Soft Soap Glass Pebble Trivet

When I got the chance to try out Softsoap’s new liquid hand soap and do a project with it, I gladly said yes! My favorite is the Peony & Plum.The flavor is so lovely and fragrant. It smells like Spring in a bottle! It reminds me of a field of wildflowers on a sunny April afternoon. I’m happy to have this lovely soap sitting on the bathroom counter this season!

The gorgeous packaging of the soap really dresses up the sink and adds a touch of Spring to my bathroom. SoftSoap Liquid Hand Soap is only $2.49 (10fl oz) which is definitely affordable especially since it’s functional and pretty. Small accents like this make all the difference in your bathroom or kitchen.

I created this trivet using glass pebbles and a few other supplies to show off my new soap in my bathroom.

Supplies: Glass Flat Backed Pebbles, Fabric Scrap, Foamboard or Cardboard, Felt, Clothesline Rope, E6000 Craft Glue Glue,Baking Dish, Oven, Bowl of Ice Water, Soft Soap

1. Bake your glass magnets in a baking dish at 275 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes.

2. Immediately transfer your glass pebbles from the hot oven to a bowl of ice water. The glass pebbles will crack on the inside but remain smooth on the outside for a cool effect.

3. Let your stones cool off completely, this will take a few minutes.

4. To make the trivet, Cut out a 3.3/4″x3.3/4″ square from felt, foam board and a piece of fabric.

5. Stack them up and adhere them together, with the felt on bottom, foam board in the middle and fabric on top.

6. Glue the end of the rope onto one corner, gluing it around all of the side edges to finish them off. Trim away the excess rope when you get all of the way around.

7. Arrange your cracked glass pebbles on top of the fabric and glue them down.

Soap provided by SoftSoap. $2.49 (10fl oz)

This one has that bold, trendy Halloween look that would be right at home on a sweatshirt, tote bag, or anything else you want to give a bit of spooky-season personality. The Spooky Season Embroidery Design from MySimplyEmbroidery is a digital machine embroidery file, and the listing shows it as an instant download with 1 PDF and 1 ZIP file included.

What makes this design stand out is the graphic style. The listing images show the words “Spooky Season” in a drippy Halloween-style font, with a skeleton, bats, a spider web, a cat, and a spider worked into the layout. It feels modern and playful rather than old-fashioned Halloween, so I can see it appealing to stitchers who like seasonal embroidery with a more current boutique-shop vibe.

From a practical point of view, the file comes in three large sizes: 7.56 x 4.55 inches, 8.64 x 5.20 inches, and 9.23 x 5.55 inches, with stitch counts from 15,471 to 19,038. The included formats are DST, EXP, JEF, HUS, PCS, PEC, PES, VIP, VP3, and XXX, and the listing says a production worksheet in PDF is included as well.

The seller also notes that the design was manually digitized, which is always a nice detail to see on a machine embroidery listing. The usual embroidery-download reminders are there too: you need an embroidery machine and know how to transfer the file, and the seller says they are not responsible for design quality if the file is resized, converted, or edited. The listing also allows buyers to use the files for personal projects or items to sell, but not to resell or distribute the design itself.

From the shop side, this one looks reassuring even though the item itself has no reviews yet. Etsy shows MySimplyEmbroidery with a 4.9 rating from 213 reviews, 1.9k sales, and 3 years on Etsy, and the seller is listed as usually responding within 24 hours. The shop is based in Krakow, Poland.

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