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So much time is spent planning and executing your soap recipe. Don't you want your packaging to reflect that? Your answer should be YES! Lisa Johnson, from Poppy Paperie, shows us some creative and inspiring examples of charming soap packaging over on her blog. Soaps were made with the Slim … Continue Reading
Bramble Berry customer service received super inspirational email the other day from Miranda Coggins, the owner of The Lano Company, where she sells the booming LED Lip Gloss Line. The coolest part is that she's a Bramble Berry Customer. We're so proud! Check out the press release below and thanks … Continue Reading
Regular readers of this blog know that I am borderline obsessed with cupcakes. In fact, it's how I measure my workouts, "Hey, we just ran 3 miles, or enough to eat one full cupcake!". And even though I have made some incredible cupcakes in the past (Choco Beer Salted Caramel being my pièce … Continue Reading
Here is Stevie's First Cold Process soap all popped out and looking absolutely fabulous. Yellow Oxide + Cappuccino Mica + Super Pearly White = Sophisticated Candy-looking Soap Bars. Here is the recipe we used for the mini 9-bar-World's-Best-Mold batch: (screen shot taken from the SOAP … Continue Reading
Stevie from Bramble Berry customer service just made her first batch of cold process soap. Bells and Whistles for Stevie! She did a great job, that's her standing next to me as I teach the swirling technique. It was a 3 in 1 type of operation: I tested a fragrance for a customer, taught Stevie how … Continue Reading
Have you seen Bramble Berry's new Baltic Birch Molds? If not, check them out HERE. I love them SO much. They are stunningly gorgeous, so versatile and selling fast (we're seriously having trouble keeping them on the shelves). And you can use them for more than just cold process. Here's a colorful … Continue Reading
How much does it cost do make 36 bars of handmade soap? Assuming that you have a 36 bar soap mold already, you can make a bar of soap with luxurious ingredients, a fabulous fragrance and eye catching color for just $1.00. Hard to believe? Check out the price break down below. All of these prices … Continue Reading
Day Two of the Handcrafted Soapmaker's Guild Annual Conference was packed, packed, packed with an incredible line up of speakers. Robert Tisserand entertained and educated at the same time with a great talk about essential oils. He had us in stitches with his sense of humor. My big take away for … Continue Reading
Donna Maria from Indie Business Network just finished an incredible talk on social media and how we can best benefit from it as small businesses. Some key take aways: If you do not embrace technology and systemize it for your business, you will not be profitable in 2 years. Social media is … Continue Reading
Friday at the Soap Guild Conference kicked off with a bang. Ambassador Carol Mosely Braun gave the key note address. Her message was simple. She preached a core message of sustainability and told us that "Change starts with one, you. " She was passionate about sustainability and absolutely a riot to … Continue Reading
My creation, originally uploaded by brambleberry22098. Entries into the Soaper's Showcase. It will be hard to figure out which to vote for! They're all beautiful, amazing examples of perfect soap. The best soap supplies on the internet are found at Bramble Berry. Click here to browse Bramble … Continue Reading
Greetings from chilly Colorado. I am here with 302 other soapmakers from across the world to join our collective forces for community collaboration, learning, laughing and further our businesses. It is such a joy to see faces I recognize from previous gatherings and I love meeting new faces I … Continue Reading
Learn what terms like DOS, Saponification, Superfat, and Trace mean in the second episode of my Cold Process Soapmaking series. In this episode, I show examples and carefully explain the mysterious world of CP soap with a live demonstration of trace and a visual explanaition of saponification and … Continue Reading
I'm headed to the Handcrafted Soapmakers Guild Conference tomorrow! I'm so excited to catch up with everyone, make new friends and learn from some of the best minds in the our industry. I'm teaching a 2 hour class on how to make Liquid Soap from scratch. Here's me hamming it up for the camera … Continue Reading