Soap making workshop

Here it is !

On October 15, 2008 - I bought a 24 foot travel trailer and it is going to be used for my new soap - lip balm - Rescue My Skin balm/salve - perfumes - sachets ... Diana's Hubbard Ohio WorkShop.

It is a 1973 Coachmen, but it still looks GREAT !
The flooring is in really good shape except right by the door. The roof will need to be coated in a few places which is an easy fix.

There is a lot of storage in there !
I have even more in here than I did in my kitchen AND there is more cupboard space too - I am so excited about being able to expand my business !

Want to see more ?
Go to my blog and read the rest and see the other photos too.

Diana's blog post about expanding the business

Well, it has been way too cold to work out in my travel trailer so I have been using it to store my extra containers and shipping materials... .

I will have to use this the other 3 seasons to make my products.
For the Winter, I'll have to stick to my kitchen for most products and just about anywhere else for my handsewing projects.

Pretty soon it will be warm enough to work out in my Soap Workshop.
For now, I am making up a bunch of my "Rescue My Skin" balm and my "Save My Skin" balm.
I also need to restock my Handmade Perfumes, lip balms, bath salt teas and my soaps... .

All the while keeping my eye on the lilacs and other flowers so that I can harvest the blossoms at the perfect time.

It is going to be a very busy Spring !

UPDATE:
I have been making good use of my soap shop and I now have soap curing/dryin all over just about every flat surface - LOL

Now I am working on making more of my balms and perfumes from the herbs and flowers... that i have been infusing in oils for a few weeks.

I have a huge amount of work to do to get ready for the big show that i was invited to at our local botanical gardens at the end of May.
I sometimes think that I will never get it all done.
Work-Work-Work !

May, 2009:
This last year or so I have used what they call rebatch (which is real soap made fresh and left plain - it is not cured yet - but by the time I add my herbs and extra oils... and give it a few weeks to cure - it is just perfect) to make my soaps because my hands are going bad and I could not handle the lye solution because it if too dangerous is spilled.

I have had to buy my natural soap (plain base only and then I added my own herbs... and oils to it) from another soap maker because I was afraid of spilliing the lye as my hands do not have full strength anymore.

Now, it seems that I wont be alone trying to make it.
Together, we can have a awesome soap business.
She can do the measuring and mixing to make the soap base and then I will turn that into something wonderful by adding my homegrown herbs and flowers as well as other great skin loving and great smelling all natural ingredients.

My soap shack trailer will really come in handy now !

Update - June 27, 2009:
I just heard from a dear friend who I haven't seen in years.
She wants to learn to make soap and other things too - so I will be getting together some recipes and tips for her.
It will be so nice having a good friend to "talk" soap.

Hubby coated the roof a while back and so far no leaks and all is looking good !

I have some fabric to make new curtains - they will be so pretty and really brighten the place up !
Now, to find the time to get them done.

I just never had the time to sew new curtains.
I still have the fabric and will get to it in 2010 I hope ;)
Just where does the time go - I work all day and into the night and can never get caught up.

Of course, helping everyone else out really cuts into my time, but there is nothing to be done about that.
Now, why can't I find helpers ?

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