Challenge Club Winners Announced

When I chose the Taiwan Swirl as our technique of the month for the Soap Challenge Club, I had no idea how challenging it would be!! It appears to be this simple technique that anyone can do with amazing results. […]

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Taiwan Swirl Challenge Club Closing Soon!

Just a quick FYI for those who haven’t heard: Registration for this month’s Soap Challenge Club will be closing Monday (tomorrow!) at 2pm CST. We are doing the Taiwan Swirl, which looks like this: Any soapmaker can join the Challenge […]

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Congrats to our Challenge Club Winners!

We just finished up another amazing Soap Challenge Club! Our technique this month was the Column Pour, and we had some very talented soapmakers participating yet again. However, this time we had a very clear first place winner – someone […]

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Squeeze Bottle Design Challenge Results

We had some really fantastic entries in the Soap Challenge Club again this month! Our technique was called “Squeeze Bottle Designs” and it gave the Club members a lot of creative license to make designs with a squeeze bottle on […]

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Extra Prizes for 2nd & 3rd Place!

Registration for this month’s Soap Challenge Club remains open for a very short time. We are making Squeeze Bottle Designs which can transform any ordinary soap into something extraordinary just by using your tracing skills. The Challenge Club is open […]

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Registration Now Open for Challenge Club!

This month’s Soap Challenge Club is featuring a technique I’m calling Squeeze Bottle Designs. I first saw this technique demonstrated on the Sirona Springs blog by Ruth Esteves: The creative possibilities with this technique are endless! I started with my […]

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Announcing our Challenge Club Winners!!

What a fun challenge this month!! Our technique is the Dandelion Zebra Swirl, as featured on Vinvela Ebony’s blog. There were so many fantastic soaps entered, that we ended up with a tie for 3rd place! Congratulations goes to Amy […]

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Ready to Rebatch!

So I had this huge box of soap scraps and batches that didn’t turn out for whatever reason that was sitting in my dining room. In the past, I’ve donated to Clean the World, but I waited too long this […]

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Final Results of the Multi-Colored Gradient Challenge

Congratulations to Julie Ignacio of Little House Homestead Home Made Soap!! She is our grand prize winner for the Multi-Colored Gradient Soap Challenge, and will receive a $50 gift certificate from Nature’s Garden!! This is her Werewolf soap which goes […]

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Soapcrafting Blog Tour: Avocado Moisturizing Bars

Welcome to another stop on the Soapcrafting Blog Tour! We are celebrating the release of Anne-Marie Faiola’s new book Soapcrafting with step-by-step techniques for making 31 unique cold-process soaps. The first part of the book is all about how to […]

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