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Things are hopping here

It’s been quite a few crazy weeks around here again. You too? We had a great time at Donna’ Market last Saturday and met some more great people. Thanks to everyone who stopped by, the funny jokes, and also to those who gave me some new projects to play with! I’m hoping to start on two of those next week. Tonight we will be at the Klein Oak High School Spring Fling Carnival to help them with a school fundraiser so we hope to see more of you again. My ankle is still healing though so hubby probably won’t let me play on the giant inflatables. Sigh. That’s life though. I’m sure this thing will be back to 100% percent before too much longer and I’ll be back to zooming around at top speed- yay!

As I double checked the checklist to make sure I had everything loaded for tonight, I realized that I hadn’t updated the website. Bad, bad Dorothy! So I am uploading a few pictures of the recent soapy fun I’ve had in the kitchen and praying they show here for your enjoyment too. Someone really should get going on that smell-o-vision already because these soaps smell heavenly! The only way you’re going to get to breathe in this awesomeness is to come see us in person.

Cut oversized bars of Cinnamon Swirl Soap
Cut oversized bars of Cinnamon Swirl Soap

Another picture of cut oversized bars of Cinnamon Swirl Soap
Another picture of cut oversized bars of Cinnamon Swirl Soap

The green and white this time is our Sage and Citrus while the cool rock-looking one is the revamped Cinnamon Swirl Soap. (Remember not to put that one on your face or “tender bits” unless you want one extra spicy wash!) You’ll also find below the new Peppermint confetti soap that has been a BLAST! I called this run of it a “split decision” set because I had started topping it with the panels embedded flat as had been requested. I just couldn’t help making a few stand up like shark fins towards the end- and they loved that look even more. So awesome and fun- I will definitely be keeping more of this around!
Freshly cut Sage and Citrus Soap from March 2013
Freshly cut Sage and Citrus Soap from March 2013

Top view of freshly cut Sage and Citrus Soap from March 2013
Top view of freshly cut Sage and Citrus Soap from March 2013
Cut Peppermint Confetti Soaps and scraps March 2013
Cut Peppermint Confetti Soaps and scraps March 2013

Uncut log of the Peppermint Confetti Soap showing "split decision" top March 2013
Uncut log of the Peppermint Confetti Soap showing “split decision” top March 2013

Come by and see us tonight at the carnival too. The street address is 22603 Northcrest Lane, Spring, TX 77389 and even my GPS directions thing can find it- hooray! Over the next few weeks we’ll be updating everyone on where to find us for April and May along with more soaping fun. See you around, have lots of fun this weekend, and keep smiling everybody. It confuses people 😉

Happy Washing!

Dorothy

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A recent soap project

Brown and white swirled soap in the mold.
Brown and white swirled soap in the mold.

Some of the fun projects around here were more work playing with natural colorants in some of our olive oil blends. These pictures were of one of the batches from about two weeks ago. I had a lot of fun with this one and was overjoyed to see some of the swirling practice finally paying off. Unfortunately, there wasn’t really any left after to share so I’m planning to make some again to spread the love around and let everyone else enjoy it too. The coloring work continues with some reds and pinks that should provide some funny pictures down the road for all of us to laugh at, I’m sure. Cold process soap is well known for creating color surprises so I can only keep trying!

Freshly cut brown and white swirled soap.
Freshly cut brown and white swirled soap.

It appears that almost all of the weekend changes on the website have worked so far. I’ll learn more about coding this week and see if I can figure out how I turned off some of the pictures in the catalog. Hope you and yours have had a good weekend and we will start seeing everyone in about two weeks here in the Houston, TX area. Will post more this week with the calendar updates about where we’ll be.

Happy Washing!
Dorothy

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DvisualArts Review and Soap Pictures

This post is not so much about making soap as to show some great pictures and review a local independent photographer in the Houston, TX area. Those who have followed the blog for awhile can tell you that my photography skills are, shall we honestly say, barely passable? Frankly, they’re pitiful so I spent some time looking for a good local photographer to take our soap pictures. Hubby told me about his coworker who runs a side business in photography and I added him to the pool of choices. The more I saw of his work, the more I loved it. He has a passion for sports photography but such a wonderful eye for color and perspectives! His wedding pictures are just beautiful. I was interested to see what he could do with our soaps. We challenged him with naked bars of soap and nothing more to go on but my request to keep it natural. I really wanted to see what he could do with the colors and textures if given free rein. We were thrilled when he gave us back the results. No kidding, I did a little dance and giggle. Just ask hubby; he was laughing at me. Vu, you must post more of your work to your Facebook page- soon! So without further ado, I’m going to post some of his work here. You’ll be able to spot his other pictures all over the website also- they’re much prettier ones lol If you are in the Houston, TX or surrounding areas and in need of a great photographer, DvisualArts does awesome work with a great turnaround time. Check him out at www.dvisualarts.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/DvisualArts to see more great pictures!

"Frosted" Chocolate Soap
“Frosted” Chocolate Soap
Oatmeal Milk and Honey Scrub Bar
Oatmeal Milk and Honey Scrub Bar
Green Tea Sand Soap on the Rocks
Green Tea Sand Soap on the Rocks
Ginger Peach Tea Soap
Ginger Peach Tea Soap

Chocolate Soap
Chocolate Soap

Most of these soaps have a few bars still left in stock in the catalog. Feel free to provide some feedback here on the post or on our Facebook page about the new layout and Vu’s photos. If you enjoy looking at cool soap pictures, please feel free to check out some of the links now appearing on the right side of our pages! Thanks for stopping by and visiting our page today.

Happy Washing!
Dorothy