Coming Soon

I will be introducing 3 new scents into my shop next week.  The supplies should be here then and I am very much looking forward to it.  I love making soaps, not just to add to my shop, but because it is just a lot of fun.  I really want to get into the Cold Process soap as well, but until I can figure my out a designated work space and a locking cabinet to keep the dangerous things in, I will have to wait.  I have 2 small children with ADHD and there is nowhere is my house they can't reach, so better safe than sorry.
Anyway, got a little off track there.  Here are my 3 new soaps


1. Will be Lavendar Oatmeal and the idea of the soap is - tannish in color with specks of oatmeal throughout and perhaps a tad bit of oatmeal sprinkled on top...still thinking about that.


2. Will be Lavendar Aloe with Olive Oil - a pale green soap with lavendar buds sprinkled on top.


3. Blackberry Sage Tea - Not quite sure about this yet, I want to try swirling a pale green soap with a raspberry colored one.  I haven't tried swirling yet, so I am still thinking real hard on this.


Sales have picked up a little, teensy, tiny bit in my other shop (www.arvi5214.etsy.com)  So I will be add more and more, I hope.  

Sparkling Snowflake - Fun in a bar!

I am pleasantly surprised at how well this bar turned out.  It became an instant family favorite, the smell and the fun body glitter.  The smell is just amazing.  The children love to use it, I love to use it and I use it in place my baby wash or regular baby soaps. The little bit of glitter that stays in  the baby's hair is just adorable, and he smells even better than using the regular stuff.  
I will probably by making this scent into a bubble bath in the near future.  This scent is for sure a keeper:)
Want to try it out? Just go to my Etsy or Artfire shops!

Bath soaps and candles

Been working extra hard on getting  some new items into my almost barren shop.  Takes time and money, neither which I have an abundance of.  Time is much more easily to come by, by money on the other hand, I am sure everyone knows that story.
I was able to get some candles supplies and get them made up and into my shop.  I did the coloring wrong so they went right in to my Oopsies section for a clearance price. 
I spent the last few days working on my Bath Salts, which turned out really nice and are now available in my shop as well.  You can purchase them in 8 oz bags, but can do them in what ever size is needed. 
Right now I am looking for cute little bags so I can do party favors and such.  
The next batch of soap is done and ready to be cut into bars, so those will be in there today.  Sparkling Snowflake is the scent and is perfect for this time of year.  Actually they smell so good, I think I could use them year round.  Candle of the same scent are coming too.  
That's all I have for now, I will be posting the soap pictures later so check back.

Progress with the Laundry Soap

So far I have tested many formula for homemade laundry soap and found the one I like the best, the one that actually did keep my clothes clean without having to use just a ton.  I tried some liquid formulas and UGGG!  I didn't like how I had to stir or shake it everytime I wanted to use it, and it didn't clean at all.  So I quickly chucked all the liquid formulas in the weeds and started focusing on just the dry powder ones.  I found a formula that worked pretty good and tweaked it even more to work just the way I wanted it too.  I had success.  It works just as good as the Arm and Hammer that I usually use, and actually, My clothes did seem a little brighter as well.  Much cheaper than most commercial detergents and much gentler on your clothes.  I am currently in the process of figuring out the fragrancing part of it, for those who will want a light fragrance.  
This great soap will be available to purchase in my Etsy Shop in the next week or so I am hoping.  Will keep you posted.

New Item Soon to be in My Etsy Shop.

I have spent the last little while researching how to make all natural laundry soap and cleaners.  I'm about to test out a few different formulas and the winner of them all will make it to my Etsy shop, available for others to use as well.  It is a great money saver because you only use a little bit to clean.  I am not sure how well they will clean yet as I am making my first batch tonight.  I will be making a batch of laundry soap and a batch of all purpose cleaner.  I may end up making 2 batches of the laundry soap, one dry and one liquid to see which I like best.  I will be posting my progress so check back soon.  Also take a peek at the great smelling new All Natural Goats Milk Soaps!  Been having too much fun.  

Got it and made them.

I got my next order and made a few batches of soap.  Actually quite alot of fun and I am currently saving up for the next order.  Unfortunately, they have to be small orders, but as things get going I hope to be making even bigger orders and start working on my candles.  Check out my Etsy shop to see the new ones listed.  There is:
Misty Morning, a blend of orange, jasmine and violet
Satin Sheets, a blend of lily of the valley, vanilla, sandlewood and a light musk.  This one my testers really liked and so did my husband.
Lilac, smells just like a lilac bush, I can't wait to make this one into a candle.  I am very much a lilac person and a little sad that their lovely blooming time is so short.
I also got some baby soaps made in 2 scents, Baby Buttermilk and Baby Powder and will be sold in sets of 2, one of each set.  Haven't got them listed yet, but plan on doing so very soon.
Not sure what scents my next order will bring as I have really done my researching yet, but that will be done very soon as well.  Ok, that's all for now, check back soon to see what new ones will be coming and please check out my Etsy shop and leave comments here of what you think.  

Slowly but Surely

Good News!  I almost have enough saved up to make another soap supply order.  This next order will be lots of fun, I will be putting 3 new listings in my Esty shop, if they all turn out good.
I have sold one bar of my Cucumber Melon soap and hope to sell alot more, especially after I get these next listings up.  I should be making this order over the weekend and I can't wait.  Been a struggle to save for this one .  With no extra income to spare for this hobby of mine, I have been doing surveys and whatever else I have sold in my shops to save up.  But, things will change when I get my shop inventory stocked up.  Hoping to make lots of sales in the coming months.