Soap Demo at the Market – Video #2

Yes, I am finally posting the video from the second soap demo that I did at the Olathe Farmer’s Market last Saturday! There are more great questions from the audience members, and the technique I used for the soap ended […]

Continue Reading

Soap Demo at the Market – Video #1

Before the season ever started, I had asked the market manager at the Olathe Farmer’s Market if I could do a soapmaking demo sometime this year. He agreed it would be a great idea, so this past Saturday I had […]

Continue Reading

Soap Challenge – Week 11 Final Link-Up

So are you happy or sad that the challenges are wrapping up? I’m a little of both. Happy to have a little more time to spend with my girls – and company that’s coming to visit! Sad not to have […]

Continue Reading

Soap Challenge – Week 11 (Last One!)

Oh my word. If you have not checked out the landscape soaps from last week’s challenge, please do yourself a favor and go check out the masterpieces in the link-up. There are some seriously amazing works of art! I also […]

Continue Reading

Soap Challenge – Week 10 Link-Up

This week’s challenge was, well, challenging!! I had a lot of fun making the Poppy Fields soap with my girls. Since they finished up school this week, we decided to give a bar to each of their teachers, with instructions […]

Continue Reading

Soap Challenge – Week 10

The suggestion for this week’s challenge came from Pamela Leis of By the Sea Soaps. We are creating a landscape soap! What on earth is that? Well, from what I understand, it is an artistic technique that captures some sort […]

Continue Reading

Soap Challenge – Week 9 Link-Up

I decided at the last minute to make my own soap for the challenge this week, which was to create a soap with a peaked top. Ever since I saw Louise’s post about infusing chard leaves in the lye solution […]

Continue Reading

Soap Challenge Week 9

Quick Soap Swap Update: It would appear that using google documents may not have been the best choice for creating the sign-up. I have heard from 3 people who had signed up for the swap, but I never received their […]

Continue Reading

Soap Challenge – Week 8 Link-Up

Before I talk about salt bars, I want to be sure that everyone who signed up for the soap swap received their swap partner info last week. There were over 50 people involved, so the chances of me making a […]

Continue Reading

Soap Challenge Week 8

Did you check out all the beautiful gradient soaps from last week? I am so happy to hear that this was a favorite technique for several participants! So many beautiful soaps! This week’s challenge is to formulate a salt bar […]

Continue Reading