{"id":9211,"date":"2013-08-21T13:43:31","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T19:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/?p=9211"},"modified":"2013-08-21T13:43:31","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T19:43:31","slug":"holly-swirl-soap-challenge-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/index.php\/holly-swirl-soap-challenge-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Holly Swirl Soap Challenge Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Soap Challenge Club just finished up for this month. We conquered the Holly Swirl (named for Holly of Missouri River Soap Co<\/a>) and did a bang-up job!! Check out our grand prize winner this month, Dianne Forrester of Queensland, Australia:<\/p>\n

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Dianne’s Holly Swirl soap, scented with Black Raspberry Vanilla<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Visit her blog<\/a> to read all about her adventures making this soap! Dianne has won a signed copy of Anne-Marie Faiola’s brand-new book, Soapcrafting<\/a>, along with an entire kit to create one of the soaps in the book. Congratulations, Dianne!!<\/p>\n

Congratulations also goes to our second and third place winners who will receive free registration to next month’s Soap Challenge Club!! Our second place winner is Shannon of Smellicious Soaps in Sparks, Nevada. She created this lovely Holly Swirl soap, scented with Applejack & Peel:<\/p>\n

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Shannon’s Holly Swirl Soap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Read more about this soap on Shannon’s blog<\/a>! <\/p>\n

And our third place winner is Melinda Wolff in Joshua, Texas. Her Holly Swirl soap is made with all natural colorants and essential oils:<\/p>\n

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Melinda’s Holly Swirl Soap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Check out Melinda’s Facebook album<\/a> for more information about how she created this soap!<\/p>\n

To see all the Holly Swirl soaps that were entered in the Challenge Club, please visit this link-up<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Next month’s Soap Challenge Club will be opening up VERY SOON! Our sponsor is Nature’s Garden<\/a>, and they will be donating a $50 gift certificate to the grand prize winner!! Our technique will be multi-colored gradient soaps like this one:<\/p>\n

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Hawaiian Sunrise Gradient Soap<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Registration will open up on Monday. If you haven’t already, be sure to sign up for Soap Challenge Club notifications<\/a> so you don’t miss the registration deadline!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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