Hi all well a little about me. First of all I am really stepping out of my comfort zone, I am a pretty reclusive hermit I suppose. Not that I have always been this way, sort of life happened, and I am working my way back to being more social. Ok enough about that.
I love soaping, it has been a true love for over 18 years. I had a pretty nice little soap biz going way back early 2000 and then tragedy struck my world. I have been battling my way back to soaping since then and finally I am making slow progress to my new goals in regards to soaping.
I love CP soaps and it is what I started with, currently I am doing HP trying to get some fast inventory built up while the slower CP cures. I am finding that I like this as well a lot truthfully. Patience has never been a strong virtue for me
I must say I truly admire the beautiful soaps that I see, I have not had experience in that end of it. Always chasing the elusive perfect bar for my fussy skin.
As for my blog, I started it as a means of rejoining the social world without having to deal with the drama of certain sites. I find I have little tolerance for a great deal of what goes on, there are more important things in life. Which is why I joined this forum. I love how there is such a large community of people with a common goal.
gypsyhomestead is basically about homesteading, recipes, farming and so forth and now soaping. BTW it is a work in progress I am learning as I go.
OK NOW as for the Contest- I started the contest in hopes of meeting other new soapers. In my mind it was a way to perhaps meet other bloggers who are also soaping. A way for all of us newbies to get together and share what we have done, who we are, our blogs, sites, stores etc...Another way of creating a community of like minded people and to help each other along the way by being able to link up to get ourselves noticed in this savage high tech world. Finally a way to have fun, hopefully it will be something that can become pretty common amongst those willing to participate, perhaps everyone involved having a contest here and there.
So there you have it
Sorry for being so long winded.
How are you defining "newbies"? I don't recall a specific cut-off or a requirement for experience in your rules?
Thank you for pointing this out, I would say that it is open ended, if you consider yourself a newbie, then your a newbie. Nobody can really make that decision but yourself. I was going on the honesty system with this. You know like at a veggie stand where you put the money in a can.........Same concept. If you know that your skills are above a beginner, then your not a newbie.
