[DianaB]

There was a relative of my son-in-law that used to make soap and sold it on e-bay. She would use the plastic thingys that hold cookies in the packages for soap molds. They always have a nice design to them. I don't know if she used them over or not. I just found a couple of bars that she made in the bathroom and have been using them. I think that's a really cool hobby. You might check on e-bay for books that have ideas and recipes in them. I know that you can put oatmeal and other stuff in them.

You probably wouldn't want to have the lye around your stove. My sister-in-law and I made hominy one time and the recipe called for lye to remove the outside covering of the corn kernel and then you rinse and rinse and rinse it. Anyway, back to my point, I did get lye on the chrome part of my stove and it discolored it. Please be careful with that stuff!!!