Future Soapmaker, Miss Reagan Allison
Happy Thanksgiving from the Board of Directors at the Handcrafted Soapmakers Guild!
We all wish you and yours a wonderful day and are thankful for all of you! Enjoy!
Archive of entries posted on November 2008
Happy Thanksgiving!
What’s on Your Wish List?
With Holiday giving (and receiving) just around the corner, have you made a wish list from the HSMG store?
Within the store you can purchase a new membership, renew your membership, sign up for the HSMG Annual Conference or purchase HSMG logo items. How about a gift certificate? Sounding good? Check it out at http://www.soapguild.org/store/home.php
Maria Gelnett [...]
CongressDaily Article Covers HSMG Position on FDA Globalization Act
CongressDaily, a respected newspaper read by members of Congress, included an article last Tuesday about the HSMG and IBN letter to the Energy and Commerce Committee about the FDA Globalization Act. The writer, Anna Edney, contacted me the week before requesting information and I forwarded her our letter and information on our position.
The article, starts [...]
10 Benefits of Being a Member of HSMG: #4
#4. Reasons to Send Out Newsworthy Press Releases – Press releases are a great way of promoting your business. Many local newspapers are eagerly looking for fresh information to publish in their newspapers and/or magazines. Small business owners often forget this easy and free way to promote their business and let their community know what [...]
Spotlight – Cathleen Timberlake
Taking a Higher Path to Soapmaking
Cathleen Timberlake joined the Handcrafted Soap Makers Guild in 2002. Six years later she became one of our Board members and now Chairs the Membership Committee. What’s so special about that, you may be wondering? (After all, lots of Guild members catch the “servant leadership” bug and end up chairing a [...]
A Trade Association for the Industry
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industry resources
The HSMG is a non-profit trade association. As such, it is our goal and job to assist those in the industry to expand their own endeavors and thereby expand the industry as a whole. When public awareness about handcrafted soap is increased, there are more sales. When more soap is [...]
HSMG Members Call for Soap Sample
Dear HSMG Members,
Eco Gift Festival 2008 has given us a wonderful opportunity to put our handcrafted soap samples into the gift bags of 400 volunteers to their event. Held in Santa Monica, CA, this is a large scale eco-conscious gift show that provides people with a convenient and green Holiday shopping experience. They are excited [...]
Your voice being heard
At the top of every page of our website is the statement: The only international non-profit trade association promoting the benefits of handcrafted soaps and giving a voice to the handcrafted soapmaker. I am proud of the fact that we have, as of this writing, 967 members whose membership dues have made it possible [...]