I was clueless when I made my first fragrance and essential oil purchases. I was not able to read a manufacturer supplied description and get any REAL sense of what a fragrance would be like. Top note? Middle? Wha? While I still rely on fragrance samples, understanding fragrance notes guide my decisions on which samples [...]

I know that many of my readers are also chandlers so I’m posting this article for them. 30 Creative and Cool Candle Designs by Zuzu Top will get you thinking outside the box.

I’m thinking these will look great on my patio next summer.
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Due to health reasons, Linda from Soapier.com is selling her business. It’s sad when things like this happens, but I’m hoping someone can help her out. If you or someone you know would like to purchase a well established business, please pass this info along.
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over $10,000 of inventory which includes sugar scrubs, mud masks, bath [...]

Rummaging through my RSS reader returned great results to share with you here today…

The Bath Project posted these FANTABOULOUS Wedding Favor soaps. These have literally left me speechless. Amazing.
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Birch Bark Soap posted about creating your own Essential Oil Perfume.
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AllBusiness.com posted about finding all the Small Business Forms you’ll ever need.
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And finally – DIY Life wrote [...]

We’re all trying to save money and green up our businesses so I was happy to find Chica and Jo’s blog post on removing labels from boxes. As soapers, we often receive more boxes than we know what to do with. Some we put to good use in storage, but there are plenty of others [...]

I ran across this VERY cool tool on the Lifehacker Blog. YourFonts.com will turn your handwriting into a font to use in anything you’d like to add a personal touch to. I have horrible handwriting after many years of computer use, but those of you with the goods should give it a try!
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I received an email from Sindy Anderson about the Spring Fling Gathering in Georgia.  It sounds like a great time filled with a lot of great info. I’ve never been to Georgia but when I think of it – I think of Scarlett and Rhett, Ray Charles and Designing Women and it always puts a [...]

What taxes to collect over the internet is one of the first questions businesses ask when setting up an online store. In my day job working with College Bookstores and their E-Commerce web sites, I see a great deal of angst over the issue that varies from state to state.  Just this past week I [...]

Yup – it’s almost that time again. In a few short weeks Americans will be packing up the Christmas decorations and turning their attention to taxes.  I ran across a great article on AllBusiness.com titled Tax Deduction 101 and thought I would share it with you. If  this is your first year in business you’ll [...]

How useful would some of these be in your workshop? They’re great for ribbons but would work well for many things including pre-made warning labels that candlemakers use. If you’d like to learn how to make them visit the Junk Mail Gems blog.