Denise's Yadda Yadda on Soap Making, Crafts & Personal Ramblings

I recently interviewed Paula Kates from pjsoaps.com . I’ve personally seen Paula’s work and sampled the end product. Without reservation, I ...

This past week I received a customer email from Amanda about the use of Styrofoam packing peanuts.... "Dear Denise, I received my pack...

There has been a recent revival in the craft of felting around a bar of soap. The process involves matting and pressing together wool fibers...

Earlier this week, I made a post about how to make chalk using soap molds . If you're not sure what to do with your homemade chalk let ...

I recently hosted a wine tasting and h'orderve party for a group of friends. All were woman between the ages of 30 and 60. At some poi...

Looking for another use for your collection of soap molds? Use them to make snazzy looking sidewalk chalk. Who said chalk had to be tube sh...

As the holiday gift season approaches it becomes a personal challenge to scout out unique and fun bath products to give as gifts. Sure, I c...

Today is officially my birthday. It was an off day for me from the get-go, though it had nothing to do with another birth year. It was just...

I received the following email from one of our customers. Betty M. wrote: "Just want to thank you for the duck pond mold. It is wonder...

I thought this was such clever soap packaging. You can find these soaps at Suds Muffin . Guessing you could probably do something similar by...

Sad, but true. I celebrate a birthday this week. Hey, at least I'm still 6-feet above ground and that's worth celebrating. We had a...

Here's a sneek peek at some soaps that are being featured in an upcoming "how-to" article in the Handcrafted SoapMaker Journa...

This week a customer, who we'll call Mr. X, contacted me about a mold. It was a large production slab tray that is designed to hold arou...

I often receive emails from customers asking, "How'd you do that?". Nine times out of ten, they are wanting to know how to de...

A bath bomb, also called a bath fizzie, can be formed into a number of different shapes and is primarily made of baking soda and citric aci...

I would be remise if I did not mention and show honor for the many innocent United States Citizens who were enjoying the freedoms we all hav...

My daughter emailed a recent Ebay posting to me. I'm guessing it's because I recently walked out of a store without paying for a p...

It's easy to get excited about all the wonderful fragrance choices offered by various suppliers. Before you know it you're hearing ...

My 4-year old grandson, Carson, loves to come to NeeNee and Poppy's house on the weekends. Mostly because he and I make "soap stuf...

The other day while web surfing, I happened upon a website named Just Soap where a bicycle is used to make soap. Of course, my curiousity w...