{"id":258,"date":"2005-11-25T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-25T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/2005\/11\/25\/petal-soaps-and-yuletide-goodness\/"},"modified":"2009-01-26T23:24:06","modified_gmt":"2009-01-26T23:24:06","slug":"petal-soaps-and-yuletide-goodness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sarahblankstudios.com\/blog\/2005\/11\/25\/petal-soaps-and-yuletide-goodness\/","title":{"rendered":"Petal soaps and yuletide goodness!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I took a break from my art to make some fun faerie crafts and things. I was feeling very cozy and happy about the coming winter. I made rose petal and patchouli soaps, gathered holly and oak twigs for my Yuletide fae house (more about that later!), prepared a magical mixture to preserve the holly leaves, and created TWO yule-ish crowns.<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s some of my soaps (still in the mold), with rose petals!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/051125_5.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>PROJECT #1-I have a HUGE holly tree outside my house. I gathered some leaves (mostly ones from broken branches *treehugger!*) and put them in a glass tray.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/051125_1.jpg\"><br \/>\nOk- here&#8217;s the plan. I am going to preserve these holly leaves, which will become &#8220;shingles&#8221; on my &#8220;Holly and Oak Yuletide Faerie House&#8221;. The recipe is as follows: place holly leaves in a glass container, mix one half glycerin and one half water, add green food dye, cover and let sit for 6 days. The holly then soaks up the glycerin solution, replacing the water. This sort of &#8220;preserves&#8221; the leaves, which would normally crumble if dried or pressed. The supplies:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/051125_2.jpg\"><br \/>\nI rambled around outside and collected oak twigs for the walls (sort of rustic cabin style). I spotted this cute gnarly piece of bark alongside the road- a perfect little window!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/051125_3.jpg\"><br \/>\nPROJECT #2-I had extra glycerin left over, so I decided to make some soap! a few weeks ago I bought rose buds and patchouli leaves at the apothecary, perfect for the soap!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/051125_4.jpg\"><br \/>\nMmmmm&#8230;.my hand picked rosehips were a colorful addition, as the rose petals turned from a deilcate pink to BROWN when they were exposed to the glycerin! &#8220;Captured&#8221; rosehips!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/051125_6.jpg\"><br \/>\nPROJECT #3- TWO crowns! Here&#8217;s a frosty silvery white crown I made today as well&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sarahblankstudios.com\/images\/blog\/051125_7.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I took a break from my art to make some fun faerie crafts and things. I was feeling very cozy and happy about the coming winter. 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