I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and were able to spend some quality time with your friends and family this year. This Christmas, Jamisen got a visit from Santa, as well as being the cutest darn Christmas elf I’ve ever seen. We were able to spend time with both sides of the family and I can hardly believe that next time this year, I’ll have two little Bramble Bumps in the house! Eeeek!!! We find out in less than two weeks what we are having and I cannot wait. I haven’t even thought about names yet until I know if we’re having a boy or a girl. On to Facebook and the fun photo of the week:
Facebook Photo of the Week 12/17 – 12/21
Christmas is only four days away and I just can’t wait (family, family, family!). This month has been full of fun projects like our Hot Process series: Crock Pot Camo, CPOP Swirls, and HPOP Layers; interesting contests like our Make it Monday: #Christmas Schwag; and even a couple Facebook photos of the week (see here and here). We also celebrated this month of giving by going out on our annual Salvation Army Shopping Trip and holding our Bramble Berry Cooke Exchange (more on that later, but check out last year’s swap here). But, on with the show. Here’s the winner of this week’s Facebook Photo of the Week:
This week’s photo comes to us from Linda of The Enchanted Bath. Linda shared a gorgeous cold process soap made with our Turkish Mocha Fragrance Oil that had me drooling all over my keyboard (since I know what that fragrance smells like and in a word, it is ah-maz-ing). Using just the fragrance oil to color the soap’s main body, Linda added a touch of Titanium Dioxide to the frosting to keep it nice and white. She says that the Turkish Mocha “Smells delicious and it’s flying off the shelves at my store. I highly recommend this fragrance!” Thanks for being a part of our soaping community on our Facebook page Linda, I’ve really enjoyed watching you grow in your craft and try new things with your soaping. There is a special little package headed your way. [Read more…]
Facebook Photo of the Week 12/10 – 12/14
This week I’ve been getting ready for Christmas by baking cookies for our upcoming cookie swap and going on our annual Salvation Army shopping trip! It has been so much fun seeing all your fabulous Christmas-themed products in our Make it Monday: #Christmas Schwag Challenge (check out the Facebook album here). Now onto our winner for our Facebook Photo of the week…
Facebook Photo of the Week 12/3 – 12/7
This week has been so much fun for us here at Bramble Berry. We started it off with our latest Make it Monday Challenge and it’s all about my favorite holiday…Christmas! I also worked on a fun CPOP (Cold Process Oven Process) soap tutorial with an extended FAQ section and the PERFECT Christmas Red blend that you can check out here. And, if you’d like to try out something new, check out Amanda of Lovin’ Soap’s fun tutorial on how to felt your soap here. Phew, it’s been busy but great! Now onto our winner of this weeks Facebook Photo of the Week.
This week’s photo comes to us from Lisa Bilik. Lisa just got started soaping and she said these cute little moon face soaps have been such a hit at work! Thank you so much, Lisa, for being a part of our Facebook community and we can’t wait to see more of your soaping projects. Be on the lookout for a special little package headed your way!
Would you like your photo or project to be featured in a blog post? Come join us for soap talk, contests and lots of crafting inspiration at Bramble Berry’s Facebook page and share a photo with us of your latest project and your handmade soap might be next week’s feature!
You still have a chance for your soapy recipe to get featured on the Teach Soap website (and a chance to get a $10 Bramble Berry Gift Certificate). Send us an e-mail with a full tutorial, including pictures at teachsoap(at)brambleberry(dot)com. For more details, check out this blog post and some of our featured recipes: Soothing Avocado Foot Balm, Peach Pie Soap, Rose Garden Bath Tea and Refreshing Tangerine Melt and Pour Soap.
Facebook Photo of the Week 11/26 – 11/30
Happy Friday! I’ve been touring all of the fabulous bath and body products everybody has been posting on our Facebook page. There have been some super creative ideas and I found a totally adorable soapy photo-op idea that we just have to try out with the Bramble Bump (psst…have you voted in the Bramble Bump poll yet?). Now for the winner of this week’s Facebook Photo of the Week…
This week’s photo comes to us from Marcy of Kiku’s Creations. I was floored by how absolutely realistic her Rose Petal Soaps looked. Yes, those are soaps! I love the idea of using them as single-use soaps in a guest bathroom or as a special Valentine’s Day gift. Thank you so much for sharing your amazing soapy creation with us! Expect a special little package to be headed your way.
Marcy’s Etsy: Kiku’s Creations
Marcy’s Facebook Page: Kiku’s Creations
Would you like your photo or project to be featured in a blog post? Come join us for soap talk, contests and lots of crafting inspiration at Bramble Berry’s Facebook page and share a photo with us of your latest project and your handmade soap might be next weeks feature!
You still have a chance for your soapy recipe to get featured on the Teach Soap website (and a chance to get a $10 Bramble Berry Gift Certificate)! Send us an e-mail with a full tutorial, including pictures at [email protected]. For more details, check out this blog post and some of our featured recipes: Soothing Avocado Foot Balm, Peach Pie Soap, Rose Garden Bath Tea and Refreshing Tangerine Melt and Pour Soap.
Facebook Photo of the Week 11/19 – 11/23
After a short work week and a great Thanksgiving celebration, I was browsing Bramble Berry’s Facebook page and realized it was time to pick our Facebook Photo of the Week (what a fun way to end my week)! We had so many fun photos to pick from this week and it was just so hard to pick one! Drum roll please…
This week’s photo comes to us of Juli of Inspiri Body. It really has an artistic flair to it and it reminded of some yummy artisan chocolates that I’ve seen (and eaten)! Juli said, “I used two techniques in one soap. First, I used a discoloring fragrance (Warm Vanilla Sugar) to my advantage and tried to make a Mantra Swirl from the Soap Queen Tutorial. It is not perfect, but I love how it came out!” I loved the techniques you used to make this soap work for you, Juli!
Juli’s Etsy: Inspiri Body
Juli’s Facebook Page: Inspiri
Juli’s Blog: Inspiri Spa
Would you like your photo or project to be featured in a blog post? Come join us for soap talk, contests and lots of crafting inspiration at Bramble Berry’s Facebook page and share a photo with us of your latest project. And remember, you still have a chance for your soapy recipe to get featured on the Teach Soap website (and a chance to get a $10 Bramble Berry Gift Certificate), send us an e-mail with a full tutorial, including pictures at [email protected]. For more details, check out this blog post and our featured recipes, Soothing Avocado Foot Balm, Peach Pie Soap and Rose Garden Bath Tea.
Facebook Photo of the Week 11/12-11/16
Lately I’ve really been getting into the holiday spirit. We even have Christmas music going at home (eh hem, I’m a sucker for the Glee Christmas Album). We’ve got so much to be thankful for around here. Our Christmas Tree is already up and Jamisen is just having a blast looking at all those twinkling lights. Speaking of cute little guys…
This week’s Facebook Photo of the Week comes from Mike of Soap Passion. Mike made these cute little gingerbread men following a Soap Queen tutorial and said, “These are one of my favorite soaps for the holidays, I just love the Gingersnap Fragrance Oil.” All the gals in the office agreed with me and we oohed and ahhed over these adorable little gingerbread men! Take a peek at more of Mike’s work here:
Thank you so much Mike for being part of our soaping community and being an active participant on our Facebook page. There’s a little package of goodies being sent your way, so keep your eyes peeled!
Would you like your photo or project to be featured in a blog post? Come join us for soap talk, contests and lots of crafting inspiration at Bramble Berry’s Facebook page and share a photo with us of your latest project. Next week’s photo of the week pick could be yours!
Psst…Last week we featured Brooke of Her Best Apple, and she was kind enough to write about it in her blog! Thanks for the love, Brooke =)
Facebook Photo of the Week
It’s the beginning of a brand new feature on the Soap Queen blog — Facebook Photo of the Week! Every week we will be choosing one photo from Bramble Berry’s Facebook page submitted by you and feature it in its very own blog post.
This week’s photo comes from Brooke of Her Best Apple. In this soap, Brooke used our Relaxing Fragrance Oil and said, “I just LOVE this FO, it smells awesome. It does turn cold process soap dark, but it smells so good that I can work with that!” I know how frustrating it can be to work with discoloring fragrances, but Brooke, you totally blew it out of the water with your positive attitude and gorgeous design! Check out some of her other soaps:
Brooke’s Blog: Soap It!
Thank you so much to Brooke for being a fan and regular contributor on Facebook and sharing your awesome soapy creations with us — expect a little package of goodies to be sent your way!
Would you like your photo or project to be featured in a blog post? Come join us for soap talk, contests and lots of crafting inspiration at Bramble Berry’s Facebook page and share a photo with us of your latest project. The week’s photo of the week pick could be yours!