The wedding is over and I’m sitting in my room just collecting my thoughts about today. I’m grateful to a team in the US called The Majestic Family. The crew at MMS made it possible to come to China to see my daughter’s wedding ceremony for her new Chinese family. […]
Here are two family members hanging over the railing while waiting for our bus. Beijing is hustling at nearly all hours of the day. Mariah and Nick have decided the shopping and food are great reasons to visit China. They have both scored in the shopping areas. Do soapmakers ever […]
A new photo to share
3 I am on vacation at the moment and I am in China! I have been here for four days and I still can’t believe it. The good news is that I was able to leave a clean kitchen behind, the bad news is I don’t have a photo. I hope […]
I am in China!
With summer here, I find myself in need of more quick gifts. I mean, there are impromptu BBQs, family reunions, holidays and more! I am also not the only one. I discovered my friends had the need for quick, easy, no sweat gifts too! To solve our collective problem, we […]
Quick Gifts to the Rescue! Lemon Sugar Body Cream
1 I will be honest with you. I have been dying to play with our new Sea Buckthorn Oil. I really like the color and I wanted to see it in a lip balm. I have seen other get a red-orange color to their lip balm and I was green with […]
Black Cherry Lip Balm with Sea Buckthorn Oil
I just had to share how lovely our sage is looking at the moment. It is blooming right now! I love looking at it as I head into work each day. I got thinking about what I could use it in. If you had sage available to you, what would […]
Our Sage is Blooming!
26 Andee thinks she is leaving for a major excursion across China in mere days but this is the current state of the blog kitchen! Oh no! Please give Andee and Taylor some hints on how to clean this room and clean it fast. All comments on this blog will be […]
Oh no! The countdown continues!
5 With me leaving for China in 9 days, I want to make sure I have my essentials for making all kinds of body treats while I am there. I have received some great ideas of what I need. This is what has made it to my list so far. Pipettes, […]
A Soaper’s Essentials
1 I’ve been trying to sort out all the information I learned at the HSMG 2012 Conference and I’m finally able to get my thoughts in order. I found this year’s conference to be informative and fun as the previous conferences I’ve attended. Thanks to Jerry, I’m able to provide notes […]
HSMG 2012 Conference in Portland, Day One
3 What does one do when a recipe on our blog has been featured twice, creating the most commented recipe ever? Why, we make it again! Can you really go wrong with the classics? We also gave out samples of this lip balm at the Handcrafted Soapmakers Conference 2010 in Denver, […]
Beloved Orange Lip Balm
5 Remember the Sea Glass Inspired Soap Challenge? Friday was the deadline for entries to be submitted and today I’ll start sharing the entries for this challenge. Today’s guest post is from Judy. She had a perspective on sea glass soap that I hadn’t considered and I found myself loving her […]
Sea Glass Inspired Soap Challenge: Judy’s Sea Glass Soap
7 Summer is just around the corner. If you are like me, you have already received your first sunburns and bee stings all in one week. OUCH! I’ve been treating my painful sunburns with Bactine and my even more painful bee stings with Benadryl Itch Stopping Cream, but both of those […]