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Noteworthy Home-Based Soap Makers

You don't have to be big to be good. A creative idea and the right setup is all these successful and unique soap makers needed to create these wonderful examples of just how good "home-based" can be!
Getting Ahead: The New Faces of Handmade
This article, which features three people who are taking the idea of "handmade" to new levels, features Jenny Isaacs of The 8th Street Soap Kitchen. (She's the third artist in the article - scroll down.)
Soap Happens - Debbie McCormack and Voda Soap
Debbie McCormack's story is familiar to many of us - she started making soap for Christmas presents and turned it into a business. Her soaps are gorgeous!
Couple Cleans Up with Soap Hobby Run Amok
A Richmond couple turned one of their favorite pastimes into a business. Great news video footage of their soap shop and making soap.
Creating Her Own Buzz
Marina Marchese of "Red Bee" worked as a product designer in China where she learned many things about honeybees and the holistic uses of honey and bees wax. She now has an entire business dedicated to "Gifts from the Beehive."
Goat's Milk Makes Splash in Soap Business
When Carolyn Reid found herself with too much goat milk a couple of years ago, she did the only logical thing. She decided to make soap.
It's All in the Soap - Beloit Daily News - Tina Chapman's Soap
What can help to catch a fish one minute and soothe rough elbows the next? It's Tina Chapman's soap.
A Soap is a Soap is a Soap - Not!
Glenn D. Massey thought "soap is just soap" until he sampled the soap made by his wife, Roxanne J. Venskowski. Then he was hooked on homemade soaps.
Bar Man Turned Soap Maker
The story of Matthew Lepp who went from being a bar man (in the pub sort of way) to being a bar man (in a soap sort of way.)
Starting Your Own Soap Business
Want to start your own soap business? CNN Money has some great tips for you.
It's the Thought that Counts Right?
Ever give your candles or soaps away as gifts? Then you've got to listen to this story!
A Wild Texas Soap Bar - Natural Handmade Soap
A Wild Texas Soap Bar outside of Austin, Texas has grown by leaps and bounds the past few years but it's quality product has not outgrown it's simple hand made roots. The Soap Granny is known across the country for her original, natural, and wonderful olive oil soaps.
Hand Crafted Soap Maker's Guild - Soap Gallery
From across the country, here are examples of wonderful hand crafted soaps from members of the Hand Crafted Soap Guild. Dozens of ideas in both cold process and melt-and-pour soap.
Soaping Success Stories from Bramble Berry
You too can be a soaping success story - or just learn from and be inspired by others' stories.
A State-by-State Listing of Hand Made Soap Makers
Find a hand made soap maker in your state!
Wild Thyme Botanicals
A California-based natural soap maker.

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