moo-ve over boring biz cards…

Moo Mini Cards are fantastic! I ran across these when reading the Craft Boom blog. Lisa Lam uses Moo Mini’s for her business cards and you can see how creative you can be with them. They make great looking hang tags too.
Another Moo product I am in love with are the Moo stickers. This Moo [...]

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get fit while making soap

OK - just kidding with the title, but Lisa Chouinard of Feto Soap shows us how she gets in some exercise while waiting for her M&P soap base to melt in the video below. Lisa’s soaps were highlighted on the HGTV show “That’s Clever.” How cool! Congrats to Lisa!
 

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what color is inspiration?

Did a recent hike in the mountains inspire the essential oil blend for your latest soap? Why not let the mountains inspire the color as well! Dig out your digital photos of past vacations or of anything that inspires you to make soap and then go play with Color Hunter.
Color Hunter pulls colors from any [...]

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Lining Your Molds With Silicone Caulk

Argh! Freezer paper! What a pain!
A few posts back, I blogged about the IKEA 9 Drawer Mini Chest. I have spoken to soapers that use the drawers for soap molds and they highly recommend lining your IKEA molds, and any molds for that matter, with silicone caulk. As luck would have it, there is a [...]

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Tooth Soap - I still don’t get it.

Tooth soap. I’m sorry, I know there are many of you that absolutely love the stuff, but I just don’t get it. And to be completely fair, I haven’t even mustered up the nerve to try it. If you watch the 8 minutes of video below, the author makes some pretty big claims. [...]

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Soap and Social Media Part 2

Did you watch the video we are discussing today? If not watch it here. Then come back and read the rest of this post.
Thousands of soapmakers participate in forums everyday. This is good. It’s networking. It’s educational. It helps us keep up on trends and make lasting friendships. But, as important as having friends in [...]

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Soap & Social Media

This video has been around awhile but it’s worth a second look if you have seen it and something you need to see if you haven’t already.

Many crafters and soapers are starting to get involved with social media, but few understand what they can accomplish with it. Tomorrow’s post will discuss ways you can use [...]

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Dammit Dolls

I know, I know. I’m way off topic, but I had had to share these with you.
Craftbits.com Dammit Dolls are simple to make and a whole lot of funny! The instructions start out like this:
These make great little Dammit Dolls for stressful people.
They can be thrown, jabbed, stomped and even strangled till all the frustration [...]

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May Soap Porn

New soap porn has been posted in the soap porn section of the site. This month’s soap artists are:
The Prim Pantry
New Day Soap Co.
Ginger’s Garden
Faerie Made
Luv4Country
Thanks for visiting and supporting other soapers!
Happy soaping!

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Soap Porn: New Day Soap Co

Spiced White Tea by New Day Soap Co.
Try to imagine a luxurious lather containing coconut milk and silk, heavy with the scent of white tea and ginger and most likely you can conjure up the Spiced White Tea soap shown above. This soap is simply elegant with a texture so smooth and creamy it looks [...]

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