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I'll have to look for one of those rubber things. Are they just for keeping it cleaner? I was thinking I could just occasionally wash it either by hand or in the dishwasher? I'm also thinking now that my mom is back in AK from her winter house in AZ that I'll take her with me to make another...

A while back I was talking with my parents while collecting some of my fresh chicken eggs to give to them. The topic came up of what kind of feed I was feeding my chickens. And the answer is that I have switched from feeding a corn-based feed that my previous batch of chickens ate to a no corn...

Since I started making handcrafted soaps I realized I didn't have any soap dishes in my house. And really didn't like the soap just sitting on the edge of the sink. But I didn't want just an ordinary cheap Walmart soap dish for my handcrafted soaps. So I decided to go with a friend and his niece...

I ordered a custom egg carton stamp a few months back from Zazzle. I found a design I liked on their site and modified it for me. I was quite happy with the whole transaction and would recommend them.

Lawsuits aside as that's a separate issue we were also discussing business debt. If you formed a proper LLC you would not be liable for the debts of the business against your personal property. Meaning they can't take your house or put a lien on it because you're soap business failed. Now if you...

from my understanding it depends on how you set your business up on whether or not you will be liable for business debts or expenses should the business fail or be sued. From legal zoom: https://info.legalzoom.com/llc-mean-end-company-name-4496.html Limited Liability The "limited liability" in...

Mine came with a spare sealer wire. Haven't needed to change it yet but since I don't sell I don't use mine as much as others here.

My name comes from the fact that I lived in Kasilof Alaska for several years when I first started getting into online forums. Chris obviously is my first name and N is the first letter of my last name. I added the N hoping it would help people distinguish me a little bit in one of my local...

I'm relatively new to making soap. I've been making bath bombs for about a year. I have a heat sealer just like the one pictured. I believe I paid $15.50 for mine brand new on eBay. What I do is just turn the temperature up on the sealer and after I seal the first few items I can easily pull the...

I've never tried the lip balm base you linked to. But I will say I have made several batches of lip balm in the last year. Lip balm is so easy to make I don't know why one would buy lip balm base. It literally takes me about 20 minutes to fill 48 tubes of lip balm start to finish. And then just...

I think your question goes both ways. How would you feel knowing someone used your soap that they stored awhile, against your warnings, and had turned moldy and they got sick? What if they washed a cut with it which became infected and resulted in a lost limb? I think the odds are better that...

Yes I have used a few hundred of them. I just switched to another brand because I wanted to try a glossy label. I have a friend who prints my labels for me and does all my design work. He hasn't had any trouble with them. I know I'm not currently capable of doing it but he said he enjoys playing...

I suppose I should have been more clear in my first post in this thread. But just because one is selling soap doesn't mean one has to sell enough to pay all of one's bills. I think a person has to start with reasonable goals, taylor a business plan to reach those goals, and then decide where the...

The population of my community will easily double and often triple during the peak of the tourist season. And while my soap may or may not be all that different or any better than yours, Do you think someone flies/drives 2,000-4,000 miles to Alaska to get the same soap you make and sell at their...

I'm just a hobbyist at this point and do not sell so take this for what it's worth. But I have to agree with the above comment. I think you have to pick a business model and work to that. your business model maybe that you have a full-time job and just do a couple craft shows a year. If you make...

Well I don't know how much of Alaska you've seen? But if it's limited to only a couple of communities in southeast your likely to have the mindset that we have limited stores and opportunities here. Truth be told the areas where the majority of Alaskans live, namely areas on the road system...

This doesn't make sense to me at all. At least not in regards to where I live in Alaska. Sure if you live off the road system in southeast or in an off the road system village somewhere. But where I live in Alaska here on the Kenai Peninsula there are a ton of things to do and plenty of stores...

Well in my humble opinion that's your loss. I'm not a big fan of the Anchorage area but anywhere in AK has got to be better than the Louisiana heat and humidity. Plus the mountain views and wildlife are spectacular here. My dad has a brown bear hanging around his cabin. She has had cubs in the...

Lard and Tallow are easily available locally from local butcher shops and one smaller grocery store always has it in stock. People here often mix beef fat or pork fat in with their game meat. Since game meat is so Lean you almost have to add fat when you make burger or sausages etcetera. So that...

Yes, yes I would. My mom and dad spend part of the winter at their Arizona house. My dad isn't so fond of the heat either but puts up with it for a few months for my mom's sake. I've yet to visit partially because of the heat.