Soap Making - 101 Images of Soap Making

These images are in conjunction with my soap making posts. They show a different soap recipe; however, it also shows the steps (in pictures) to take when making soap. Also the images are part of my image essay for digital photography.























equipment, butters, oils






Instead of water - I used aloe vera juice instead.











Lye into the aloe vera juice.








stirring the lye/aloe









measuring coconut oil








measuring soybean oil







measuring rice bran oil









measuring olive oil








pouring oils into pan to melt










oils before melted








melted oils and lye/aloe being poured in

oils/lye/aloe at trace

adding mica for color

adding fragrance oil











pouring into mold

in mold

News Around the World - repost

I changed blogs and never reposted my news around the world. So.....

News around the world is always interesting to see if people from different regions have issues that relate to each other. Choosing newspapers from three US states: Alabama; Alaska; Florida, and two from outside the US: United Kingdom, and Jamaica, I will find out what is important to each region. Do they have similar headlines, or similar concerns? These headlines are from September 6, 2007. These newspapers where chosen from www.Newseum.org

Birmingham News, Birmingham, Alabama: www.al.com , headlines: Actor Fred Thompson makes move for the US Presidency. Shaky funds may face 10 more school closings, because of fund shortages for state requirements. German’s disrupt terror plot against US. Apple cuts iPhone price as new iPod debuts.

Security safety for the US and other nations seems to be on everyone’s mind as September 11, 2007 approaches. Reading the taken down of terror plots against the US, reaffirms the people of all nations that the US will be watching to keep the great nation of the US safe by any means. It is no doubt that schools all over the world are having funding issues.

Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage, Alaska: www.ADN.com , Witnesses balk in ex-stripper’s murder, key witness refusing to testify. Corruption trials divided, Pete Kott: former speaker of the house.

The Ledger, Lakeland, Florida: www.theledger.com , 3 Arrested In Germany: Terror Plot. Lakeland family is separated by rules at airport in Israel. Publix CEO, Charles Jenkins, Jr. to retire. Fred Thompson joins White House race.

Traveling to a country overseas can be a scary issue for people during these uncertain times. It must be hard to want to go back to your homeland country to visit relatives, and not knowing if you will return to the place you call home.

The Herald, Glasgow, UK: www.theherald.co.uk , Teenage drinking spirals into drug abuse and crime. Swoop Terror Plot suspects.

Scotland finds itself dealing with teenage drinking that lead to drug abuse and crime. All around the world, teenage drinking is an issue that parents face.

The Gleaner, Jamaica: www.jamaica-gleaner.com , School fees safe

School issues and funding again, even Jamaica is not escaping the fact that there is a real issue on school funding. Not just for Jamaica, but around the world schools are need funds to operate.