Craft Fairs

Pros: Meeting other local crafters. Networking. Face time with customers. Getting business cards distributed. Creating your personal display table. Visiting the display tables of others.

Cons: Vendor fees. Spending your profits at said craft fair out of sheer helplessness. So many hands and noses all over your soap. Finding your business cards littering the parking lot. Discovering a typo on your business card. Realizing that your audience was not what you thought it would be.

We don't live in a perfect world. But I will keep going to craft fairs. Some might think I'm insane. They're probably right. You have to be a little nuts to do this anyway, right? What's life without a little folly?

School of Homesteading

Today I've been musing about what it would be like to go to a school where things like soapmaking were taught as basic essentials. I asked my Google friend and found out that there are indeed such places! Now I know where my next vacation will be :)

Wrapping Soap

I have been struggling with different methods of presenting and wrapping my soap. I do cold-process, so I can't shrink wrap. It takes way too much time to get intricate and fancy when working with hundreds of bars....then I found this helpful video and the answer is really very simple. Why didn't I think of it before? Thanks, SoapGuy :)

Welcome to Angelfish Soapworks

Hello and welcome to Angelfish Soapworks. My name is Angela, and I have been making homemade soap for nearly eight years. It all started when my second child, Kari Anne, upon first wash with baby bath, turned into one big blister. After searching around for natural soap and finally settling on Burt's Bees Buttermilk Soap, I thought to myself, "I bet I could make this." I did my research, gathered my materials, absorbed every book, website, and blog out there, I tried my first batch. I nearly blew up my family's house, but this did not stop me from trying again. I am notoriously stubborn that way. The second batch turned out exceptionally well, and from there I was hooked. It became a hobby, then quickly became an addiction (this I finally admitted after realizing that I was still at it in the wee hours of the morning, meticulously bevelling edges). I started giving it away to friends and extended family as gifts, moved on to craft fairs, etsy, and here we are! I hope you enjoy the lather we create together on this blog!

Happy soaping,
Angela