Instructions: Melt soap as you would butter on very low heat or in the top of a double boiler. Be sure that you dont let the soap get too hot. If it gets over 160 degrees it will sweat after it sets. After the soap is melted quickly stir in the fragrance oil and color and pour into jelly jars. Allow to set for several hours. Put the lids on the jars, then using an ice pick or hammer and nail make several holes in the top of the container.

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Cut a 5" circle using lace, bridal illusion, net even chiffon or organdy. Using pinking shears or fancy craft scissors will create a festive trim. Place the circle over the mouth of the jar and seat the band over it. You can still trim the band with a ribbon for a more finished
look.

You now have jelly jar scents that wont go bad and mold or dry up as the gelatin based ones do.

If you want to spruce up the jars you can add a ribbon around the rim or

a croqueted doily over the top and tied with a ribbon.

You can also imbed a sillk flower, dried flower or herbs, plastic toy or animal. Pour a layer of soap into the jar and allow it to set up for 10 to 15 minutes. Add your item and, being careful of dried flowers and herbs, pour soap gently over the item/s. and when you need to refreshen the scent, put the jar in a small pan of hot water or the microwave until you can get the soap out in a chunk then remelt it as above, (removing any additions like flowers or toys)

adding more fragrance oil. Then repouring into the jars. In our experience the fragrance lasts for several months with this method so you wont need to refreshen often.

You can also change the scent a bit when you do the refreshening or just because you want a change and dont want to waste what youve already done. You might consider trying this if you used lemon and colored it yellow, add some orange fragrance oil and a few drops of red food color when you remelt the soap and you have a new citrus scent colored orange - you can add grapefurit and lime as well.

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