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I love juicing vegetables. I am fully addicted to it and love how I feel when I start my morning with a big glass of veggie juice. Whenever I juice though, I'm left with all the fibrous pulp from the vegetables and I hate throwing it out. My friend Jody Bergsma taught me how to make "Raw Crackers." … Continue Reading
Crazy Sexy Diet, 21 Day Cleanse: Week 2 Jamisen and I are juicing. He loves it! Craxy Week in Review Can you believe that we are almost three quarters of the way through our journey? Eight more days to go and I hope you all are feeling as revved as I am. This week has been GREAT! I … Continue Reading
Loveable soap is easy to make. In truth, all soap is loveable but this tutorial will teach you how to make the LOVE soap pictured below. If you have never made melt and pour soap before, this project is for you! Check out the fool proof layering tips below and follow the step by step instructions … Continue Reading
Swoon! Check out Bramble Berry's new Love Mold, ready to make it's debut to the world tomorrow, Friday 1/27/2012! I know what you're thinking, "Where's the tutorial, Anne-Marie? It's tutorial THURSDAY!" Hang tight, Soap Queen Pals, we're going to show you how to make the fabulous soap above. … Continue Reading
Recently on our Facebook Page, someone asked about selling their products consignment. If one person is having that question, you can bet others are. Selling consignment is often a first step to getting into a retail store. Consignment means that a store owner will take your product and instead of … Continue Reading
Announcing the new S.O.A.P. Team for Summer 2012! [APPLAUSE] Andi from We Love Soap: Twitter, Blog Alanna from Peach Blossoms Cosmetics: Facebook Dawn from EcoSations: Etsy, Facebook Rose from Brooklyn Bath: Blog, Etsy Jean from Soap Art: Website, Blog Nicole from My Quest for Health: Blog, … Continue Reading
We're officially into Week Two of Crazy Sexy Diet Cleanse. Woooooo HOOO! And in our office, all of us made it through Week One with **no** slip ups. We are so lucky to have each other to cheer us all on AND to peer-pressure us into staying on the straight and narrow. There's something to be said for … Continue Reading
Greetings from a fantastic weekend in the Pacific Northwest. Though our snow has melted now, it has been quite a week! These photos are from my Dad's medical office (in Olympia, WA). They got a bit more snow than we did 3 hours away but we were colder, with temperatures down to 9 degrees. … Continue Reading
Craxy Week in Review It has been nearly a week on the Crazy Sexy Diet 21 day Cleanse and we are over 20% of the way through. I have been sending out daily e-mails to everyone who signed up to join me on this journey. Let me know if you want on the mailing list by emailing … Continue Reading
I'm still in love with our new silicone cube mold (I'm sure you can tell from the recent cube mold tutorials: Holiday Cubes and Crazy for Cubes). I even designed a brand new mini heart mold specifically for embedding in the cube mold (now that's love). The technique of combining melt and pour with … Continue Reading
Valentine's Day is less than a month away which means you still have time to purchase your valentine goodies. Or even better...MAKE your valentine goodies (Pushaw! As if we'd recommend anything but handmade). If you decide to buy instead of make, check out some super cute and homemade finds … Continue Reading
S.O.A.P. Summer 2012 We’ve got some great fragrances that we can’t wait to try out for the next round of the S.O.A.P. panel, Summer 2012! We need to enlist 8 soapy soldiers to help us decide on the new fragrances for Summer 2012. What’s up with the S.O.A.P. panel? Soap Opinion (Awesome) … Continue Reading
I'm excited! The Crazy Sexy Reboot starts today and I've already juiced up my juice breakfast (see below for recipe and see above for one big fan of the green delicious juice and yes, for the record, the black kale can and will stain). I'm ready to eat my Tofu Eggless Salad on Gluten Free bread for … Continue Reading
I love to read. I love it so much that even with a baby, I still find time to read almost every night before bed. My tastes vary widely from serious business books to action books to chick lit. I read it all! I finished over 50 books last year (curious about which books that I'm currently … Continue Reading