November 2023 | St. Paul Lutheran Ladies' Aid Craft Fair | KCK Soapery

Picture above are the cured soaps getting ready to be wrapped for my first craft show after Covid on Saturday, November 4, 2023.

A big thank you to my friend "C" for inviting me to join in their church craft show that benefits the Ladies' Aid group.

I bought a table cloth that was much smaller than the tables provided by the church so I decided to just plop the soaps on top of the cloth but it was so wrinkly and so unprofessional.

I practiced putting together these shelves I bought before Covid but was not able to use since the craft show I planned for it was cancelled.  Our dining table looked too crowded with the shelves so I decided to just use one shelf for the show.

My friend "C" got me another table cloth she has on stash and let me borrow it.  Printed a few descriptions of the fragrance oil but it was not the look I was imagining.  It looks so sloppy!  Give me suggestions please.

When people started streaming in my final look was the pic below.  The descriptions were just placed below the shelf.  Better but still need improvement for sure.

Pictures below are my neighbor crafters tables.

Woodburning by Jessie Steven's.  She was woodburning whenever there was a lull and it is definitely interesting to watch.  She made me a pendant, drew what I suggested, burning it on the wood pendant, and finally done after a while.

Simply Beautiful art:

AMW Designs made freeze dried candies and knitting art designs by a friend.  We bought freeze dried skittles and they were yummy.  

There were a lot more tables, I just did not get to everyone this time around.

Hopefully, I get to join them again next year!

Off searching for our next craft show.  Hoping to be able to still join a December show just to get the word out that I am back with my soaping again. 

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November 2018 | Coconut and Palm Free Luxurious Soap | KCK Soapery

A friend contacted me and suggested that she wants to help in the marketing of my handmade soap.  As my readers,  you guys know that I like formulating recipes as much as designing the soap.  So I came up with another line of soap that I haven't made, but I know has demand.

Here is my version of palm and coconut free handmade soap.

Molds used, lye solution, sugar solution, milk and the melted oils.

This recipe included mostly Olive oil, some Shea butter, Castor oil, and Mango butter. Since most of my products contain Mango butter, I like the properties it contributed to the final product. This batch also contains goat milk to make it more luxurious.  Since Coconut oil is omitted and it is the oil that produces most of the lather in most handmade soap,  I added some sugar to give this soap recipe some lather as well.

The picture above show a few lighter-colored bars. These were added with Titanium Dioxide to give it a whiter look.  Titanium Dioxide is used in most white products including toothpaste and other personal and food products that are white. The soap batter started to thicken for me too that is why they are not as smooth on top. The darker soaps don't have the titanium dioxide and the batter was still thin when I poured them into the mold thus it is smooth.

I have four soaps above that are unscented and the rest is scented with a fragrance oil I will call "Belle"  after the name of my friend.  If she end up liking this batch.  Belle will be her signature line and we will be developing lotions, etc with that fragrance.

Excited to get these babies out of the mold.

Here is to hoping the friend will like everything the final product will be and a start to another line of KCK handmade products.

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October 2017 | Pumpkin Pie All Natural Lip Balm | KCK Soapery

These are now labelled, packaged, and sealed ready for shipment to their new temporary home where they will be packaged again to be part of a baby shower giveaways.

Ingredients includes Castor oil, Olive oil, Beeswax, Carnauba wax, Soybean oil, Candelilla oil, orange mica, and sweetened pumpkin pie flavor.

Pouring into the tiny tubes, holds 0.15 oz. each.

What a production! My challenge is always in the labelling and it took me hours to finish sticking labels and sealing off the tiny tubes. But they are worth all the work!

I hope the host of the party and recipients of the giveaways will love them.

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