Mother-Daughter Soap Day
My girls are on Spring Break, so yesterday I asked my older daughter, who is a fourth grader, if she would like to help me design a new soap. Here’s what she came up with: Once we had a plan, […]
New Soaps Just $4.50 Each!
I’ve just added two new soaps to the Great Cakes Soapworks handmade soap line-up. And yes, you read right – they are just $4.50 each! First up is the Country Clothesline soap – which smells like a piece of sunshine […]
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 […]
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 […]
On the Curing Rack: Fruit Loops
Here is the photo you’ve all been waiting for: While it isn’t very swirled inside, it is definitely very colorful! I was too chicken to swirl it in the pot, and I did minimal stirring in the mold because I […]
Success!
May I present my first six-color swirled soap: It is absolute torture having to wait until tomorrow to cut this beauty!! I tried to hold myself back from putting glitter on top, but that was a losing battle. LOL! All […]
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 […]
Green Honey Ale: Pre-Order
After seeing the tutorial on The Soap Queen’s blog on how to make green beer soap, I made a last minute decision to give it a try with the Honey Ale I purchased recently. It turned out so fabulous, that […]
Soap of the Week
I’ve been thinking about what I could do differently at the Olathe Farmer’s Market this year which will be starting up again on Saturday, April 23rd. One idea I’ve had is to offer a Soap of the Week. My plan […]
On the Curing Rack: Country Clothesline
I just finished cutting the Country Clothesline soap, and it turned out rather fabulous! Both the light blue and creamy colored swirls are distinguishable in the soap. I probably could have waited for a little bit thicker trace, but other […]