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It’s Cranberry Chutney Soap season!  This seasonal favorite is now available. First batch is finished curing. Our cold process natural soaps take 4-6 weeks to arrive at that optimal state where they are gentle for your skin and hard to last awhile in the shower.  To make this soap last its best to let it dry out between uses and keep it out of steady water. This Cranberry Chutney soap is a wonderful holiday (anyday!) soap. The scent has notes of traditional cranberry chutney is a tartly sweet scent. As you lather you will might notice subtle spice notes, vanilla, golden raisin,...

  Normal Soap Company organized TWO auction baskets for this weekends Autumn Harvest Feast! We, along with Farmington Herbals, Especially For You: Goat Milk Soap, Lotion, & Lip Balm, and Pale Blue Dot Soap Company donated goodies into one mega basket and one gentleman’s basket to be auctioned off for a great cause. We love what we do and it’s a joy to share it with this great community! 6th Annual Autumn Harvest Feast: PRESENTED BY THE ATHENS FARMERS MARKET. Share a family style Sunday dinner, music, and silent auction with your favorite local farmers, artisans, chefs, and friends to...

Mini Handmade Flower Soap Cakes: We love special requests. The challenge of it and new skills gained are just part of the fun of testing the boundaries. (Soap ‘icing’?!)The rest is seeing the end product and how happy it makes someone. PLUS, who doesn’t like/need soap! It’s so practical yet can be made into a work of art. From the artist perspective it’s a perfect example of impermanence. These mini rose bare cake soaps were a delight and labor of love to create… plus they are more shelf stable than the edible kind… and you don’t have to worry about...

We just love getting to hear from past students of our SOAP 101 class. We teach it both in groups as well as in private lessons. One recent student has been hard at work honing her soap crafting skills and shared a photo of her most recent batch; Chocolate! What an amazing job they did especially with the piping and ‘sauce’ details on top of the pie and loaf. We love teaching how to make handmade soap from scratch. This recipe I’m sure was made lovingly and safely with pure ingredients. As the soaper you get to decide what to...

Wow! We love playing in our workshop when we can. This last moment-o-fun was spent playing with our new blackberry mold. It makes perfect replica’s of blackberries. This wonderful fruit mold is from Van Yulay and you could easily get lost looking at all the unique and quality made silicone molds they carry. The particular one for this batch was the Medium Blackberry Mold with 25 cavities. Next: We still had to perfect the color and scent of the embeds but at least they were ready to be used in the bar soap. Now we will play with design next....