Hot Process Soap 1

Here is the process for Hot Process Soapmaking. I use a little water discount, but not as much as for Cold Process. Mixed all oils to heavy trace in Slow Cooker. Now time to cook on high for...we will see.
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New Fragrance Time

This spring we are bringing back some favorites... Sweet Magnolia, Mom's Gardenias, Honeysuckle and Coconut. Pink Grapefruit is a new one for soap. It has the exotic warmth of grapefruit with a touch of sweetness. I will use essential oil, so the scent will be true.
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Snow days

Snow in the south. Not a common thing. Schools close, stores run out of milk and it gets yucky. Anywhere up north, just another snow day. But its special... The dog freaks because he has not walked in snow, people just drive crazy and kids and grownups get to throw snowballs. The Market closed so it was a day working at home.
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Coming along

Thanksgiving was a nice day. A good day to reflect. Nice to have all that are with us, wish the ones here that are not.

We are in

We are in our new shop. Getting things put away. Finding new homes for this and that. No internet, no Wi-Fi, no hard line phone. None yet. All going through my wireless. It will be coming soon. Hard to do everything over a Blackberry. Slow web connect. The roof leaks, the rollup doors dont keep out the rain and the parking lot is like mushy wet cement. Plus red clay. The red clay is nice. Thats a special treat. You can not scrape that stuff off your shoes. We be jammin'. Things are being handled and delt with. Management is doing a good job. All is great at the Soapworks. Just wee bumps in the road. But if I dont get some internet soon....I'm going to fit.

Building the New Store

It's coming together slow. We have the walls up, layout is going through. Lots of little things that I did not think about have to be taken care of. The look of the store is nice. At the old store things are getting packed up. Patricia is hard at work getting that end taken care of. All the jars, bottles, herbs, lots of "stuff". Looks like will start moving some things Saturday.

Moving

We are finally Moving!!!
After many delays it's a go. The shop will be closed Saturday November 1st till Sunday November 9th. We will reopen Monday November 10th.
This Saturday we will be at the Pecan Festival here in Florence.