I am reminded of one of my grandpa’s favorite songs today. Only you could substitute “Amy” for “Granny” and “kitchen” for “cellar” and “soap” for “biscuits”: There isn’t enough kleenex in the world… Ok, so yes, my nose is runny today, and yes, I’m making soap, but I PROMISE that I didn’t drop anything in [...]
Elle is one of my blog readers who recently commented that she had made a couple batches of soap using the faux funnel method. So I clicked the link to her blog to check it out. Unfortunately, I couldn’t read it because it’s in French, but the photos speak for themselves! Here is her first [...]
I don’t know about your kids, but my kids seem to have a hard time deciding what they want to be for Halloween. Especially my older daughter, because she wants to be something that no one else will be. She likes to talk about next year’s costume right around the day after Halloween. So, around [...]
Last weekend we celebrated my parents’ 40th wedding anniversary! My brother and I have been working with my mom to get everything together for the big reception at their church which was Sunday afternoon. My mom finished up the heritage quilt she had been planning since before my older daughter was born (she’s now 10), [...]
If you think the reason I haven’t posted very frequently is that I am so busy working on soap that I haven’t had time to blog, that would be incorrect. As a matter of fact, I’ve had the last two Saturdays off from the market and have been almost completely ignoring the soap business entirely. [...]
I got this free t-shirt in the mail from MailChimp yesterday! Wow, if you haven’t heard me talk about MailChimp enough already, check this out! Remember a few weeks ago when I created the Anise Soap Survey in SurveyMonkey, then sent out a campaign to my Preferred Customers with the new integrated service through MailChimp? [...]
Penny, Lynette, and I grew up together almost from birth. Our parents all went to church together, and we are also “loosely” related to one another. They are the kind of friends that when you get together, no matter how long it’s been, you can pick up wherever you left off and it feels like [...]
I have been on a search for a long-handled silicone spatula ever since my good friend Holly was kind enough to recommend a video of another soapmaker demonstrating how she makes goat’s milk soap. One of the things I noticed from the video was how Lori was using a silicone spatula to scrape the sides [...]
Thank you to Celine the Soaperstar for nominating me for this award! She is a fabulous soapmaker, as well as an advocate for soapmakers around the world. I find her blog to be highly informative and personable. The concept behind the Versatile Blogger Award is to follow a few rules and then pass it on [...]
I’m almost embarrassed to tell you how long I’ve been working on the girls’ bedrooms. You can find the original posts under Project Week – two years ago! The final step was that they needed bedside tables. So last December my hair stylist donated a couple of matching tables for our cause. They are pretty [...]
