A Summary of Dave Ramsey’s Chick-Fil-A Leadercast Advice Guest post by: Donna Maria (originally posted May 7th, 2011) I had a fantastic time at the Chick-Fil-A Leadercast yesterday. Along with thousands of other people on site, and many more thousands around the nation, I enjoyed 20-minute … Continue Reading
Essential Oil Feature: Star Anise
Star Anise is a sweet smelling essential oil that smells just like black licorice! Since I adore black licorice (I'm drooling right now thinking about salted licorice from Norway), of course I love this essential oil. It's great for soaps, lotions, scrubs and soaps beautifully in cold process soap … Continue Reading
The Art of Cultivating Friends
I'm in a few different business Mastermind Groups. I cherish each and every group I am in and find value in their interactions. One of the questions that has been extremely popular lately among all my groups is this: How do adults make friends? When we were in high school and college, it was … Continue Reading
Jamisen Loves Doggies
I was remiss in telling you that Cookie was Jamisen's first dog that he has met. And, I have unfortunately offended my dear niece doggie Samantha who met Jamisen at least 1 week before Cookie did. Whoops! Can I blame my slip on lack of sleep? … Continue Reading
Faux Funnel Pour: Advanced Cold Process
This is a great alternative to column pour and funnel techniques. This pour creates a unique and fun swirl in your soap with no two bars exactly the same. Plus, bonus points for getting to soap with a buddy since this technique works best with four pouring hands. If you have never made cold … Continue Reading
Do you want to sell wholesale? Be prepared!
We've been getting copious amounts of questions recently on the Soap Queen Blog, Facebook Fan Page and in customer service requesting wholesale advice. It's been so long (over a decade now!) since I've sold my soaps wholesale, I thought I would reach out to some of my successful soaping friends to … Continue Reading
Wrap It Up
On our (super active) Facebook Fan Page, Cigar Bands come up in conversation at least once a week - how to create them, how to use them, how to print them etc... and though we're a little slow, we finally got the hint and created some easy cigar bands that you can customize yourself for your … Continue Reading
Making Almond Milk with Amber
Guest post by Amber from Bramble Berry Last year Anne-Marie discovered the joys of making milk from Almonds and I thought it sounded easy and fun and really wanted to try it. Of course, it took me nearly a year to do it - but now I can't wait to make another batch! I just use it like I would … Continue Reading
Jamisen Loves Books
“If daily reading begins in infancy, by the time the child is 5 years old, he or she has been fed roughly 900 hours of brain food! Reduce that experience to just 30 minutes a week, and the child’s hungry mind loses 770 hours of nursery rhymes, fairy tales and stories. A kindergarten student who has … Continue Reading
Bath Bombs + Salt = Love
My basic bath bomb recipe was seeming a little "vanilla" lately (aka: in need of a change). So to spice things up and continue with the bath bomb theme of the week, I mixed it up by adding Fine Grained Dead Sea Salt and some Himalayan Pink Salt for garnish. The salts combined with the new Orange … Continue Reading
Soap Queen Loves Dirty Laundry
"We" (meaning the royal "we" for all of Bramble Berry!) have been obsessed with Jeanee's Dirty Laundry Blog for quite some time. I'm pretty sure the entire customer service and marketing team check in daily (including myself). Her posts are always cheeky, fun and inspirational, which is why we … Continue Reading
Dressed Up Bath Bombs!
Guest Post by Kim of Pepo Park Using water soluble paper and melt and pour soap, you can dress up plain bath bombs to indicate scent or to personalize them for the recipient. These bath bombs have been personalized with robots for some young boys. Check out a basic bath bomb recipe from the Teach … Continue Reading
Make Like a Fluffball and Get Back Up
I saw this adorable video this week (yes, I know, I'm probably the last person in the entire word to see it). I chuckled and made an audible "Awwwww" sound. You would have to have a heart of steel to not find the video adorable. Sometimes life can feels a little like those adorable fluffballs, … Continue Reading
Neck Strength Improves
Jamisen is so fun right now as he follows along great with books. We all love reading to him, even Grandpa who brought one of his favorite books from when he was a little boy. We are so pleased to see Jamisen's neck strength continuing to strengthen as he gets older. … Continue Reading