Teach Soap

Hi all

I am in such a downer at the moment. I'm feeling so uninspired, and everything I've made this week has been a disaster! I could cry!!!

I am the only one who gets like this?

Catriona x

Absolutely not. If projects aren't working out like you want them to, you're going to get frustrated. Add that to the stress and frustration of other things in life and there you go, full on cry fest

There are many times that I'm feeling very uninspired, but I want to make something. I may peruse Etsy to get inspired (inspired, not copy ) sometimes I get inspired by looking at the yarn or scrapbook paper they sell. Sometimes looking through an art book or going to an art museum is helpful. Or reading a good book. Sometimes while I'm playing with my kids I get great ideas for soap.

Then there are days when I really just don't want to make anything and I don't push it, because that seems to be the times when my projects don't turn out very well.

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It isn't just you....

I like the idea of browsing or reading or museums...

but I find tequila works just as well for me

hhmm... i should try the tequila route...

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~Shell

When I get in a funk, I go look at other people's soaps. It's only temporary. Hang in there!

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Yep, I've definitely been there. I once had to redo a MP batch four times before I was happy with it. By then, I'd abused it too much to actually use it... but it was a vendetta, and a very rewarding one to win.

I love getting ideas from paintings--especially abstract and impressionist. It was my main creative outlet before soaping took over pretty much everything.

And cocktails are an inspiration in more ways than one!

I'm with everyone else ... take a step back from actually "making" soap ... take a breather. I Google image search as well as look on etsy. Enter "soap" "glycerine soap" glycerin soap" "handmade soap" and any other terms you can think of and you will be surprised at what comes up! I then go and have a look at other's website - you will find that there are soaps there that can give you inspiration to create something that is just yours ... I sometimes look at a soap and think "hmmm - I think that is lovely but I would ...." and that can then send you off on your own individual design path. I also write quick notes and draw (really bad sketches) as I go to capture what I'm thinking. That way you don't have the mental pressure of thinking "How do I make this?" you can get to that later.
The inspiration comes back!!!! Have fun
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There are days that I don't want to do anything at all but I do the same as others. Just google soaps or even things that you like (art, cooking, etc). Sometimes it's the things you are so into are what inspire you the most!

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Thanks everyone. Was starting to worry that I'd hit my peak!

Had a go at some more soap today which was really time consuming it, but worked out fabulously! Thank goodness. If it had been another disaster, who knows what would have happened!!

I now taking a break for a few days to see if I can inspire myself.

Thanks again xxx