Hello! We’re almost all packed up for our road trip to Portland to the Soap Guild conference. Kat, from Otion, is teaching Swirling 101 (those are her soaps below) at The Handcrafted Soap Guild Show this week in Portland, Oregon. I’ll be teaching Milk Soap 101 (those are my soaps above). We both need a volunteer for our classes to help with set up, re-set (we teach back to back classes), cleaning tools and in my class, stirring lye into frozen goat milk for approximately 10 minutes.
Are you going to be there? Would you like to help out? Send us an email (info at brambleberry dot com) with your basic info – especially any relevant cold process soap experience you have. I can’t wait to meet you all in person!
I would like more details regarding your conference. I am new (brand spanking) to the world of soap and want to learn as much as possible.
Thanks so much.
Welcome to the Soaping World, Kimberly!
Every year, the Soap Guild holds a conference, and this year it is in Portland, Oregon. Anne-Marie and Kat (from Otion) are both teaching classes this year and it is going to be so much fun!
http://www.soapguild.org
There is also the Soap Weekend Intensive that is held in Bellingham, Washington (home of Bramble Berry) on June 15th-17th of this year. Anne-Marie will be teaching as well as Debbie Chialtas of Soapylove, Erin Pikor of Naid Soap Arts, Kat Hackney of Otion, and Jill Heuser of Northwest Scents. It is always so much fun and you learn so many amazing things about soaping.
https://www.brambleberry.com/Soap-Weekend-Intensive-2012-P5080.aspx
If you are new and want to get started, I’d check out these videos on how to get started:
Episode 1 – Fragrance and Essential Oils
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5ouJZfluMY&list=PL05E2F1EF0838281A&index=1&feature=plpp_video
Episode 2 – Herbs and Colorants
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3VbeNl1Nqg&list=PL05E2F1EF0838281A&index=2&feature=plpp_video
Episode 7 – How to Prevent Morphing & Fading
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-KjcS-L2Sg&list=PL05E2F1EF0838281A&index=3&feature=plpp_video
Episode 12 – Basic Layers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oyh1Bf3Gxo&list=PL05E2F1EF0838281A&index=4&feature=plpp_video
Episode 11 – Packaging
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD4bJgtaHMg&list=PL05E2F1EF0838281A&index=5&feature=plpp_video
You can also get involved at our Facebook page where there is a ton of support and people learning just like you!
https://www.facebook.com/BrambleBerry
-Becky with Bramble Berry
I would love to, but i have no wheels and am children’s hospital with my little girl while she continues to grow (she was born premiee and came for an ilostomy 11 weeks ago). I would just love to attend.
Maybe next year! And I hope your little girl continue to gets better.
-Becky with Bramble Berry
Beautiful!
Wonderful! how sad to live so far away in Europe, maybe another year … I would love.
Bummer! Wish you could attend, perhaps next year we’ll see you at the Soap Guild Show! 🙂
-Becky with Bramble Berry
Serious eye candy on this page. Kat’s swirls are monumental. Looks like you have a true Soap Princess on your hands!
I love Kat’s creations, she always does such an amazing job!
-Becky with Bramble Berry
I wish I was able to go! I would be love to volunteer. Oh well…maybe another year. 🙁
Oh, you’ll be getting an email from me!!!