I spent all day Friday and Saturday at a Holiday Mart hosted by A Unique Boutique. I had more sales this weekend than at any other event in the history of Great Cakes Soapworks! Let me tell you, it wasn’t because there was a ton of traffic coming through, because there wasn’t. [...]
On Wednesday and Thursday this week, I participated in the first annual Holiday Mart for the employees of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. It was a bit of an adventure!
First, you should know that every time I try to find a new location in downtown KC I get lost. [...]
My daughter and I had a GREAT day on Saturday at the Overland Park Fall Festival! She was a fantastic sales girl! First, she handed out soap balls with my business card in little ziplock bags. I must have brought at least 100 of them, and she had them all passed out [...]
I’m almost ready for the Overland Park Fall Festival tomorrow! My tent is set up, and the tables and a few other display props are already on site. I just need to finish packing up products and make a few signs. Last night I set up my entire display in the living [...]
As I was filling an order for a new wholesale customer this afternoon, I realized that I haven’t really talked about this aspect of my business. If you go to Greatcakessoapworks.com, you will see a link to “Wholesale Handmade Soap,” with some information about buying our soaps at wholesale prices. There are three [...]
In case you didn’t know, I sell my soaps and such at the local farmer’s market every Saturday morning starting in May, and going through the second week in October. We’ve had some very unusual weather this summer in Kansas. The last three Saturdays – that would be the end of July and [...]
Last night I participated as a vendor at a Ladies Night Out at the new Zen Massage in Olathe, Kansas. My friend Jacque who sells Tupperware happens to be in the Olathe Chamber of Commerce with Beverly, the owner.
I have been advertising this event with my local Preferred Customers, and was very [...]
We interrupt the lotion making tutorial with an update on our baby robins. They are nearly a week old, and have grown so much! There are still two eggs left in the nest, unhatched. I’m not sure why. Except that the nest is so close to the driveway, anytime we pull [...]
Yesterday was my first day at the Olathe Farmer’s Market this year. My fifth year at this market, but the first time at our new location – the Mahaffie Historic Center parking lot. It’s a brand new space, about a mile from our old location in downtown Olathe. The parking area is [...]
Crazy time has officially begun. I have less than two weeks to prepare for the farmer’s market, and way too much to do. This is the busiest pre-farmer’s market season in the history of Great Cakes Soapworks. I am so thankful for the orders I have been filling recently, but I’ve decided [...]
