Tutorials on soapmaking, bath fizzies, lotions and more
Day 2 of SWI brought all of our wonderful guest instructors together! We invited Debbie Chialtas of Soapylove to teach us some fun melt and pour projects, Erin Pikor of Naiad Soap Arts taught her awesome array of scrubs, and Jill Heuser gave us the low-down on lotions. Get ready for lots of photos! … Continue Reading
We have been so over-the-top inspired by all of the great #Layers sharing happening on our Facebook page. The one above was created by Debbie Chialtas of Soapylove (pssst: want more Debbie designs and inspiration? She's written a book and several e-zines on melt and pour design and technique. They … Continue Reading
Another year of Soap Weekend Intensive is in the books. The super fun, crazy, intense, and soapy extravaganza started off on Friday with Cold Process and Melt and Pour 101 at Otion, and the house was packed with eager students from all over the world ready to kick off the weekend! Saturday … Continue Reading
This Father's Day started out with Chris giving me the best present of all - an hour of extra time to sleep in. Because we scheduled Soap Weekend Intensive over Father's Day Weekend (whoops!), Chris has the joy of spending the entire weekend with perfect Mr Jamisen while I soap it up! Soaping has … Continue Reading
Wowzers! After over a year of planning, insane prep this last week and afternoon jitters, Soap Weekend Intensive has started. I kicked it all off with Soapmaking 101 at Otion tonight: … Continue Reading
This month's featured sample is White Ginger & Amber. Musky and deep with notes of spice and floral, this fragrance is great on its own and blends wonderfully with many fragrances! Nearly every order* shipped out in the month of June will have a little 1/2 sample bottle included. It's the … Continue Reading
What Classes Would Interest You? As we are gearing up for our annual Soap Weekend Intensive (a weekend filled with soap and toiletry making classes in Bellingham, Washington - and we just had a cancellation so last I heard, we had one last opening), we are thinking about what we want to teach next … Continue Reading
Welcome to the latest installment of Talk It Out Tuesday! Check out previous TIOTs on melt and pour, bath bombs and colorants. So, you may be wondering, just what in the heck is a preservative? What am I supposed to use them for? Does my soap need a preservative? Preservatives can be a tricky if you … Continue Reading
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 … Continue Reading
Woo Hoo! It has been a busy weekend. We started by hosting a dinner party for 10 (I cooked Penne alla Vodka from Epicurious) on Friday night and the weekend kept going at full tilt until just this second. Between daily walks to the park, runs along the water, giving a halibut en papillote (my … Continue Reading
Back in May, the Bramble Berry team and I road tripped it down to Portland, Oregon for the annual Handcrafted Soap Guild Conference. Check out two posts about the fun that we had and drool over some beautiful soap that was entered into the Soaper's Showcase: Soap Guild Fun and Inspiring Soap … Continue Reading
Here's the immeasurable Kat from our retail store Otion with a great shampoo bar recipe. Thanks, Kat! -Anne-Marie … Continue Reading
I had a sweet, thoughtful blog comment this last week. In part, it said "I wonder at you and your energy. I'm ashamed of myself for nagging so much lately. How can you manage all those things [kids, household, business, sport and fun at weekend], all together, and apparently so perfectly?" The … Continue Reading
Eeek! Soap Weekend Intensive is 2 weeks away (no, that is not the sound of my hyperventilating that you hear. Cool as a cucumber. Cool as a cucumber.) We've been running around like busy little bees pulling products and prepping for the jam packed weekend of soapmaking. It's really hard to believe … Continue Reading