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I've been loving on Bramble Berry's exclusive line of 3D molds lately. I especially appreciate the versatility of the simple shapes. What a great way to show off your soaping skills! Here's a technique that I discovered by accident while attempting another project. I had wanted to create a fabulous … Continue Reading
Bramble Berry is tossing its hat into the ring with hopes of becoming the grateful recipient of a FedEx Small Business Grant. I know your next question - what would you use the grant money for? VIRTUAL. SOAP. UNIVERSITY. You read that right. We've been listening to your requests for more soap … Continue Reading
We are always getting questions about photographing soap. So when we came across this post by Gabbie at Simply Soap's post on the topic (original post here) we thought we'd share it with you. Enjoy! -Anne-Marie I’ve had a few people ask about my soap photos, so l thought l’d put together a few … Continue Reading
Here's a great example of less ingredients = awesome product. One solid oil, one liquid oil, and one butter - boom! A luxe lip balm is born. And, bonus: it even adds just the right amount of gloss while conditioning and soothing chapped lips. Recipe: 4 oz Cocoa Butter 2 oz Coffee Butter .6 … Continue Reading
My happy little ball of energy loves food, as long as it's food that contains yogurt, bread or cheese. When he was a baby, I could shovel kale purees in his mouth with no problem. Now that he has an attitude and can communicate, he likes to signal 'more, more more!' for everything except vegetables. … Continue Reading
I've just added a new board to my Pinterest page: Color Inspiration! How did I go so long without this board? And have you seen the array of color palettes that are out there? Whoa. Inspiration overload. One of my favorite go-to sites for all things color is Design Seeds, and recently there was a … Continue Reading
Recently Bramble Berry was contacted by artist Kim Faler with a unique request; she needed enough melt and pour soap base to create a literal wall of soap to be featured in the Mass MoCA exhibit "Invisible Cities", where artists were called upon to re-imagine urban landscapes. Dream come true, … Continue Reading
We've been having a bit of a burger-off in our household. It all started with my sister-in-law Cheriss making an amazing veggie burger. From there, the entire family became obsessed. And now, every time my folks visit, I whip up a big batch of burger mix on Friday and we feast on Saturday. So far, … Continue Reading
There was such a great response to this #Unqiue Tops Challenge! So many of you came up with great soaps and there was plenty of drooling-over-soap time. There's a ton of #uniquetops inspiration in our Facebook album if you'd like to check out all of the entries. It was definitely a tough choice (is … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
Wow, has it been a busy last 4 days. In the last 4 days, I've flown to Washington DC and back, made halvah from scratch and a from-scratch halvah cheesecake (yes, recipes will be posted! Until then, you can feast your eyes on this photo), spent a day with my family and participated in the annual … Continue Reading
On the eve of Jamisen's first haircut... “Every goodbye is the birth of a memory.” -Dutch Proverb … Continue Reading
Check out this great cold process tutorial featuring Bramble Berry's neon colorants layered to look like a gorgeous ocean sunset. Here's Amanda with the how-to! -Anne-Marie Sunset over the water By Amanda Griffin The recipe: Sweet Almond Oil – 5 oz. Avocado Oil – 5 oz. Castor Oil – 4 oz. … Continue Reading
Bramble Berry Orders: Behind the Scenes! We often hear that coming home to a Bramble Berry box has the excitement of Christmas morning! So we thought you might like a glimpse of what the merry 'elves' here at Bramble Berry do to get you your order. Here's the play by play from placing your order to … Continue Reading