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Lol love all of this!

"Even if"... In the middle of your mind conjuring up the worse case scenario - stop your thoughts and tell yourself "God still has me." "Even if that horror happens, God has me and I'll be OK eventually." Sounds very simple, but was a life changing mantra to get my brain out of the anxiety...

Great news on my side 😄 The disability services in my county want to talk to me about the co op. They will pay for the booths and help me get funding so I'm not doing everything out of pocket. My daughters caseworker brought up everything I have been working on, my idea. Equipment, how I've...

Just going to be playing catch up on this awesome thread. End of summer, prep for fall craziness here. But I still wonder how my soapy friends are faring :)

Shopping in person is terrible any more. I try, just to keep cash going locally... but, it is a hit/ miss and often times a waste of my time. I am off to a wedding today, but I'm posting soap pics tonight..I need some constructive feedback Much love to everyone!

Quasi, I hear your rant. Even the rocks are crying out. I think all we have is today to do our best in, and the hope that it helps the humanity of the future. We've all got our passions. So "be a good one"! I'm still saying a chicken running while wearing pants is the most hilarious thing...

I love the colors and swirling technique! Beautiful Kiwi!!

Hi everyone ☺️ Jonah, can't wait to see start to finish pics. The restaurant was closed unexpectedly yesterday.. so I steamed, beveled, heated my soap (thank you, Scent!) And then stamped it. Much better! Going to get through all of these batches and then get some photos for my website. I...

Lol I kinda want to buy some just to put on my chickens and laugh. Chickens running while wearing pants is the best thing ever!! 🤣 🤣 🤣

I caught up on the thread. Whew!! I loved reading about what you're all up to. Nothing soapy the last couple days, my body is just limping along to the next shift. Lol Wow, I got out of shape the last few years. Lol I'm still here, dreaming about soapy things! Sending love!

You offer such a wealth of information, Zany. Thank you so much for your time teaching us your "old school soaper" ways! Great info

Thank you, Zany! I do have lots of Shea to use..I'll try this!

I will definitely try that, and let you know! Thank you!

Good morning everyone! The last couple days all I've done soapy is a batch of milk and honey scented soap, and practicing using my soap stamp. I need to clean up my bars still, but adding a pic anyways. One last FO to use on my basic batch recipe - candy cane! And then I'm going to concoct a...

No soaping done this week 😢 but I'm learning about Benjamin Franklin crown soap! I picked up a summer job. The lady was desperate (no employees!) and she's always been good to me, she was begging and i told her - I've got a lot going on. I told her about my business, and the co op. This will...

I'm so glad that you found some more info and bayberry wax is something I will have to look up. It's about 3 hours to get there (well, Portland traffic is about half of that time) but really worth it for me! Everyone I've talked to that works there has known their products, and been super helpful.

Yesterday was the big trip to the city. I was able to get bulk lye, coconut, shea, and castor. Figured I spent so much, some jojoba beads and a candy cane FO wouldn't hurt the budget. 🤣 I really love Shay and Companies products. The owner was kind and full of information, and gave me...

My first round of pine tar soap did not go perfectly. I experienced a soap on a stick and glopped it in as best as possible. Good soap, just ugly. Been curing about a month. I do see where I went wrong with temp/over sb'ing. So now my question is (math is not my strong suit) - if I have two...

I ordered one and to be honest..I find it a waste of money. Like a giant fry daddy and the lowest setting was 200 degrees. Pour spot wasn't particularly helpful, more funneling on the candle wicks then I prefer. A good quality hot plate and stainless steel pot have served me much better. Jmo!