HSMG Annual Conference

April 15th, 2009

conf09-logo-memberpage1May 12 - 14, 2009 - Palm Springs

The Handcrafted Soap Guild 2009 Annual Conference is coming!  I’m very excited about it - it looks to be the best one ever.  Even with the economic woes and worries, there are lots and lots of people coming and the speakers and subjects scheduled are AWESOME!!

There’s been a lot of promotion out there about it, but I thought I should mention it here.

If you haven’t registered to come, DO think about it.  There’s still time to register, and it will be worth it for anyone who has a business making soap.  Investing in your business future and your soapmaking skills is one of the best things that can you can do to reinforce things now and prepare for the future.

I hope I will see you there!

Census Records of Soapmakers

April 14th, 2009

You can find information about soapmaking in the oddest places and by the strangest methods.  Recently, I found out about the numbers of soapmakers around the turn of the (last) century while celebrating my birthday!

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Sunlight Soap - Botswana

April 13th, 2009
No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency (HBO)

No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency (HBO, Sundays)

Last night I watched the HBO series “The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency”.  If you missed the pilot, it is soon to be released on DVD. It’s very cute, keeps the feeling of the original books and actually looks like it was filmed in Botswana.  And how does this relate to soap?

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