soap swap 2016 Archives

Inside the Fall 2016 Soap Swap

September 26, 2016 Filed Under: Bramble Berry News

Last week, the team worked overtime to swap and send over 100 boxes of cold process soap. If you participated in the swap, be on the lookout for your box of goodies soon. If you’d like to learn more about the swap, click here. If you missed out on this swap, be sure to sign up for the Bramble Berry newsletter. That’s where we will announce when the next swap will take place!

Boxes of soap waiting to be shipped to their new homes.

In the last swap, I was a participant and sent in 10 bars of soap. Opening that box was the highlight of my month for sure so I’m a participant in this swap as well. I swapped soap that will be featured on Soap Queen TV soon. In fact, the batch I sent is the batch I made on camera during the actual filming! =) The soap is made in the 18 Bar Birchwood Mold with the Butterflies and Feathers Silicone Impression Mat to give the bars a design on top. The blue color is created with Mermaid Mica and the soap is scented with White Magnolia Fragrance Oil. Be on the lookout for that tutorial soon on Soap Queen TV. =) If you want to see the soap I received in my box, tune into the Bramble Berry Facebook page this Friday, September 30th at 2 p.m. PST.

My contribution to the soap swap, made with White Magnolia Fragrance Oil.

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Spring 2016 Soap Swap Round Up

March 30, 2016 Filed Under: Bramble Berry News

Last week, all the bars for the Cold Process Soap Swap 2016 were swapped and sent. If you participated in the swap, keep your eyes out for your box of goodies soon! If you’re unfamiliar with the swap, the basic idea is that soapers send us 10 bars of soap. Then, we swap the bars and send 10 new bars back, each made by a different person.

So many amazing soaps were sent for the swap!

If you did not get the chance to sign up for this swap, we will have another one later this year. I wish we could have swaps all the time with an unlimited amount of soapers. But, it takes a lot of time to swap 100 boxes! =) If you’d like to be among the first to sign up for the next swap, sign up for the Bramble Berry newsletter. We will give advance notice to newsletter subscribers about when the swap will take place and how to sign up. Click here to sign up for the newsletter.

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Facebook and Instagram Photo of the Week (Jan. 30th ~ Feb. 5th)

February 5, 2016 Filed Under: Bramble Berry News

It was a busy week here at Bramble Berry. I recently returned from a trip to Mexico, where I attended the Indie Business Cruise. It is hosted by Donna Maria Coles Johnson and involves sun, relaxation and informative workshops. This year I gave a talk about how to set value-driven goals. There were also talks on how to connect with customers through video and the importance of building a community for your brand. Read more about my trip in the What I Learned At (on) Indie Business Cruise post.

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Cold Process Soap Swap 2016: Sign Up Now!

February 3, 2016 Filed Under: Bramble Berry News

Nobody appreciates handmade soap quite like a soapmaker. When you know how much work and care goes into each batch, every bar of handmade soap is something to be admired. The Bramble Berry Soap Swap was created to give soapers a chance to ooh-and-ahh over each others work. It’s a great way to smell new fragrances, get fun packaging ideas and be inspired by new design techniques.

The basic idea of the swap is you create ten 4 ounce bars of cold process soap made with a Bramble Berry fragrance oil. Then, send us your soap. We then swap the bars and send ten new bars back to you, each made by a different soaper. The swap is free; the only thing you pay for is shipping to get your box of unique soaps back to your doorstep.

The Spring 2016 Soap Swap is limited to 100 soapers. We wish we could include everybody, but the process of swapping 100 boxes is quite time consuming! =) If you’d like to participate, the swap is ~~NOW OPEN. Don’t wait to sign up, these spots will fill up very fast.~~ The swap is full! Thanks so much to everyone who signed up. For those who weren’t able to, we will have another swap in the fall. =)

For this swap, Anne-Marie will be participant #101! Ten random soapers will receive a bar of soap made by Anne-Marie. In addition, Anne-Marie will be opening her box of soaps on camera. If your soap is in the swap box, we would love to mention your business and information about your soap, so be sure to label your bars and include business information!

Follow the steps below to sign up.

1. To sign up, pay for the return shipping of your soap by purchasing the ‘Magical Soap Swap Express’ on the Bramble Berry website. Once all the spots are full, the shipping will no longer be available for purchase. You must first pay for the swap to officially reserve your spot.

2. Then, fill out this Google form completely, including the fragrance oil you would like to use. You must use a fragrance oil that Bramble Berry currently sells. Find the fragrance oils here. Because somebody may have already chosen your top fragrance choice, please include another fragrance oil selection as a backup. Click here to fill out your entry form!

3. Once you have bought your return shipping and have filled out this form completely, you’re officially part of the swap! You will then receive an email within 24 hours with more information.

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