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What's New at the Soap Barn




For the first time ever in the history of Soap Crafting
The one and only
The most amazing and exciting thing ever to happen in the world of soap
Let me introduce the Soap Barn's New

Bubble-Doh

Colour it, fragrance it, mould it, model it, shape it and set it.

This is the bubbliest bubble bath ever. You only need 25g of Bubble-Doh for the greatest bubble bath. Crumble your Bubble-Doh cookie under the hot running water. Your bath will fill right up with loads of bubbles. These bubbles will stay around for hours ... if you let them!

SO...

Why am I so excited by the new Bubble-Doh?
Well, firstly it has taken me seven years to perfect the recipe and I wasn't going to offer it to you until I knew it was perfect. Secondly, Bubble-Doh is a crafter's delight. There is almost nothing you can't do with it. You can colour it any colour, you can fragrance it with any fragrance, you can roll it, and scroll it, mould it in a plastic mould, mould it in a silicone mould, cut it with a cookie cutter and hand model it. You can now have the bubbliest bubble bath in ANY shape, colour or form that you would like it.

For Valentine's Day we can have Bubble-Doh heart cookies, for Easter Bubble-Doh eggs or bunnies, for Mothers' Day and Women's Day we can have Bubble-Doh rose cookies. We can have teddies for little girls and cars for little boys, fish Bubble-Doh cookies for Fathers' Day and Father Christmas Bubble-Doh cookies for Christmas. The sky is the limit and anything you can imagine can be made with this amazing new product.

Lucious Lavender Bubble-Doh Cookies for Mothers' Day

Bubble-Doh is a great activity for children's parties and a wonderful novelty for school market days. It is easy to work with and it is really very in-expensive. 1kg costs you R40.00. Out of this you can make 40 (25g) Bubble-Doh cookies - big enough for one fabulous bubble bath. This means that 1 bubble bath costs you R1!

And even more exciting than that is the fact that you can make a variety of different shaped and fragranced Bubble-Doh cookies, pack them in a clear box and present all your friends and family with the most exciting gift they ever received.


All wrapped up and ready to go

These same gift boxes cost you very little to make up and can be sold at a great profit. So, if you are feeling a little squeezed by the credit squeeze or crunched by the credit crunch why don't you start up your own Bubble-Doh business and help easy the burden on your salary.

Oh well, I guess you can see that I am more than just a little bit excited about my new Bubble-Doh. Try it out and see why!


Badedas Bliss




Vanilla Ice-Cream Surprise




Milk and Honeycomb




Tuscan Sunrise




Lightly Lemon Verbena




Glitzy Eggs for Easter


Ingredients:
1kg Bubble-Doh (Soap Barn)
Vanilla fragrance (Soap Barn)
Mother of pearl glitter (Soap Barn)
Easter egg mould (Soap Barn)
Organza ribbon (Soap Barn)
Bubble bath stickers (Soap Barn)
Egg Box (Soap Barn)
Paper flowers (Chocolate Den)

Method:
Remove some of your Bubble-Doh from the sealed bag. (Always keep your Bubble-Doh in a tightly sealed bag to keep it from drying out.) I work with smallish quantities at a time (about 200g) so the Bubble-Doh always stays fresh. You can use plastic gloves because working long with very this very soapy mixture will dry your hands.
Mix your fragrance into your Bubble-Doh as much or as little as you like. I think your Bubble-Doh should always smell heavenly and the more fragrance the better! Knead the Bubble-Doh well till the fragrance is mixed through.
Lightly dust your mould with bicarbonate of soda to help the Bubble-Doh release easily. Fill half your egg mould with Bubble-Doh and then gently knock the egg shape out of the mould into your hand. Place the half egg on a thick wad of old newspaper covered in paper towelling. Now, make the second half of the egg in the same way. When the second half is ready you can brush the first half very lightly with some water to help stick the second half on top.
Smooth the edges of the seam with your fingers so that the join line disappears. I lkie to put the entire egg back into the mould now just to reshape it. It will release easily. Then you can brush the top of the egg (again, very lightly) with water to sprinkle the glitter.
Leave the eggs to set for 24 hours. Decorate them by tying organza ribbon around their middles and sticking in paper roses. Place the eggs in an egg box with ‘bubble bath’ stickers on the inside.


Earthy Eggs for Easter




Sublime Eggs for Easter




Petite Fours for Tea




Healthy Herbal Squares




Marigold, Chamomile, Rooibos and Lavender Eggs




Marvellous Marbles




Bubble-Doh Balls




Bubble-Doh Hearts

     


Ingredients:
1kg Bubble-Doh
Pink powder colouring
Raspberry fragrance
Mother of pearl glitter
Heart cookie cutter
Paper muffin cups
Clear PVC box for packaging

Method:
Remove some of your Bubble-Doh from the sealed bag. (Always keep your Bubble-Doh in a tightly sealed bag to keep it from drying out.) I work with smallish quantities at a time (about 200g) so the Bubble-Doh always stays fresh. Use the plastic gloves provided because working long with very this very soapy mixture will dry your hands.
Sprinkle 1 quarter teaspoon of pink powder colouring over the Bubble-Doh and 40 drops of raspberry fragrance. Knead the Bubble-Doh well till the fragrance and colour are evenly mixed through. Flatten the pink raspberry Bubble-Doh on the counter and dust the top with glitter. Now use your cookie cutter to cut out heart shapes.
Leave the hearts on an old towel (or anything absorbent) to dry out. Leave for one day to dry on the top and a second day to dry upside-down on the bottom.
Then you can place each heart in a brown or white paper muffin cup. Place heart in a box and tie with a beautiful soft organza ribbon.




Bubble-Doh Roses


Ingredients:
1kg Bubble-Doh (Soap Barn)
Rose fragrance (Soap Barn)
Mother of pearl glitter (Soap Barn)
Pink Mother of pearl glitter (Soap Barn)
Rose mould (Chocolate Den)
Long rose sticks (Chocolate Den)
Rose bouquet cellophane wrapping (Chocolate Den)

Method:
Remove some of your Bubble-Doh from the sealed bag. (Always keep your Bubble-Doh in a tightly sealed bag to keep it from drying out.) I work with smallish quantities at a time (about 200g) so the Bubble-Doh always stays fresh. You can use plastic gloves because working long with very this very soapy mixture will dry your hands

Mix your fragrance into your Bubble-Doh as much or as little as you like. I think your Bubble-Doh should always smell heavenly and the more fragrance the better! Knead the Bubble-Doh well till the fragrance is mixed through.

Lightly dust your mould with bicarbonate of soda to help the Bubble-Doh release easily. Fill half your rose mould with Bubble-Doh and then gently knock the rose shape out of the mould into your hand. Place the half rose on a thick wad of old newspaper covered in paper towelling. Now, make the second half of the rose in the same way. When the second half is ready you can brush the first half very lightly with some water, press the long stick in and stick the second half of the rose on top.

Smooth the edges of the seam with your fingers so that the join line disappears. I like to put the entire rose back into the mould now just to reshape it. Before you do that sprinkle some glitter (either white or pink) in both sides of the mould. Press the rose back into the mould and it will release easily.

Leave the roses to set till they are hard. Wrap them in floral cellophane and tie an organza ribbon around the bouquet.

To use: Hold a Bubble-Doh rose under the hot running water as you run your bath. You will have a fantastic bubble bath.



Bubble-Doh Meringues




Bubble-Doh Cakes

     
Ingredients:
1kg Bubble-Doh (Soap Barn)
Rose fragrance (Soap Barn)
Mother of pearl glitter (Soap Barn)
Pink mother of pearl glitter (Soap Barn)
Round mould (Soap Barn)
Paper flowers (Chocolate Den)
Heart pearls (Chocolate Den)

Method:
Remove some of your Bubble-Doh from the sealed bag. (Always keep your Bubble-Doh in a tightly sealed bag to keep it from drying out.) I work with smallish quantities at a time (about 200g) so the Bubble-Doh always stays fresh. You can use plastic gloves because working long with very this very soapy mixture will dry your hands.

Mix your fragrance into your Bubble-Doh as much or as little as you like. I think your Bubble-Doh should always smell heavenly and the more fragrance the better! Knead the Bubble-Doh well till the fragrance is mixed through.

Lightly dust your mould with bicarbonate of soda to help the Bubble-Doh release easily. Fill your round mould with Bubble-Doh and then gently knock the shape out of the mould into your hand. Place the round cake on a thick wad of old newspaper covered in paper towelling.

Sprinkle some glitter onto the cake. Now decorate it with organza ribbon, paper flowers and heart pearls.

Leave the cakes to set till they are hard.




Bubble-Doh Shells


Ingredients:
1kg Bubble-Doh (Soap Barn)
Ocean Mist fragrance (Soap Barn)
Blue powder colouring (Soap Barn)
Baking soda (Soap Barn)
Shell mould (Chocolate Den)
Mother-of-pearl glitter (Soap Barn)

Method:
Remove some of your Bubble-Doh from the sealed bag. (Always keep your Bubble-Doh in a tightly sealed bag to keep it from drying out.) I work with smallish quantities at a time (about 200g) so the Bubble-Doh always stays fresh. You can use plastic gloves because working long with very this very soapy mixture will dry your hands.

Mix your ocean mist fragrance into your Bubble-Doh - lots of it! I think your Bubble-Doh should always smell heavenly and the more fragrance the better! Divide it in half and colour the one half with blue powder colouring. Knead the Bubble-Doh well till the fragrance and colour are well mixed through.

Lightly dust your mould with bicarbonate of soda to help the Bubble-Doh release easily. Fill half your shell mould with blue ocean mist Bubble-Doh and the other half with white ocean mist Bubble- Doh. Press in tightly.

Then gently knock the shell out of the mould onto a piece of cardboard. Sprinkle glitter over your shell.

Leave your shells two days to airdry. Then you can pack them in paper cups into your beautiful ocean mist soap box.

To make your soap box all you need is a soap box mould, a soap box lid mould and glycerine soap.



Bubble-Doh Crayons





Bubble-Doh Christmas Tree


Ingredients:
1kg Bubble-Doh (Soap Barn)
Snowflake fragrance (Soap Barn)
Mother of pearl glitter (Soap Barn)
Christmas tree mould (Soap Barn/Chocolate Den)
Bubble-Doh labels (Soap Barn)
Soap Glaze (Soap Barn)
PVC cylinder for packaging (Chocolate Den)
Fairy hair (Soap Barn)

Method:
Remove some of your Bubble-Doh from the sealed bag. (Always keep your Bubble-Doh in a tightly sealed bag to keep it from drying out.) I work with smallish quantities at a time (about 200g) so the Bubble-Doh always stays fresh. You can use plastic gloves because working long with very this very soapy mixture will dry your hands.

Mix your fragrance into your Bubble-Doh as much or as little as you like. I think your Bubble-Doh should always smell heavenly and the more fragrance the better! Knead the Bubble-Doh well till the fragrance is mixed through.

Cut each section of the mould out with about half a centimetre border around the sides. Fill each section with a teaspoon of baking soda and shake it around to dust your mould. Then empty it out. This helps the Bubble-Doh release easily. Fill each section with Bubble-Doh and then gently knock the shape out of the mould onto a thick wad of old newspaper covered in paper towelling. Now, brush the sections lightly with water and sprinkle your glitter over them.

Leave the parts to set for 24-48 hours. When they are set and hard you can assemble your tree using a bit of soap glaze to stick each section. Package in a PVC cylinder with a Bubble-Doh label and fairy hair.

Crumble your Bubble-Doh Christmas tree under hot running bath water for the bubbliest Christmas bath ever!