Cleaning Amber Glass Bottles
Since I’ve been absent for almost a week, I figured I better come up with something really good to post about! This will interest soapmakers and others who buy fragrance and essential oils in large quantities. All others can disregard! […]
End of a Season
Saturday was my last day at the Olathe Farmer’s Market for this season. It was my best day yet! The KEY – once again – is repeat customers. I sent out my newsletter on Friday, letting them know that it […]
Another Birthday – Mine!
It seems so easy to post about my girls’ birthdays, but I don’t think I’ve ever posted about mine. It was yesterday. My mom called to sing “Happy Birthday” to me and asked if I felt 37. I told her […]
Farm Tour Fun
I brought my older daughter with me to Screamin Oaks Farm on Saturday to sell soap during the Kaw Valley Farm Tour. This is the farm where I buy fresh goat’s milk for some of the soaps I make, and […]
On the Curing Rack: Black Raspberry Creme
I made a new batch of Black Raspberry Creme soap last week – with twice the purple swirls as previous batches! The tops aren’t perfectly smooth because my plastic wrap fell in while the soap was still wet, but at […]
Now THAT Was Funny!
So, I brought my oldest daughter with me to the Overland Park Fall Festival again this year. She was a champ at offering people samples of the Jojoba-Shea Lotion! We sold out of the Almond Milk fragrance (I have more, […]
New! Gingered Pear Handmade Lotion
As I was making sure I had plenty of Jojoba-Shea Lotions in stock for the Overland Park Fall Festival this weekend, I decided I needed to add a new fall scent to the line-up. Something new and different… I turned […]
Show Time!
This week marks the beginning of the busy season for selling soap. My first show is this Saturday at the Overland Park Fall Festival. It will be packed with vendors, free concerts and kids’ activities, plus a parade and a […]
Custom Soap Balls
There’s a nice lady in Pennsylvania who orders ten Citrus Basil soap balls from me every year. They are 2.75 oz. each, which makes them about the size of a tennis ball. She puts her order in at the end […]
Caramel Apple Soap Reveal
Here’s the Caramel Apple soap in all its glory – the fragrance has already darkened it quite a bit since it was first cut. For some reason, the water-soluble titanium dioxide has a way of creating a crackled look when […]