Featured Student – Susan Ng

June 13, 2011

This months featured student is Susan Ng.  Susan was in my first class I taught at the NY Open Center about 2 years ago.  Since that class she remains in contact with me whether via email or responding to something I post to Facebook.  One things remains consistent with Susan and that she ALWAYS has [...]

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Indie Cruise 2012 – Time to Gear Up!

June 8, 2011

I am so excited that registration for Indie Cruise 2012 is now open.  Right after the last Indie Cruise this year I was so geared up that I was ready to register for the Indie Cruise for 2012.  You can read my blog post “Business Intervention” about my experience on the Indie Cruise 2011 and [...]

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Essential Oil Myths BUSTED

May 20, 2011

As a professional massage therapist, publisher/editor, education and developer of personal care products Robert Tisserand has over 35 years of experience.  He set out to tackle some of the myths out there about essential oils.  This session at the Handcrafted Soapmakers Guild Conference was interesting as each myth was BUSTED! Here are five myths about [...]

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Lessons Learned Along the Way

May 18, 2011

To set the stage for the 2011 Handcrafted Soapmakers Guild Conference, the keynote speaker was real estate guru, Barbara Corcoran.  I have seen Barbara Corcoran on local television as she is the contributing real estate expert on NBC’s Today Show in NYC.  She also is the only female venture capitalist on one of my favorite [...]

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Faces of the Soap Conference Staff

May 18, 2011
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Let the Conference Begin

May 17, 2011

It has been over a year since the last Handcrafted Soapmakers Guild Conference and I am going through withdrawal.  Why, because each year I attend the Handcrafted Soapmakers Guild Conference it feels like a big family reunion.  Most faces are familiar but there are some new ones each year to meet and greet. As soon [...]

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Essential Oils – Bigger than Fragrance

May 15, 2011

For the past two weeks I’ve had the ridiculous good luck of being able to taste amazing ice creams flavored with essential oils. What can I say?  I’ve tasted great ice cream before, but these were different. The addition of essential oils added wonderful flavors of course, but there was also an intense emotional component [...]

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What’s Your Backup Plan?

May 12, 2011

Hi, I’m Delores Harris and I’m going to teach you how to make hot processed soap at Soap Camp on June 4th weekend. When I first started selling my soaps at the farmers market it soon became clear that I was not going to have much success unless I had a backup plan. That backup [...]

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Soap Camp Summer 2011

April 27, 2011

If you have been looking for a quick training on nothing but soapmaking for 2 full days then you need to attend Soap Camp on Saturday, June 4th through Sunday, June 5th.  There will be hands on sessions where you will learn first hand how to make soap utilizing various processes and techniques; plus you [...]

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Featured Student: Lee Anna A. Jackson

April 7, 2011

At times when I have a new class a participant may have been “forced” to attend the class with the participant that is really interested in learning soapmaking and/or natural beauty and skin care.  It could be a parent, a sibling, a friend, a husband or a wife.  But in this month’s featured student Lee [...]

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