Our soapmaking industry just lost one of our early suppliers. Trina Wallace of Snowdrift Farms passed away on Sunday, after a three year battle with ovarian cancer. Trina will be missed by many.
Below are two of Trina’s culinary treasures that she shared with the world on her blog. They are her healthy versions of two [...]

My husband says that no matter where we go, vacation - day trip - social function, etc.. I always manage to find another soapmaker. Friday night was no exception!  My son, husband, and I had planned an ‘evening trip’ up to the Williamsburg, VA Christmas Town event held annually at Busch Gardens, Williamsburg.
First, what an [...]

Southern Soapers Yahoo forum will be ten years old this coming Dec 10, 2009. Last year we did a Virtual Pot Luck Birthday Party on the evening of Dec 10. Folks posted a favorite recipe of what they would have brought to the party had it been a Real Life Birthday Party. [...]

One of the Southern Soapers forum members posted a question about an interesting tool used for circle shapes in a bar of soap. She included a link to a photo, and I of course had to follow the trail to see what she was curious about.  I discovered an amazing slide show of soap by [...]

My son brought his report card home yesterday with great grades, so I asked him what he would like to do to celebrate. His reply was to make a soap with the grasshoppers and ladybugs that had just come into the studio! He made them today and they turned out great. I did the Tiny [...]

Oh Wow! Look what a fellow soapmaker twittered about today! Made by the Etsy Seller named simply Signs. I just had to have one also, and snapped this up in a flash: