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New soap pictures

We’ve been busy around here playing with colors and summer scents!  I apologize for being a little slow in posting but hope I can be forgiven with a peek at what we’ve been up to!

Sage & Citrus May 2012

As you can see, I’m still playing with colors.  I love the natural colors that can be created based on the oils or fragrances I use but it’s great to see something interesting every once in a while.  This picture is of our Sage & Citrus colored batches.  The other batch has no added colors; we use our own garden grown sage in it instead.  Sage & Citrus seems to be a hit with both the guys and gals- a great option for the whole family!  It combines a light sage with lemon and lime notes for a fresh, clean, lasting scent.  This one is quickly moving up my personal summer scent favorites list and might even make it into our regular stock.

I will be off the blog and Facebook for the most part next week as I am volunteering at our local Cub Scout Day Camp from Monday thru Thursday.  I can be reached by text or email for those four days and will continue to ship orders in the late afternoons.  We are currently booking markets for the summer and fall so we hope to catch you guys while we are out there!  Please continue to email us your soapy ideas and we will feature a post later this summer with pictures of some of the best ones.  Enjoy yourselves out there everyone and I will see you late next week!

Happy Washing!

Dorothy

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Too Pretty?!?!?

Confetti Moroccan Mint just cut
Confetti Moroccan Mint just cut

Here is a picture of the new confetti Moroccan Mint soap that I had created for hubby.  I was jazzed.  The colors were bright and the smell was right on the mark.  I gave it a few days and the blues & greens started popping even more.  Got a great shape, cool looking top, and I knew I was on top of the world.  I proudly showed him my labor of love, knowing he would recognize I was queen of his shower.  Then, I had a comment from hubby that threw me for a loop!  “It’s too pretty for a guy’s soap.”  Huh????  I was floored.

Ok, I know the guys don’t want to run around smelling like they rolled in a flower bed.  I get that they avoid the frilly, sweet, and cute items.  Those are for the girls, they tell me.  I hand a guy a bar of woodsy, musky, or beer soap and they get all excited.  But to say it’s too pretty??  A guy can’t have a bar of soap look interesting?  It’s not like you’re going to place it on your desk at work or parade it down the street.  (Or do you?  Now I’m curious.)  Can’t a guy have something interesting to look at in the shower besides the walls?

So readers, what do you think?  Is this too pretty for a guy’s soap?  Should I keep the guys in natural colored soaps only?  Or should I just smile at his comment and keep at it?

Happy Washing!

Dorothy

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Distracted by paperwork

Posting this week is going to be short on words, everyone.  The tax man beckons me to finish up our forms and the kitchen calls me to finish my new batch of the Moroccan Mint and gift boxes.  Soaps on the curing rack need turning and the garden sways in the breeze.  Which to finish first?  Ahh, hard choices.  I will post the pictures I promised for your tax day enjoyment and then get back to work.  Hope you enjoy!

Happy Washing and hope everyone meets their deadlines!

Dorothy

Sage growing
Sage growing
Beer on Rack April 2012
Beer on Rack April 2012
Beer & Honeysuckle April 2012
Beer & Honeysuckle April 2012
Chunking Soap
Chunking soap for confetti.
Swirling Practice
Practicing my swirling on small batches.