{"id":3455,"date":"2010-06-01T18:40:30","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T00:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/?p=3455"},"modified":"2017-09-19T21:01:32","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T03:01:32","slug":"productive-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/index.php\/productive-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Productive Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

I didn’t write a post for Memorial Day, but I wanted to share my favorite quote from the many I saw floating around through the social media channels over the weekend: <\/p>\n

“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.” – General George S. Patton<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Not only did it make me thankful for those who died fighting for my freedoms, but it really made me think about my own purpose in life, and whether or not I’m living up to my full potential. What does God intend for me? I do know that I want to spend more time seeking God and with my family. I’ve decided that I’m intentionally going to let some things slide in my soap business this summer – or at least organize my time better – so that I can do those things more effectively. <\/p>\n

Over the weekend, I had some down time at the pool with my girls, but also spent quite a bit of time cleaning out my soap storage room to make room for the baker’s rack<\/a> I purchased several weeks ago. Because when I got back from selling at the farmer’s market on Saturday, my husband was cleaning out the garage!! It was a pretty major undertaking for him considering how FULL it was, but I took that as my cue to get things ready in the basement in order to move the baker’s rack out of the garage.<\/p>\n

The biggest task for me was moving my big metal storage cabinet. I had to unload everything out of it and move it out of the storage room into the main room. Not ideal, but it was better than having the baker’s rack out in the open, all loaded up with naked, curing soap. At least the storage cabinet has doors that close.<\/p>\n

Here’s where the storage cabinet sits now. Right outside the door to the storage room:
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Metal cabinet holds fragrance oils, herbs, colorants, lotion making supplies, and anything else that will fit!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

This next photo shows what you see when you open the door to the storage room. Brace yourselves. It ain’t pretty (yet):
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Great work space if it ever gets cleared off!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

The piece d’resistance now sits where the metal storage cabinet once was:
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Seven different kinds of soap currently curing!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Hubby says I need to lay the soaps down on the long edge so I can fit the trays closer together and get more soap on the rack. Right now, if you look at the previous photo, you can see I’ve put the finished soaps in the boxes on the two top shelves. He thinks we could use those shelves for more pantry space – yet another rare commodity around here since I started coupon shopping! I’m thinking if the trays are closer together there won’t be enough air flow to cure them in the same amount of time that I’m accustomed to. So we’ll see.<\/p>\n

Across from the baker’s rack, I’ve re-organized the plastic shelves so that there isn’t anything hanging over the edge of the shelves anymore. Otherwise, the trays won’t go in and out of the rack!!
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More fragrance and essential oils that won't fit in the metal cabinet, and other random supplies<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

It’s still a work in progress, but I’m happy with it so far! What did you<\/strong> do over the weekend?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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