Happy weekend! I don’t know about you, but this week flew by…I honestly can’t believe it’s Saturday again already =). Earlier this week I made a trip to Vancouver for a marketing conference. I came back feeling inspired and motivated and, a little overwhelmed with all the great ideas to implement. I can’t wait to share what I learned with the rest of the team; they can help take the ideas and turn them into a practical reality.
Here on the blog, we are getting a head start on holiday projects with a series of tutorials featuring sparkly micas. The projects for this week focused on gems and included the Sparkly Garnet Soap Gems and the Emerald Swirl Cold Process Tutorial. Next week, get ready for rose gold inspired projects, followed by copper, silver and gold.
In the meantime, checkout my favorite pins, ‘grams and tweets from the week below!
Left to right, clockwise:
- I love these colorful DIY Coconut Lip Glosses from Nest + Venture. The colors look perfect for a variety of seasons.
- If you love beer soap, this DIY Oatmeal Stout Shampoo Bars will be right up your alley! Made with Oatmeal Stout Fragrance Oil, I bet they smell amazing.
- This Superfood Chocolate Smoothie Bowl looks delicious…such a great way to eat chocolate for breakfast =)
- This blog post is full of amazing soap packaging ideas and inspiration. I particularly love #38, #44 and #46. Which are your favorites?
I’m really happy with how this project turned out! The mica lines are made using Copper Sparkle Mica, and it’s scented with Spiced Amber Ale Fragrance Oil. The tutorial will be coming soon so be on the lookout!
Last weekend, I the family and I visited a mushroom farm. It was so interesting to see how they are grown! We’re going to try our hand at growing some ourselves. On the right is a sparkly cold process project, with lots of mica painting and mica covered embeds. Click here to learn more about mica painting.
With the holidays coming up, we have been experimenting with different sparkly packaging. Be on the lookout for the tutorial for these glitter soap boxes next week =)
- Have you ever considered all the half used soap thrown away at hotels? This man collects hotel soap across the United States and sends them to impoverished nations.
- Love him or hate him, this article on Donald Trump is a fascinating read.
- If you love coffee and baked goods, CoffeeFlour may be your new favorite ingredient! The flour is made from the discarded coffee cherry, and hopes to provide new jobs to coffee farmers.
- Recently, I have been training for my first half-marathon. This list of 5 Reasons to Run You First 5K really rings true for me!
- Unfortunately, infringement is a common in business, especially in the creative community. Click here to find out what to do when someone infringes on your idea.
I hope you all have an amazing weekend! To keep up with the latest soapy social media throughout the week, you can follow me on Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, Pinterest, Vine and YouTube and Snapchat. To watch my ‘stories’, which include sneak peeks into future projects, add me. I’m Bramble-Berry on Snapchat.
Love that article by Lela on infringement. Such a frustrating issue! And I learned a whole lot from the Trump article. Can’t really argue that his campaign is very interesting from a business perspective! ~ Cassie
Lela is extremely on it with her pointed experience and advice because she’s been there, done that. I really value her thoughts on this issue especially. =) Thanks for reading and commenting, Cassie!