Check out your local Starbucks for their free coffee grounds, great for making exfoliating soaps, body scrubs and for adding nutritive organic matter to your garden.

Book review of The Soapmaker´s Companion by Susan Miller Cavitch. This is a great book for beginners as well as seasoned soapmakers. Covered are all the major soapmaking topics such as lye safety, chemical composition of oils, chemistry of soapmaking, troubleshooting problems and numerous recipes.

Instructions for making wet potpourri along with sources for supply.

List of containers normally found around the house that were never intended as soap molds but can be used as such.

Cucumber soap with French green illite clay recipe with detailed directions and supplier list.

How to make soap using beer with recipe and instaructions.

Instructions on how to make liquid hot process soap.

Christmas gift hangtag with customizable label field.

Holiday soap cigar band featuring a trio of angels and blank label area to customize with instructions for customizing.

Description and recipes for one of my favorite scents for holiday soaps.