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These flip flop soaps for summer are simple to make and look impressive when finished. Here’s what you will need to make these simple yet fabulous soaps .5 lb of Shea Melt and Pour Blue Mix LabColor Lavender Fragrance Oil Aloha Flip Flop Mold Rubbing Alcohol Spritzer 1 … Continue Reading
The Brambleberrians have decreed that I can't buy any more cards until there is room in my overflowing card drawer. I have sent out 10 plus cards this week to customers, vendors and random strangers in the hopes of emptying the magic card drawer. It's close, very close. And when there is space, … Continue Reading
For many glycerin soap crafters, what really seduces us are those clear, gorgeous colors you can only get with melt & pour soap. Alas, it's a troubled love affair since these colors seem to only be happy when they're used alone. When different clear colors are combined into one soap bar, they … Continue Reading
We just got Borax in at Bramble Berry for a soap and toiletry ingredient. It is most commonly used as part of an emulsification system in Lotions in conjunction with Beeswax. However, Borax has all kinds of fun science-fair type applications too! You can make a Borax Snowflake using instructions … Continue Reading
It's true love; Hello Sweet Thang typifies summer sweet sixteen love, with icy cool lemon notes mixing with sweet notes of meringue and whipped cream. It's popular, it's fleeting and it's sugary sweet without much hope for redemption. That is, until you blend it ... This juvenile crowd-pleasing … Continue Reading
If you loved SoapyLove's tutorial on making vibrant, back-to-school Letter soaps but don't love the Exacto Knife portion of the tutorial, check out Spoon Sister's Letters Tray. It's $19.95 for the whole alphabet. And, if you wanted to use the tray for actual ice and not soap ... well, that would … Continue Reading
Bramble Berry's COO was on vacation last week (that's us, pretending to fly a plane - notice who is actually steering?). Besides making me desperately appreciate him even more, I took away a renewed appreciation in the fine art and skill of delegation. It turns out, when you over-delegate and … Continue Reading
For many kids and teens this is the last week of summer before school begins, and my son will be starting preschool for the first time! To celebrate this big step I have created these bright and happy Vivid Soap Blocks. They use a guest size soap mold, perfect for small hands, and pair up … Continue Reading
One of the joys of living in Washington state (besides the interminable rain), is the extreme natural beauty of our surroundings. Last year, we went hiking at Mt. Baker (click here to revisit The Snow Swim) when there was too much snow to do much more than slip'n'slide. This year, we planned the … Continue Reading
Our Fed Ex driver, John, has been doing pick ups for Bramble Berry for at least five years. He's practically one of the team and even jumps in to help when we're running particularly close to the wire. Even after picking up all of this time, he's never told us that he likes really tall stacks of … Continue Reading
Carol from Luv Blankets and Biker B soap has designed a Cupcake Quilt and named it "Anne-Marie." I'm ridiculously flattered. Check it out on Etsy here. This is what she has to say about the quilt: This handmade quilt is 68" wide and 76" long. Made with assorted cupcake fabric (all cotton). It is … Continue Reading
Add that special touch to your soaps by presenting them in one of these cutie-patootie organza bags! They come in two sizes (3x4 & 5x6.5) and an array of colors. These smaller bags fit most of our guest size soap molds perfectly. 100 bags is only $15.00 These larger bags fit most of our regular … Continue Reading
Click here for Day One Click here for Day Two Click here for Day Three Click here for Day Four Click here for Day Five 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 … Continue Reading
Click here for Day One Click here for Day Two Click here for Day Three Now comes the hard part: wait for our little aliens and spaceships to set-up! Don't they look cute? All ready for lift off! Our little Armada, popped out and ready to fly, fly away. The "window" in the taller … Continue Reading