Hello Members! The HSMG is excited to schedule an Experts Panel with our very own Sister Cathleen Timberlake, VP, HSMG Board of Directors and Owner of Monastery Creations. She has been making Hot Process Soap for some time, running a successful business and has graciously scheduled some time for you to ask the questions you’ve [...]
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The HSMG Acquires the Association of Artisan Businesses (AAB)
The Handcrafted Soapmakers Guild and Association of Artisan Businesses Reach an Acquisition Agreement Tuesday, August 31, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Marrijane Jones (AAB) or Gayle Vrla (HSMG) AAB phone - 1-800-542-6183 HSMG phone – 1-866-900-7627 AAB Email: memberservices@artisanbusinesses.org HSMG Email: info@soapguild.org The Association of Artisan Businesses (AAB) and The Handcrafted Soapmakers Guild (HSMG) [...]
United Way Day and Catholic Charities
Donate Your Soap August 17, 2010 Do you have left over inventory or products that aren’t moving and are collecting valuable shelf space? Here’s your chance to donate some of that inventory to a worthy cause before year’s end. The Handcrafted Soapmakers Guild has collaborated with this worthy cause in upstate New York. On September [...]
HSMG New Social Media Volunteers Spotlight
Natalia Cruz – EnJabonArte Natalia graciously volunteered to be the HSMG Forum Moderator recently and is doing a great job! She lives in Guatemala and began soaping only about a year ago. She had recently quit her job, needed income and wanted to do something special with her life. In October of 2009, she decided [...]
Personal Care Truth or Scare, Information Based on Scientific Facts
Lisa M. Rodgers, founder of Cactus & Ivy and Kristin Fraser Cotte, founder of The Grapeseed Company are soapmakers extraordinaire that are making a difference through their joint website www.personalcaretruth.com. They founded personalcaretruth.com to deliver scientific based information on what’s in personal care products to YOU. Their definition of YOU? Lisa and Kristin have been [...]
About.com
David Fisher had been making soap for about 5 years when he started a family and had some major surgery in 2004. Re-evaluating life, he decided he would change some things and follow his dream of being a writer. Simultaneosly, About.com awarded him the contract to write about soapmaking and candlemaking. There are 750 guides [...]
*MASTER SOAPMAKER CERTIFICATION* and More!
The HSMG Certification Committee, Chaired by Elaine Koronich, and the HSMG Board have established the last in a three part Soapmaker Certification Program, namely Master Soapmaker Certification. To become a Master Soapmaker, the candidate member must pass a rigorous four-part exam. This exam evaluates the knowledge and experience of the soapmaker, along with their ability [...]
HSMG Conference – Gold Sponsors Spotlight
by Nature, Inc. is a new gold sponsor for our Conference this year. is a new gold sponsor for our Conference this year. Oils by Nature, Inc. produces and distributes Vegetable Oils, Vegetable Butters, Specialty Waxes and Essential Oils. Their goal is to meet the cosmetic and toiletry industry’s increasing demand for natural raw materials. [...]
HSMG Conference Platinum Sponsor, Wholesale Supplies Plus!
In 1996 Debbie May was working as a registered nurse and unexpectedly gave birth to a disabled daughter. As her family struggled, Debbie learned the art of soap making and eventually started a small home based business named “May Showers”. Her products eventually sold coast-to-coast through retail stores, craft shows, home parties, and fundraisers. The [...]
HSMG Conference Platinum Sponsor – Lebermuth Company!
HSMG is proud to again have Corporate Member, Lebermuth Company, member since 1998, wholesale supplier of fragrances and essential oils, as a Platinum Sponsor at the upcoming in Denver, CO Conference. In 1908, Lebermuth Company was founded by a farmer named Morris Brown and his family. They traded in farm produce until they discovered the [...]