{"id":157,"date":"2018-01-23T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T17:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluesun.curiousmindgarden.com\/?p=157"},"modified":"2019-12-01T23:54:04","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T07:54:04","slug":"new-soap-labels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/index.php\/2018\/01\/23\/new-soap-labels\/","title":{"rendered":"New soap labels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been making soap for about 10 years now, and selling in a local shop for close to one year. \u00a0 I&#8217;ve decided to step it up a little and next month I&#8217;d like to open an Etsy shop. \u00a0 Clearly this calls for new labels.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve created 4 so far, two using the ginkgo pattern.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-158\" src=\"https:\/\/bluesun.curiousmindgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/vertical-86x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"52\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/vertical-86x300.png 86w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/vertical.png 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 52px) 100vw, 52px\" \/>\u00a0My original labels were all vertical like this. \u00a0And my first ginkgo label was too. \u00a0But I&#8217;ve since decided to go horizontal. \u00a0The handmade soap tops can be uneven and by going horizontal I can still get a fairly crisp wrap around the soap edges.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-160\" src=\"https:\/\/bluesun.curiousmindgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/h_ginkgo_label-1024x177.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"777\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/h_ginkgo_label-1024x177.png 1024w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/h_ginkgo_label-416x72.png 416w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/h_ginkgo_label-300x52.png 300w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/h_ginkgo_label-768x133.png 768w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/h_ginkgo_label-400x69.png 400w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/h_ginkgo_label.png 1734w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Much better! \u00a0 And I don&#8217;t have to look at my ingredients upside down. \u00a0But I&#8217;m still playing with Inkscape, what else can I do?<\/p>\n<p>I can make star mandalas. \u00a0I will talk more about these later because they were just fun to make and I want to make some in glorious rainbow colors just because I can.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-162\" src=\"https:\/\/bluesun.curiousmindgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/h_star_label-1024x177.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/h_star_label-1024x177.png 1024w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/h_star_label-416x72.png 416w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/h_star_label-300x52.png 300w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/h_star_label-768x133.png 768w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/h_star_label-400x69.png 400w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/h_star_label.png 1695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And I&#8217;m going to make a Dragon&#8217;s Blood soap; this requires a special label. (No dragons will be harmed).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-161\" src=\"https:\/\/bluesun.curiousmindgarden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/h_dragonsblood.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"988\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/h_dragonsblood.png 988w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/h_dragonsblood-416x71.png 416w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/h_dragonsblood-300x51.png 300w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/h_dragonsblood-768x131.png 768w, https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/h_dragonsblood-400x68.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This one was fun. \u00a0I took the dragons and text from the 19th C Japanese print by\u00a0Utagawa Kunisada II.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been making soap for about 10 years now, and selling in a local shop for close to one year. \u00a0 I&#8217;ve decided to step it up a little and next month I&#8217;d like to open an Etsy shop. \u00a0 Clearly this calls for new labels. 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