Holly Swirl Soap Challenge Winners

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

Dianne's Holly Swirl soap, scented with Black Raspberry Vanilla
Dianne’s Holly Swirl soap, scented with Black Raspberry Vanilla

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

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:

Shannon's Holly Swirl Soap
Shannon’s Holly Swirl Soap

Read more about this soap on Shannon’s blog!

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

Melinda's Holly Swirl Soap
Melinda’s Holly Swirl Soap

Check out Melinda’s Facebook album for more information about how she created this soap!

To see all the Holly Swirl soaps that were entered in the Challenge Club, please visit this link-up!

Next month’s Soap Challenge Club will be opening up VERY SOON! Our sponsor is Nature’s Garden, 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:

Hawaiian Sunrise Gradient Soap
Hawaiian Sunrise Gradient Soap

Registration will open up on Monday. If you haven’t already, be sure to sign up for Soap Challenge Club notifications so you don’t miss the registration deadline!

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  1. Congratulations to the winners. And a job well done to everyone that submitted. There were so many great submissions it was hard to pick just three.

  2. OMG…you guys! Thanks so much for voting for me! I am truly humbled, as there were some truly beautiful entries. Everyone did so well, and I am in a little disbelief that I won! Thanks Amy for putting these challenges on every month. I am learning so much and feel grateful to be in such great soaping company. See you all next month! 🙂

  3. Congratulations everyone. I had a terrible time voting because everyone did such a bang up job! Wonderful soaps!

  4. Thank you so much, this challenge was awesome and I loved to see everyone’s soaps. This group was so creative with their Holly Swirls. I had the worst time figuring out who to vote for! I feel honored to get 2nd place, thank you soooooo much! Dianne your soap is truly gorgeous, deserved win for sure! <3

  5. Congratulations winners! Your work is truly award winning. 😀 Gorgeous entries, great job everyone!

  6. Congrats to everyone that participating. This was definitely a fun challenge for me. I went outside the box and had loads of fun. I am looking forward to the gradient challenge.

  7. From one Queenslander to another ….YAHOOOO Dianne! Congrats on your win 🙂 Your soap is awesome!

  8. The entries were really super this time! Congrats Dianne, Shannon and Melinda! Great soaps, everyone! It was so hard to choose. Such fun and such good talent. You all inspire me.

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