Since the Bramble Berry Facebook page started, people have always shared their creations on the wall. They share everything from bath bombs to soap, and we love every minute of it. In 2012, we started a competition called Facebook Photo of the Week to highlight our favorites. The winners were featured on the blog and also won a little package of goodies.
The first winner was Brooke with Her Best Apple. Her unique and creative bar is made with Relaxing Fragrance Oil. Read more in the very first Facebook Photo of the Week post.
Since then, there have been more than 215 winners! The talent and creativity of the soapmaking community is amazing. This year we decided to end the four-year-long contest. The blog will focus more on informative posts, tutorials and business posts. We are sad to see it go, but also excited to roll out new content on the blog. We are still planning to share photos on Facebook and Instagram, so keep sharing your creations. We love to see them! Here are some of our favorite Facebook Photo of the Week winners over the years past five years.
Top row, left to right: Alaiyna B. Bath and Body, Amaitha Soap Works (now Modern Soapmaking), Auntie Clara’s Handcrafted Cosmetics
Middle row, left to right: Bathvs Soap, I Saponi di Guisty, Kiku’s Creations
Bottom row, left to right: Kokolele Soaps, La Fille de la Mer, Lathered Pony Soap Company
Top row, left to right: Bellabrice Body Care, Whipped Upp, Soaplico
Middle row, left to right: Sensually Soaps, Sweet Soft Skin Handmade Soap, Ridgeway Soapworks
Bottom row, left to right: Seven Cactus Soapworks, Siennalily Soaps, Shieh Design Studio
In 2015, the posts started including winners from the weekly #SoapShare contest on Instagram. The first winners are Jan with Sunlit Soap and Michelle with Southern Girl Soaps. Read more about their gorgeous bars in the Facebook and Instagram Photo of the Week post.
Left to right: Southern Girl Soaps, Sunlit Soap
The hashtag has more than 108,407 posts now, and there have been more than 90 winners. Like the Facebook photos, there are many beautiful bars. While we are not featuring a #SoapShare “winner” each week, we will still be sharing your gorgeous creations tagged with #SoapShare on the Bramble Berry Instagram account. See some of our favorite #SoapShare winners below.
Top row, left to right: Lillian Violet Handmade Products, Majestic Bliss Soaps, Marie Rayma
Middle row, left to right: Spicy Pinecone, Natural Magic by Olga, Mimi and Boo
Bottom row, left to right: Royalty Soaps, Olga Bashkina, Soap Techiques
These are just a few of the beautiful photos shared over the years. To see all of them, check out the Facebook Photo of the Week archives. The #SoapShare winners are on the Bramble Berry Instagram page. This post has all the #SoapShare winners of 2015. While the contest is over, we will still share some of our favorite photos on Facebook and Instagram, so keep ’em coming! We love to see what you are creating.
Thank you to all the winners for sharing your gorgeous work. Do you have a favorite photo from over the years?
What incredibly beautiful soaps! What amazing examples of pure talent and creativity.
awwwwwwwwwww…beautiful soaps!!!…I could see my soaps there !!!…YaY..:)
Thanks and Happy 2017 !!!
We love your soaps Maria! 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
I have been an avid reader and subscriber to your blog for just over 3 years now (and still have not read every article). The soaps featured in this article are absolutely gorgeous! I’m honored to have won one of the weekly contests that were featured in 2016, and I am always ogling the stunning creations shared by other soap makers every week. The Soap Queen Blog is one of my favorites, so I am definitely looking forward to your 2017 changes.
We love your soap Lisa, it’s so gorgeous! Thanks for your sweet comment too. 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
I absolutely adore the mermaid tail soap from Sunlit. Such creativity! I also love the sunset/moon scenes.
Gorgeous soaps from everyone! On to bigger & better things! It will still be great to check out the photos on Facebook and Instagram (LOVE flicking through the hashtag!)
We do too – everyone is so talented! 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
Will you still be the soap swap or is that still up in the air?
We’re planning out the schedule for 2017 and will see if that’s something we’re able to do! If so, we’ll announce it here. 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry
These soaps absolutely inspire me! They are all so beautiful. I just placed my very first order with Bramble Berry and I am so excited. I can’t wait to be able to make soaps as awesome as these. Happy New Year everyone and Happy Soaping!
Thanks so much for your order Teri! You’re going to love soaping. It’s highly addictive. 🙂
-Kelsey with Bramble Berry