too

 

[earlene]

@Meena Lol! I use that expression too

@szaza I love your obsidian arrowheads! The sheen you got on them is just beautiful!

Your perseverance with figuring out how to carve them paid off in spades (heh heh), just handsome as all get-out.

(Where the devil did that old expression come from, i wonder?? )

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[Misschief]

Everyone is doing such a nice job of their stone soaps. My motivation is just lacking, I am afraid. I really want to get back into the groove and make some soap and was hoping to do so this week. Well, it's Saturday and the week has come to an end, so I guess I'll have to hope to say that ship has sailed. Tomorrow is another day, so I will make an effort to clear my worktable and get busy.

Earlene, I'm surprised I managed to make mine, to be honest. I've been sick all week with a cold/flu bug of some kind. I'm on the mend but still very tired and weak. I did manage to get out for a couple of hours today but needed a nap; it about did me in!