I’m a Joyful Winner!

Last Wednesday I made a comment on the Joyful Soaps blog that made me a winner of two of their fabulous Easter soaps! Today, I received my prize in the mail: Aren’t they adorable? They smell great too, with the […]

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The Sage’s Interview With Me

Andee of Majestic Mountain Sage contacted me awhile back to see if I would do an interview for their blog. Since they are one of my favorite suppliers, of course I agreed! She asked some good questions, so if you […]

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Best Handmade Soap Blog Winners Announced

I want to start by saying that for being a relatively small industry of handmade soap makers, we have some highly talented bloggers! There were some really, and I mean, REALLY tight races in a couple of the categories. I […]

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Just a Few More Voting Hours

Voting for the Best Handmade Soap Blog Awards will be closing this evening at 10pm CST. Please visit this post to place your votes. I hope you have found some great new blogs in this process, because I know I […]

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Best Handmade Soap Blogs – Taking Nominations

With the 83rd Annual Academy Awards just announced recently, I would like to create a similar extravaganza honoring handmade soap bloggers! There are lots of great handmade soap blogs out there, and I would like to gather them up here […]

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The Best Kansas Day Celebration Ever!

The state of Kansas is 150 years old today! I was invited to demonstrate old-fashioned soap making at Eisenhower Elementary School at Fort Leavenworth for their Kansas Day celebration yesterday. I had no idea what to expect, but I was […]

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Featured on YouTube

Check out this endorsement of Great Cakes Soapworks Cinnamon Bun Coffee Soap and Vanilla Latte lip butter:

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Become a Fan

Are you on Facebook? Are you a fan of Great Cakes Soapworks? Well, guess what! I just created a fan page on Facebook for Great Cakes Soapworks! If you would like to make your fan-ship (is that a word?) official, […]

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Top 5 Reasons to Use Handmade Soap

#5: Aromatherapy There are two ways to scent a handmade soap – naturally with essential oils, or synthetically with fragrance oil. Very few store-bought soaps are scented with essential oils. Natural essential oils have various properties that can affect your […]

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Peppermint Soap Reviewed

Now I know the Peppermint Soap was a hit at Christmastime because I couldn’t keep it in stock! Just for kicks, I sent a bar to Joanna at The Soap Bar to see what she thought about it. She’s been […]

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