packing

see what I have been doing.................packing!! Lots and lots of fun at my place right?!?!?

Last thing to get packed is the soaps so I will be shipping up till the last minute. Van will be leaving CA heading to CO on November 18.

last minute candles

2 Blueberry Cobbler, 6 Pink Sugar, 4 Freesia, 1 White Plum Chutney, 1 Passion Fruit

in the front Country Berry Hot Cakes, Cherry Cola

Just finished up last minute candle orders from my regular clients. Everyone is trying to get stocked up on their candles before I head out of state. Packed up soap molds and most of the candle molds today, and the rest I will get packed Monday night. Few more wax melt orders to get packaged and I should be done with production. I will still be shipping out soaps till the last minute that will be the last box I pack and the first I unpack when I get to Colorado.

I will have a 3-4 day shipping delay on orders around Nov 18 so please plan accordingly.

follow up on Cherry Cola Soap

So if you remember back to my The Story of Cherry Cola soap I mentioned this one seems to change color as time goes on and comes out looking even better.

Well I figured it was time to check in on it again and sure enough it is really coming out great. The red has calmed down and softened out like the first batch I ever made in this scent. What do you all think? bottom one is the same soap just when it was fresh.

Big news this last weekend I purchased my first craft show tent!! One step closer to doing shows when I get moved back to Colorado.

I also have a new domain name which is way easier for everyone to remember it is http://gotsoaps.com/ so cool right?!!?

I am getting a rush of candle orders from my regulars, they are all trying to get them in before I leave the state on Nov 18. So for the next week or so I think I will be pouring candles non stop!

Soapylove line from Bramble Berry review

So awhile back I won a contest on The Soap Queen. I got the whole line of the new SoapyLove colors and scents!

I have started try out some of the cool stuff I won. First up was the Tutti Fruity scent and let me just say I tested every one of the clear colors in one bar of soap! I even tried out the multi colored jojoba spheres and I learned a lesson they melt in the microwave. So I actually ended up adding the jojoba spheres 2 times. My favorite has to be the sparkle dust it is something you have to see in person.

I also made another bar with the same scent but this time I used some charcoal to make black flowers and I made the clear base using the fuchsia and sparkle dust.

More testing to come just going to take me more time then normal as I recently broke my toe surfing so standing in the kitchen has been much harder. So check back later for more updates on these great products.

Summer Medley

Snapped a few pictures of the newest batch of Summer Medley soap. Bottom Picture is the top of the soap while in the mold. Crazy how every batch comes out similar yet totally different.

Review of my first rounds of testing the Soapylove line from Bramble Berry should be posted this weekend at some point so check back.

Summer Medley is a perfect blend of fruits that screams summer. Sweet oranges, ripe strawberries, sliced lemons, lime juice, grapefruits and red raspberries. A wonderfully unique, strong scent.

still messing with pictures

bottom one is White Black Licorice and the top is Twigs & Berries

Still playing around with my photo set-ups. Decided to try out some colored backgrounds for a few pictures. More playing to do just ran out of time tonight as there is never enough hours in the day.

great blog feature by MiaSophia!

http://miasophiasday.blogspot.com/2009/10/isnt-big-but-should-be.html

Great write up about my soaps! Stop over and check it out :)