There were 70 comments posted last week. In an entirely non-scientific method, I asked Andrew (Packing), Nicole (Customer Service) and Anne (Customer Service) to each pick a number between 1 and 70. I then took their numbers and averaged them out. The Schwag Box winner is comment #42.

Michelle from Blissful Creativity is a very frequent poster (thank you!). She writes an entertaining blog herself!

Michelle, please email us with your address to send your goody box to (info (at) brambleberry.com)

Congratulations!

I just put the contest goodies together for the week. The box is brimming with handcrafted goodness. My favorite thing in the box for today is the Maple Custard Lip balm from Squeaky Queen.

I’m currently using Squeaky Queen’s Carmel Latte Lip Balm (yum!) on an obsessive basis. You’ll be an addict after you try her lip balm.

Also pictured is one of the more successful cream soap recipes – using 25% sweet almond oil. It’s the pink bar on the right made with the Japanese Crest mold. You’ll get a chance to try out a very luxurious bar of soap. I’ve been using mine for shaving. It works great!

The Palm Oil Candles come with their own personalized matches to match the label design. They are Carrot Cake and Country Linenfragranced.

As a thank-you for bearing with us during the 3-day blog freeze, we are (drum roll!) doing more than just the initial number of prizes we promised! Three readers from last week are all winning a copy of our DVD on melt and pour soapmaking or cold process soapmaking (their choice) and Five 3-D molds (their choice again!).

So, Jennifer (the Jennifer from post #2 from last Monday), Mary Helen, and Renee, please drop me an email at info (at) brambleberry.com with your addresses and your choices of soap molds and DVD.

The page to view the soap mold choices is here.

The page to view more information about the DVDs is here.

Thanks for participating. Check back in the next few weeks with another contest (sneak preview: it will include one of the Moon Valley Lotion Bars as a prize).

We have doubled our Contest Prizes for the week! There will be two winners who will each win their choice of five heavy duty 3-D molds and a soapmaking DVD. The fine print: post a comment any time this week to qualify. Winner will be chosen Sunday night and announced Monday morning.

Anyone that posts a comment this week on any article/blog post through Sunday will be entered into a drawing to win an assortment of 3-D soap molds! You’ll get five 3-D Soap molds and, if you’re a brand new soaper, let me know and I’ll make sure you get a free copy of the beginners Melt & Pour DVD as well.

If you’re looking for things to post about, a simple “Hi” would suffice. A “Hi! I wish you would focus more on XYZ on the blog” would be very helpful if you want extra-credit bonus points.

The winner will be chosen on Monday.