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

My husband is vegan and a big fan of sushi. Recently, he brought home sushi from our favorite Asian deli. Hmmmm.... I started thinking about...

Probably no one more than my daughter has been counting down the days until the arrival of Fischer Michael. It was a rough pregnacy for her...

The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce released a Discussion Draft of the "Food and Drug Administration Gl...

The Handcrafted Soap Makers Guild now has their our own Lye Calculator! Unlike other lye calculators on the web, the HSMG Lye Calculator all...

This week our staff had fun making these "kabob" soaps. We elected to use three of our top selling soap bases.... hemp oil , oliv...

Happy Birthday Chocolate Spa Cupcake $29.99 A whimsical Happy Birthday Chocolate Spa Cupcake filled with indulgent chocolate-scented treats...

Mold Market is offering a special promo. If you buy 7 of the Mold Market brand molds you will receive a gift tote made from recycled mater...

Looking for an easy way to color your bath sea salts? This short video may help. The "Sea Salt Dyes" from GoPlanetEarth.com are e...

My life has been so crazy lately. On a 'crazy" scale of 1 to 10, I'm nearing the 10 marker. There is so much going on and I fin...

My parents celebrated their 56th wedding anniversay this past Saturday. Many of you know from my posts that my Dad is ill with cancer. He...

I haven't posted lately as I've been out of the office for the last week. I was curious to know how I would do with my weight loss w...

After a long, cold winter, we Northerners are always anxious for signs of Spring. The first spotting of a colorful butterfly signifies that...

Here in Northern Michigan the first signs of Spring are evident. Warm beach weather isn't far off and we'll soon be heading to our ...

Well, it's now been one month since I started my weight loss plan. Here is what I lost this week (shown in soap, of course). That BIG bl...

Once you've mastered how to make Soap Logs , you can then have the option of making soap curls. Soap curls are great for embedding in m...

In my last post I showed you how to make a soap log and a ribbon embed for use in a Mold Market loaf mold . This post will show you how to...

In January 2008, GoPlanetEarth discontinued the production of ready-made soap logs and ribbon embeds. We were the only company online offer...

This week I hit the goal I had set for Week Five. That's good news; but, I'm still not feeling the weight loss when I put on my clo...

I received the following email from a customer concerned about Phthalate issues. I have posted my response on the blog in response to other ...

I've been in the soaping business for so long that I sometimes forget there are many newcomers who are clueless to the basics of melt an...