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These soapy wedding cakes are quirky and cute. You can even customize these beauties to match the real wedding cake. What You’ll Need: White Melt and Pour Clear Melt and Pour White Tea & Ginger Fragrance Oil Light Gold Mica Wedding Cake Mold Injector (syringe or droppers) Rubbing Alcohol … Continue Reading
It's summertime and officially 'Wedding Season.' Pull up a chair, rent Bridezillas and start figuring out how you can create customized wedding soaps for a lucrative side business or to make your own wedding something memorable. Over the next three days, I'll be focusing on making easy wedding … Continue Reading
I just got the cutest comment on SoapQueenTV! "Hi Anne-Marie, my apron came today. I'll have to wear it when I watch your episodes each week! Thanks for your help and I enjoy your products from Bramble Berry. Keep up the good work!" -Terri Thanks for the positive feedback, Terri! I can just … Continue Reading
We've been hard at work on the technology that powers www.brambleberry.com The photo below is a photo of the new look that the Bramble Berry site will be debuting in July (taken with my favorite business tool - the iPhone). In addition to the facelift, it's a more inuitive site with a better search … Continue Reading
The newest Soap Queen TV Episode is all about the 'double pour' technique. I like this soap project because it's versatile and looks much more complicated as a soap than it is as a technique. Soap Queen TV Episode 6: The Double Pour from Soap Queen on Vimeo. Ingredients used for … Continue Reading
Make any color under the sun just by using mica and your clear nail polish. You can even add a drop or two of fragrance oil to make it extra special and scented. Here's what you'll need to customize your own nail polish:Clear Nail Polish Mica (any color) Nail Polish Remover Fragrance Oil … Continue Reading
If you missed the Etsy Lab Talk today on how to provide 'fanatical' customer service for your Etsy shop, you missed a good time! In the photo above, you can see how many people are in the auditorium. Notice, there is standing room only - every single seat is filled with an Etsy seller (as … Continue Reading
I'll be on Etsy in the Virtual Labs today at 2 p.m. PST to talk about the Bramble Berry story and how to provide fanatical service that totally wows your customer. Click here to be taken to Etsy Virtual Lab, sign in and get your place in the Classroom for the 2 p.m. discussion. And, be prepared … Continue Reading
Bramble Berry's line of credit came due last week and I've been diligently working to get the paperwork together to renew our line of credit. This morning, the line of credit was renewed at terms I was pleased with. Why a line of credit? You can use personal credit cards to finance your business … Continue Reading
In case you didn't get the Bramble Berry newsletter, here's my favorite photo of the sushi soap. It still needs to be improved upon a little bit before we film SoapQueenTV next weekend but it's getting close. The best soap supplies on the internet are found at Bramble Berry. Click here to browse … Continue Reading
We've finally attempted (and successfully conquered) the Fortune Cookie Soap. We were inspired last year by French Hill Country (see post here) and we just had to try it! Ingredients Clear Soap Sparkle Gold Mica Buttercream and Snickerdoodle Fragrance Vanilla Color Stabilizer Silicone Brownie … Continue Reading
The Cold Process Soap Contest has come to a close and it's time for the Grand Prize Drawing.Congrats to the super secret bonus winner yesterday, Molly S. from Paper Wires and Colored Pencils! It's such a beautiful day today in Bellingham and I'm feeling a little saucy! I think I'm going to pick … Continue Reading
Sign up for the Bramble Berry newsletter. We're sending it out tomorrow with lots of tips and tricks on how to make perfect sushi soap. The best soap supplies on the internet are found at Bramble Berry. Click here to browse Bramble Berry. Have a question about this blog post? Come join us … Continue Reading
Guess what? We're so excited about our Cold Process Soap Contest that we couldn't wait until tomorrow to pick a winner. So we've picked a super secret bonus winnerto tide us over until tomorrow. Today's bonus winner will be receiving 4 bars of our new cold process soap!And the super secret bonus … Continue Reading