handmade hollyday 5th Here is the invite for the Handmade Hollyday!
Free Massages, tons of prizes, first 100 get goody bags from Lotion Bar Cafe and Mommy bag marketing!! get your list together and come meet some amazing artist!!! Address is on the invite see you this sat!!! Free Chicks coffee !! Need I say more 
Holly
Mark your Calendars Handmade Hollyday will be December 3 with local artist to get all of your Hollyday shopping done! I will be posting all the vendors and more info this week!!!
Happy Birthday Lotion Bar Cafe!!!!
Thank you to everyone who came out to Celebrate!! Time flies when you are having a Soapy time!! I mean fun time! lol . This winter marks 5 years and to celebrate (a little early so we could have a pool party) We had a luau. With belly flop contest and all!! Cody (my oldest ) took first place! We grilled dogs and had a grand time!
Feels just like yesterday I was planning for market season. Now I only have about a month left of markets and its off to Festivals! This has been a great year and I am excited about the fall.
I have been working on new scents and bringing back some fall favorites! Pumpkin Spice which I use Venitucci Farm pumpkins and a blend of cinnamon., Jingle Jam -blend of cranberry, spice, pine and fruit with raspberry seeds. Momma Anne southern grits bar has been pretty popular as well.
This year I will be at Rockledge Ranch for the 33rd annual Hollyberry Festival in sept check back and look at the calender to see where I will be this Hollyday Season!
I will have my annual HANDMADE HOLLYDAY On Nov 5th check out the facebook page for more details!
I hope you had a great Summer and Wonderful Winter!!
Wow how time flies. Seems so long on one hand and on the other like it has only been a few weeks since last years Farmers Markets! Last week was the start of the season and oh boy it has been fun to be back out there. I have missed my (peeps) as my kids would say.
I will be at four markets durning the week with a possible 5th location.
Come out and see me at one of them and tell me you read my blog and I have a special treat for you.
Tuesdays-Fountain 3-7
Wednesdays-Fine Arts Center 3-7
Fridays-Woodland Park farmers market 8-1 1st and 3 week of month
Sat-Margarita at Pine creek (woodman and I25) 9-1
I have some new scents like dill pickle lip balm, and buttered popcorn. Coco-Nutty Pomegrante is my new favorite . I have it in lotion ,soap and bath fizzies.
I hope you stop by and I will give you a slice of soap to try
Holly
Bramble Berry is doing the S.o.A.P panel again!!!!! I had soo much fun I would love to do it again!!! So Anne-Marie here are a few things I love about Bramble Berry Colors!
My new favorite colors…NEONS!!
They blend so well in cold process soap making. I love how spring they look. I received my order last week and wanted to try them. OK all of them so I swirled all 5 colors in the pot ,then poured in the mold while still swirling pot! Love the colors! I mixed 1 tsp color with 1 tsp liquid glyicern . Then poured a cup and half of soap mixture into measuring cups .I did not use all color in each, I wanted this one a pastel so I added half of the color to each . I have a plan for a bright bar But not for this yummy spring scent…Bet you cant guess what it is? Hint read my older posting for s.o.a.p panel.
I love Bramble Berrys micas. This is a new bar yummy Coco-nutty Pomegrante for summer (inspired by my friend Niki Crawford) and I used BB’s Opalescent Bordeau. I blended this in the whole batch and after swirling I took some and put in a powdered sugar shaker and put a light dusting on top. I love the shimmer it gives. I also highlights all the swirls. LOVE. Check out the full line at www.brambleberry.com and you will see all the amazing colors.
http://www.brambleberry.com/Opalescent-Bordeaux-Mica-P4887.aspx
I would love to do the S.O.A.P Panel Again ~ Holly
Dont worry, I am not letting go of your favorites just adding a few new ones! Like the Pure “Sud”uction is a new fan favorite in soap. I will be making it in lotion , fizzies and lotion bars. After the S.o.a.p Panel testing for www.brambleberry.com and falling in LOVE with some of them ! I have place my order and I am patiently waiting for it to come in ………The hardest part! I will have Cherry Blossom smells so clean and fresh. Also Plumeria will be added. On the baby line I will have Baby Kisses(lavender and Chamomile) to be added along side Baby Cheeks! In Lip Balm I will have 2 new fun flavors (dill pickle and popcorn) weird? My husband laughs at me at the movies I eat a spicy pickle and eat some of his popcorn..he he .
I also had some amazing help with the new look of my website and soapy blog (all in one) and love it ! Thanks Steph and Jake Orange. Niki Crawford did my beautiful artwork (as always blows me away!) and now have stationary made for all my soapy fans orders!! Last but not least Kitten Britches (aka Kirin Kinder) is making my little soap bar dolls for the little kiddos at market! And I have created some fabric for the soapy guys!
This is going to be a great year and I am excited to be doing what I love . Thank You for following my soapy journey
Holly
This Bar is named after my Grandmother (aka) Momma Anne. She lives in Mobile , AL .That is where I am from. She is my inspiration for this bar . Grits are a staple in our family and makes a great exfoliation and the bar has Eucalyptus, Lemongrass and Sandalwood.(which is also a natural great Scent to keep the bugs away) . My Momma Anne was tickled pink that I made this for her, so I made it a light pink She has a true gift of Southern Hospitality and I am honored she is my Momma Anne!
Take a look around, find your favorite scents, or find some new ones to love.
My Name is Holly and I live in Colorful Colorado and love it! I have been making soap and body products since 2007. I make handcrafted soaps, lotion bars, lip balms, bath fizzies and more! I use recycled materials for packaging to do what I can for the environment. I love my Local community and support woman in Swaziland Africa.
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Column Swirl Soap? Yep that is right! When Debbie Chialtas with Soapylove posted on Facebook by Non ci posso credere and called Pittura a cascata. Where the artists uses cups of paint and pours them on top of the column and lets the paint run down and then add another cup and another, and about 50 plus cups of paint make a beautiful piece of art.
I really wanted to try this in cold process and after seeing Amanda Griffin from lovin soaps and Erin Pikor of Naiad soap arts had tried it, it inspired me to do it!
I lined my 40 bar mold and got everything ready! I knew that was going to be the key , because you have to mix a lot of colors and pour over a column without it getting too thick. My column was a post from Lowes and they even cut it for me 12 inches high and 4in x4in square. I wanted to make sure I used scents that I have tried before that I knew that they would not seize or get too hot! 
My soap recipe has palm , coconut , olive oil in it. I mixed in my scent which is a blend of kentish rain and love spell …..a little love and rain from www.brambleberry.com and used their micas to color!
I put the column in the middle and started soaping away. I had made a video of each pouring 
for some reason I can not get it to upload!!) so sad
At first trace I stopped and poured into the colors and blended well I used 7 colors ….Next time I am going to have a helper with me and see if I can make it with more colors.
It was so much fun to do! I could not wait to cut the bars and see I got up at 4 am to unmold
I love how you can see so many of the colors! ooooh can’t wait to try this again
Happy Soaping
Holly
Well I am so sad that this testing is over. But I am thankful that I was chosen to do it. When I got word I was chosen I was so excited !! I received the box and then realized I was getting sick .I wrote all my first impressions down and then the next morning I could not smell anything . I had to do something so I took them to my work place and did a blind test there writing down their favorites and least favorites . It was so much fun having them all involved. Cooks , managers, host, servers and even guest!
Then I wanted to make the most out of it and wanted to make them in as many products as I could . I have a lot of mini containers and molds that I use to send to stores for test products (ALWAYS GOOD TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING THEY CAN FEEL ,SMELL, SEE AND USE) I have some 10ml little sprayers (great for room spray /linen , body spray samples and I see www.brambleberry.com is carrying them now. Yeah!
I have 1 oz lotion bottles (great for travel and samples to your big shoppers as a little bonus)
I really wanted to make this in a candle so we made little tea lights (it would have taken too much of my little bottle to use in a big candle)
CP soap I recently had bought a tote of molds/candy/soap ones at a yard sell (you never know when they will come in handy)like now there where some oval thin ones that held 2 oz of soap and they were perfect .
MP I am not a professional on the MP side but I am so drawn to the possibilities you can do with it that you can not do with CP I had never done MP until last year at conference and I had to choose to take a class that I really needed or take this class with Soapylove owner Debbie Chialtas and I have no clue of what it was Oh my Gosh Love!!! I made mini birds with the test scent and they are so cute.check out www.soapylove.com to see all of her amazing products!
I also made mini lotion bars in a heart-shaped mini ice tray , I had to make them they are a staple of Lotion Bar Cafe and they where the perfect size.
Well there you have it! My Favorites where number Number 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 and 8. Number 6 was my absolute favorite!!!!!!
I am really thankful to Anne-Marie and her amazing staff at bramble berry. I have been using her products going on 5 years and have never had a complaint. I only order my scents from her anymore and I am never disappointed. I would love to test ANY product for them !!
Thank You
Holly
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