Mrs Frugal Posted July 6, 2006 Author Share Posted July 6, 2006 Only 5 items ! Those are the next things on my list as well as rose buds, heart moulds.........etc.......etc........etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Sorry - got cut off by a powercut - only just back on The 'jam tarts' sound brilliant Kate - I'll have to place another order before the school hols. I've ordered the organic soap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Oh, no, I've only just caught this thread, and those soaps look gorgeous Kate. Is making them particularly time consuming? It might be something that I'm interested in doing myself, but I don't want to get involved in anything too demanding on my time. Imy quite likes crafty things as well, so it could be a joint project. It also could save me a small fortune..... I can't ever go into Lush and just buy the single item that I went in there for Whoever had the make your own pizza idea, I've been doing that for ages when the childrens friends come round for dinner. It works brilliantly because so many of the children of my aquaintance are faddy eaters I just encourage them to add whatever toppings they like, so you don't get horrors picking off the bits they don't like. That said I once had one absolutely smother his pizza in tuna.... then whine that he didn't like tuna after all. And son created himself a new pizza variety.... marmite and banana He said it was delicious..... and valiantly ate the whole lot It also keeps them entertained for a while Right, I'm off to follow that link, thanks for the tip Kate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted July 6, 2006 Author Share Posted July 6, 2006 Kate, it takes just long enough to melt the soap base, add a drop of food colouring and a couple of drops of essential oils and to pour it into a mould! That's it and it's so cheap - won't take you any time at all !! LSH worked out that it is cheaper to make the soaps than to buy them and you can make them to suit your mood, your decor, whatever! Great presents and the bath bombs etc, once you've had the initial outlay for the mould and the bags of bicarb and citric acid, you can make no end! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 I'm very tempted by the bath bombs.... Imy adores them and I do keep buying her them from Lush, this way she could make her own But then the glittery ones that she invariably chooses leaves glitter all over the bath which seems to persist for days despite cleaning How many bars of soap approx do you get from a kit? I know that does depend on the size of the initial bar, but if you sort of break it down into the standard size of a bar of shop bought soap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted July 6, 2006 Author Share Posted July 6, 2006 I bought 5kg melt and pour natural base and cut off as much as I think I'll need to make a batch. An example - 600g soap base poured into a washed out tetrapak milk carton with the front cut off so the box is lying on its back half fills it and when the soap is unmoulded, this cuts into 3 or 4 bars. The violet soap was made in a milk carton like that and cut neatly into 3 good sized bars - your average shop bought bar size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 What do you cut them with Kate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted July 6, 2006 Author Share Posted July 6, 2006 Just an ordinary kitchen knife. They slice beautifully. You can get them out of the milk carton without cutting it open so it's reuseable if you're careful too. The proper moulds are lovely. There are ones with Handmade or Natural imprinted on them but the bars aren't terribly big as you can see by the bright blue ones I made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellcat Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 There's a company called Yellow Moon, who do craft stuff, and they all made greetings cards too. Yup. Its Yellow Moon who received nearly £50 of my fine pounds yesterday! (before I saw the soap making thing!) Although that did include the gorgeous iridescent acrylic paints at £12 per set of 6 150 ml bottles. I got Fridge magnets to make, wooden pens to turn in to people and little star shaped boxes to paint and decorate, that they can fill with sweeties to take home. That and a game of pass the parcel (obligatory in my house on birthdays) an old fashioned party tea and we're sorted! a couple of weeks ago I saw a set of Clikits party set - invites, party bag and little Clikit craft thingy - reduced from £20 (how much!!!) to £6, so I got 2 lots, in case. I do make pizzas with mine, the bread machine makes smashing dough, but I can't face doing it with 12 squealing girls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 I do make pizzas with mine, the bread machine makes smashing dough, but I can't face doing it with 12 squealing girls. Bread machines OH & I were bought one as a wedding present and even after 3 years of trying we still cant make a white loaf thats worth eating! I tried making the dough for ciabatta but it was like the horror movie 'The Blob' - i took it from the machine and it just kept growing so i tried to tame it by cutting it in half and just like the sorcerers apprentice it became uncontrollable and took over the kitchen work surface After a rather frustrating battle i threw it in the oven thinking that would help - oh boy was i wrong It grew like it was on steriods! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellcat Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 hahahahahahaha I shouldnt mock the afflicted Is it a very expensive bread machine? Mine was £30 pressie from a friend 4 years ago. We bought one for my parents for £50 and it was superb. BUT, a cheffy friend of mine has a very expensive one and says its complete pants (rather like you). If you're really keen you could try didching it and getting a cheapo version from Tesco or somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 Is it a very expensive bread machine? Mine was £30 pressie from a friend 4 years ago. We bought one for my parents for £50 and it was superb. BUT, a cheffy friend of mine has a very expensive one and says its complete pants (rather like you). Not too sure how much it cost as it was a present but its made my Kenwood and has more controls than an aircraft I do hope your party goes according to plan and im sure they will have a great time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 7, 2006 Share Posted July 7, 2006 I've got the Panasonic one with the nut dispenser (we like seeds in our bread). The cheapest I found was on Amazon and it's worth every penny Helen, Rosie has a great party game for girls; I think I might have got it from Yellow Moon; I can't remember the name, but it's about shopping and filling up little handbags with party favour type things. I'll try to remember to have a look when I go home for lunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
