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Make it Monday: #Photography

January 15, 2013 Filed Under: Bramble Berry News

It’s the very first Make It Monday (er… Tuesday), contest of 2013 and I can’t wait to see what you have in store for us. This last week has been a blur of activity from these fun Hidden Color Bath Bombs to Making Soap for AmeriCares (Go Team Bramble Berry!) and our first Soap Queen TV episode of the year. On Wednesday last week, we finally learned the gender of Bramble Baby #2 (we are having a girl, did you guess right in our poll?) and I had to keep the secret until we could tell our family at a gathering on SATURDAY. People, do you know what that was like?? It was soooo hard to keep a secret!

That being said, I’m excited to bring you the Make It Monday (errr …. Tuesday!) contest. Are you ready for this? Drum roll please…

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Make it Monday: #Christmas Schwag

December 3, 2012 Filed Under: Bramble Berry News

It’s coming up on the end of the year (I can hardly believe it!) and that means it is our very last #Make it Monday challenge of 2012. We’ve seen some pretty incredible projects over the last six months and can’t wait to see what you have in store for us for this challenge! Are you ready for it?

Mission (if you choose to accept it)

Create a unique product that follows the theme for the challenge of the week. This week is all Christmas themed bath and body products. Anything from melt & pour and cold process soaps, bath bombs, lotions, and more!
Post your pictures of your cute and creative Christmas projects to Bramble Berry’s Facebook page during the entry period (December 3rd – December 17th).
Your entry must have the hashtag of the week in order to be entered into the contest. This week, your picture must have the hashtag #Christmas Schwag
At the end of the entry period, Team Bramble Berry will pick our favorite entries. The winners of the challenge will be featured on the Soap Queen Blog. You have until Monday, December 17th to post photos of your #Christmas Schwag. Please submit your photos by 12 pm (pacific standard time).
You can submit up to three different pictures!

And now here are a few ideas for some extra-special holiday inspiration [Read more…]

Make it Monday: #Nail Polish

November 19, 2012 Filed Under: Bramble Berry News

It’s time for a fun and fresh new #Make It Monday contest. This week is all about Nail Polish! Did you know that Bramble Berry recently introduced a whole line of nail polish products? So of course we’ve been having an absolute blast experimenting with all the fun colors and glitters, making our very own nail polishes. Now it’s your turn…we want you to show us your fresh and funky nail polish creations!

Mission (if you choose to accept it)

Create a unique product that follows the theme for the challenge of the week. This week is all about nail polish!
Post your pictures of your cute and creative nail polishes to Bramble Berry’s Facebook page during the entry period (November 19th – January 15th).
Your entry must have the hashtag of the week in order to be entered into the contest. This week, your picture must have the hashtag #Nail Polish
At the end of the entry period, Team Bramble Berry will pick our favorite entries. The winners of the challenge will be featured on the Soap Queen Blog. You have until Monday, January 15th to post photos of your #Nail Polish. Please submit your photos by 12 pm (pacific standard time).
You can submit up to three different pictures! Bonus points if you tell us which colors your polish creation used. [Read more…]

Make it Monday: #Bath Bombs

November 5, 2012 Filed Under: Bath Fizzies

Happy Monday! I hope that those of you who got an extra hour’s sleep this weekend were able to enjoy it. Now that you’re all super refreshed, bright eyed and bushy tailed, it’s time for another Make it Monday challenge! We’ve had a blast seeing all the creative bath and body products that you guys have been making for these challenges (to see some of the awesome work from past challenges all in one handy location, check out our Facebook albums here). Are you ready for this week’s challenge? Let me give you a hint: it’s fizzy, it’s bubbly and it’s so much fun to use in the tub. Can you guess what it is?

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Make It Monday: #Halloween

October 22, 2012 Filed Under: Bramble Berry News

If you’re struggling for a reason to love Mondays, we’ve got just the ticket: the latest Make it Monday challenge! Here’s the spooky twist…we’re looking for all things Halloween. Literal representations, interpreted color schemes, themed packaging. Anything with a spooktacular vibe goes!

Mission (if you choose to accept it)

Create a unique soap that follows the theme for the challenge of the week. This week is all about Halloween themed projects — for all types of soaps and body products!
Post your pictures of your cute and creative packaging to Bramble Berry’s Facebook page during the entry period (October 22nd -October 31st).
Your entry must have the hashtag of the week in order to be entered into the contest. This week, your picture must have the hashtag #Halloween
At the end of the entry period, Team Bramble Berry will pick our favorite entries. The winners of the challenge will be featured on the Soap Queen Blog. You have until Wednesday, October 31st to post your #Halloween photos. Please submit your photos by 12 pm (pacific standard time).
You can submit up to three different pictures [Read more…]

Make It Monday: #Packaging Challenge!

October 8, 2012 Filed Under: Tips & Tricks

This week, it’s all about your fabulous and fantastic packaging. From plastic buttons to paper origami to upcycled vintage sheet wrappers, we want to see your unique way of using materials in the presentation of your soaps and body products! What brilliant new idea have you come with to enclose your melt and pour soaps? Do you have an exciting way of packaging your cold process soaps? How about overcoming the challenging shape of a round bath bomb?

Mission (if you choose to accept it)

Create a unique soap that follows the theme for the challenge of the week. This week is all about packaging — for all types of soaps and body products!
Post your pictures of your cute and creative packaging to Bramble Berry’s Facebook page during the entry period (October 8th -October 22nd).
Your entry must have the hashtag of the week in order to be entered into the contest. This week, your picture must have the hashtag #Packaging
At the end of the two weeks, Team Bramble Berry will pick our favorite entries. The winners of the challenge will be featured on the Soap Queen Blog. You have until Monday, October 22nd to post your #Packaging photos. Please submit your photos by 12 pm (pacific standard time).
You can submit up to three different pictures

Happy Packaging!

Missed any of our challenges? Check these albums for all of our challenges to get some extra-soapy inspiration for your next project:

Make it Monday: #Rebatch Challenge

Make it Monday: #Unique Tops Challenge

Make it Monday: #Natural Colorants

Make It Monday: #Soap Sculpting Challenge

Make It Monday: #Swirling Challenge

Make It Monday: #Embedding Challenge

Make It Monday: #Layering Challenge

Don’t forget to check back later today to see the winner’s of our Make it Monday: #Rebatch Challenge!

Make It Monday: #Rebatch

September 24, 2012 Filed Under: Cold Process Soap

Guess what day it is?! Its Make it Monday! So far on this round of cold process challenges, we’ve seen hundreds of naturally colored soaps (check out this eye candy) and some absolutely phenomenal unique tops! (Psst…Check back later today to see the winners of the most recent #uniquetops challenge!). So are you ready for this week’s challenge?

Mission (if you choose to accept it)

Create a unique soap that follows the theme for the challenge of the week. This week is all about rebatch.
Post your pictures of your rebatch soap to Bramble Berry’s Facebook page during the entry period (September 24th -October 8th).
Your entry must have the hashtag of the week in order to be entered into the contest. This week, your picture must have the hashtag “#Rebatch
At the end of the two weeks, Team Bramble Berry will pick our favorite soaps. The winners of the challenge will be featured on the Soap Queen Blog. You have until Monday, October 8th to post your #Rebatch photos. Please submit your photos by 12 pm (pacific standard time).
You can submit up to three different pictures. [Read more…]

Make it Monday: Cold Process #UniqueTops

September 10, 2012 Filed Under: Cold Process Soap

Last week’s Make It Monday challenge was such a blast, and we had over 100 soaps submitted in the #natural colorants theme of the week. We saw everything from Calendula to Activated Charcoal to amazing homemade blends of different herbs and spices! Take a look at our Facebook album to see all the soapy goodness. Check back later today to see the winners of last week’s challenge.

Are you ready for this week’s challenge? Drum roll please…

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Make It Monday: #Natural Colorants

August 27, 2012 Filed Under: Cold Process Soap

Who’s ready for another challenge? This time it’s going to be all about cold process soaps and Team Bramble Berry is so excited to see what you will come up with! Just like our Make It Monday Melt and Pour Challenges (#Layers, #Embedding, #Swirling and #Sculpting), each week will have a different theme and you will have the chance to have your creation featured in a Soap Queen blog post!

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Make It Monday: #Soap Sculpting Challenge

July 23, 2012 Filed Under: Melt & Pour Soap

It’s time for our last Melt and Pour Challenge of the summer! We’ve seen some pretty incredible layered, embedded and swirled soaps. Are you ready for the next challenge?

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Make it Monday : #Swirling Challenge

July 9, 2012 Filed Under: Melt & Pour Soap

I am super excited to share this next challenge with you…are you ready? It is hard to believe that we are already on our third Melt and Pour Challenge when it feels like we just started the series. So many gorgeous soaps have been submitted for each of the challenges, and it is so much fun to check Bramble Berry’s Facebook page throughout the day to see what everyone is up to. Inspiration is always just a click away.

Pssst… Check back later today to see the winners of the #Embedding Challenge!

Your mission (if you choose to accept it):

Create a unique soap that follows the theme for the challenge of the week. This week we want to see some swirling in melt and pour!
Post your pictures of your swirling melt and pour soap to Bramble Berry’s Facebook page during the entry period (July 9th – July 23rd).
Your entry must have the hashtag of the week in order to be entered into the contest. This week, your picture must have the hashtag “#Swirling“.
At the end of the two weeks, Team Bramble Berry will pick our favorite soaps. The winners of the challenge will be featured on the Soap Queen Blog! You have until Monday, July 23rd to post your Melt and Pour #Swirling pictures.
You can submit up to three different pictures. [Read more…]

Make It Monday: #Embedding Challenge

June 25, 2012 Filed Under: Melt & Pour Soap

Who’s ready for another Melt and Pour Challenge (Pick me! Pick me!)? Missed the first challenge? Check it out out here. I was so impressed with each and every one of your entries over the last two weeks of the #Layers Challenge. I can’t wait to see what you come up with on the next challenge that’s all about embedding in your melt and pour soap. Bring on the creativity!

Pssst… Check back later today to see the winners of the #Layers Challenge. Squee!

It’s Soaping Cats and Dogs, Onesie, Twosie, Threesie, Easy 4th of July Stars

Loofah Soap, Secret Message Soap, Hamster Soap

Cool Yule Peppermint Loaf, Embedding Layers, 18 Bars of Pure Cuteness!

Mission (if you choose to accept it)

Create a unique soap that follows the theme for the challenge of the week. This week we want to see embedding in MP!
Post your pictures of your embedded melt and pour soap to Bramble Berry’s Facebook page during the entry period (June 25th-July 9th).
Your entry must have the hashtag of the week in order to be entered into the contest. This week, your picture must have the hashtag “#Embedding“.
At the end of the two weeks, Team Bramble Berry will pick our favorite soaps. The winners of the challenge will be featured on the Soap Queen Blog! You have until Monday, July 9th to post your Melt and Pour #Embedding pictures.
You can submit up to three different pictures.
Note: The embedding can be either objects or soap…or BOTH! [Read more…]

Make It Monday: #Layers Challenge

June 11, 2012 Filed Under: Melt & Pour Soap

Who’s ready for a challenge? You are? Then you’ve come to the right place. The Soap Queen Team is hosting our first ever soaping challenge and we couldn’t be more excited (yes, that’s me squealing in the background)!

Every other week we will have a different theme and you will have the chance to have your creation featured in a blog post. And a big thank you to Amy Warden at Great Cakes Soapworks for inspiring our challenge (we read her blog daily).

Layered Soap Cookie, Karma Soap, Romantic Lavender Wedding Soap.

Green Machine Soap, Birthday Cake Loaf, Candy Corn Soap

Gradated Layer Soap, Cute as a Button Soaps, Layers Made Easy

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Make Your 2016 Goals Meaningful

December 30, 2015 Filed Under: Personal Ramblings

This is the time of year that is naturally contemplative; the days are short, the year is over and we are looking ahead to the New Year. We celebrate the joys of this year and also lament the things that didn’t get done or friends, family and pets we lost. In that spirit, I am always so grateful to crack open a new paper planner and start the year afresh, with a new set of goals, dreams, and outcomes for 2016.

I’m speaking at the Indie Business Cruise this year. One of the topics I’m touching on is the reason that New Year’s Resolutions often fail. They fail for a lot of reasons – we make too many of them, or we make goals that are way too big. Another reason they fail is because we make goals that we think we “should.” We make them for whatever reason: society, our parents, the voice in our head that tells us we’re never good enough. It’s human nature to make goals that aren’t truly meaningful to us. We “should” on ourselves. Let’s end that, this year. One of the ways to do this is to design goals that are values-driven.

If you’d like this year to be the year that starts off right, grab a piece of paper and freehand the answer to the following questions:

Write down the 4 people you most admire in your life (living or dead) that you actually know.
Write down 2 people who you admire (living or dead) who you don’t know (famous figures, historical figures).
Write down 30 adjectives (descriptive characteristics) for each of those 6 people (stumped on values? Here’s a list of 400 of them that is web based, or this one that is a PDF download and is even better). You should end up with 30 adjectives.
Go through and pick out your top 5 from the list that best represents principles, standards, or qualities that you believe are important in your life. Would you be satisfied if those 5 words were on your gravestone?
Rank them from 1-5 (one being the most important, 5 being the least).

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