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Our most ambitious project of the Soap Queen series to date is a project developed by Paula of PJ Soaps. She taught this project at last year's Soap Weekend Intensive and everyones' soap came out beautifully - even those that had never made soap before. Soap Queen TV Episode 5: Clam Shell Soap … Continue Reading
A couple of years ago, my sister in law gave me a $100 Visa Gift Card as a present. She purchased the card at Fred Meyers. The nice thing (in theory) about Visa gift cards is that you can use them anywhere and are not stuck using them at just one store. While cleaning my desk tonight, I found the … Continue Reading
Joanna Rutter is the creator of the new jewelry on my wish list. This jewelry is inspired by the link between illustrative form and jewelry. Her pieces begin life as sketches and are then rendered into metal by hand. EVERYTHING on Joanna's Etsy site is stunning- but I did manage to narrow it down to … Continue Reading
I'm super excited; our 10Fold Orange Essential Oil just arrived to the warehouse. What's 10Fold? And, why would you pay more for it? Because it's super concentrated and best of anything, lasts in cold process soap. 10X Orange is a form of concentrating the oil and removing much of the lower … Continue Reading
Thanks, Kaylee, for "flaunting your stuff" on the Teach Soap Forum. Your swirls ROCK! Kaylee's enthuses, "I'm having way too much fun swirling the soap ~ it's not as hard as I once thought! I would never have tried it if I hadn't watched that episode [of Soap Queen TV]."See her fabulous swirl soaps … Continue Reading
My husband and I did something entirely and totally new this weekend - we took an Improv class! As some of my tweeple mentioned, taking an improve 'class' is sort of an oxymoron but as we learned, being spontaneously funny takes work! Improv is the art of acting, singing, talking or reacting in the … Continue Reading
For those of you who don't know my Dad, some previous favorite Dad posts are here, here and here. He has quite an hilarious sense of humor. I got this email from my Dad last week, presumably in reaction to a couple of scintillating tweets I sent to my tweeple from The Soap Guild show. He was … Continue Reading
Sindy is the owner of Sinfully Sweet Soaps. I was excited to pal around with her at the Soap Guild Show this year. She recently sent me some pictures of what she's been cooking up lately.Check out her Lolly Bombs (the cutest bath fizzies ever) scented with Hello Sweet Thang! Sindy says she's totally … Continue Reading
As you move forward on your journey from where you are to where you want to be, you are going to have to confront some of your fears. Fear is a just a natural part of living. Whenever you start a new project, take on a new venture, or put yourself out there, there's usually some fear involved. … Continue Reading
Hooray! It's the newest edition of Soap Queen TV. Soap Queen TV Episode 4: Embedding from Soap Queen on Vimeo. In this episode, I embed one of our super cute, painfully adorable penguin erasers in a bar of soap AND I show you the secrets to embedding soap. . . in soap with a quick and easy … Continue Reading
Green Matcha Tea Powder has been used since the 16th century. It exploded onto the trendy scene when Starbucks came out with their delicious Green Matcha Tea latte in early 2007 and everyone jumped on the antioxidant bandwagon of this powdered tea. True story - Matcha is an expensive powdered green … Continue Reading
Sign up for the LAST two spots for the Otion Soapmaking Intensive Weekend 2009 here.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 at Bramble Berry's Facebook page and we can help you … Continue Reading
Bramble Berry just added a new line of finished cold process soaps. All you have to do is the cutting and packaging (which is the fun part). We have 9 different fragrances and colors to choose from (naturally, they're the most popular fragrances and essential oils we sell). Buy a single test bar or … Continue Reading
The Budget Ecoistis a web site dedicated to living green on a budget. Let's face it, we could all use some budgeting advice right now. The site covers topics like reusing and recycling, organic products and reviews, eco fashion and of course, where you can get the best coupons and deals. We are … Continue Reading