The Semi-Successful, Experimental Project

Soooo.....contrary to popular belief, sometimes my projects (or attempts at projects) don't always work out. I'm going to call this one semi-successful. I attempted to make bath bombs using the tutorial at http://www.mommysavers.com/how-to-make-homemade-bath-bombs/ . It was the most practical of all the recipes I found while I was researching the project, so I went for it.

As a side note, this project involved Epsom Salt. I LOVE EPSOM SALT!! It looks like snow, so you can do things like this with it....

Anyways, I also used this for the project:

The awesome thing about this recipe was I mostly had everything on hand already. I purchased the lavendar oil from Amazon. The awesome red silicone heart mold tray was a $4 purchase from Big Lots (seriously, I LOVE Big Lots. All kinds of awesome things for cheap....which usually gets me in trouble!!). I stirred everything together and pushed it into the molds...

And this is what I got....

I actually left them in the molds for about 24 hours because they started to crumble whenever I tried to take them out. I got four good ones out of it and the other four fell apart pitifully. I'm gonna make another batch since I need six of them for my purposes (gifts for some friends). I think this time around I'm gonna make them a wee bit moister so they hold together better. Also as a side note, I left out the food coloring because I don't really like the idea of taking a bath that has red food coloring in it. That might just be me, but I'm not crazy about the thought. Anyways, that's my half-successful attempt at making bath bombs. I'd definitely do it again, with those few adjustments of more moisture and letting it sit longer in the mold.

I'm gonna wrap the successful bath bombs in cellophane and give them as gifts to my practicum group.

We are moving next weekend, so I probably won't be posting for at least another two weeks. I will post pictures of our new place (a BEACH BUNGALOW!! SO EXCITED!!) when I get a chance. Until then, let me know if you try to make these and how they turn out!

Sola Deo Gloria!

Amber