Review Our Products, Win Some Products!

One of the best features on our new Great Cakes Soapworks web store is the ability for customers to write reviews – both on our products as well as our customer service. Do you love our products? Then tell us! […]

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Grand Opening!

Yippee!! We have a new web store! The best news: our Grand Opening Sale is now in effect! Get 10% off your entire order through the entire month of April! The shopping cart will automatically figure your discount. Here are […]

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Antique Lilac Soap Remake, Part 3 – the end.

Antique Lilac Soap Remake, Part 1 Antique Lilac Soap Remake, Part 2 Here are a few bars from the small batch of soap I made yesterday with the embedded soap scraps: Before you go jumping up and down and raving […]

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Antique Lilac Soap Remake, Part 2

This is Part 2 in a short series on how I plan to salvage a batch of soft lilac soap. You can get yourself caught up on Part 1 if you need to. Today I made a small batch of […]

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Antique Lilac Soap Remake, Part 1

Remember this beautiful Antique Lilac Soap? I made it two months ago, and I’ve been waiting to see if it would harden. It was half of a batch that I split – one half was lye heavy and completely unusable, […]

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On the Curing Rack: Pink Papaya

Check out the Pink Papaya soap I made yesterday! This is a brand new fragrance that will be perfect for summer. The overall scent is very refreshing and somewhat tart. It has notes of mango leaf, green fig, star fruit, […]

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My New T-Shirt

Look what came in the mail today! Every year I order a new t-shirt from VistaPrint. It’s my uniform when I go to the farmer’s market. You can see my t-shirt from two years ago here. VistaPrint will usually offer […]

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Soap Grab Bags are Back!

I’ve been gathering soap ends, mini soaps, and soap balls of all shapes and sizes. You will get at least 8.5 oz. of soap for just $5.00! That’s about 50% off retail! You won’t know what you’ll get, but there’s […]

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On the Curing Rack: Sweet Surrender

I’ve had this idea for a yummy soap rolling around in my head for several weeks now. I was contemplating what would be the most indulgent, sinfully sweet, completely over-the-top wonderful soap ever. It had to be completely luxurious for […]

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Why I’m Not Responding Directly to Your Comments

I just upgraded to WordPress 3.1, and now I’m having an issue with the comments. Before, when I approved a comment, I would get an email from WordPress as though it was an email from the person who commented. This […]

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