Latest Ramblings

Tropical Vacation wafts through the soap room. The new mold arrived and was christened. Mama over-estimated the volume so instead of 25 little bars, she created 50 FABULOUS bars. Word on State Street is she ordered 4 pounds of new fragrance.

After the alpha batch finishes curing, it'll be dressed up and sent out to hustle.

Mama has also been bombing again. But these are successful. Mama Has a new technique in mind to create Bath Bomb Pearls. So far, we're not seeing the pearl part, but we love bath bomb testing so we're not telling her.

Something's in the kitchen - it's making soap!

Mama got her groove back. Yesterday, she made a list of 7 soap choices she wants in place by 9/1 with a wish list of 5 additional scents. Last night, she acted and finished one plus one not on either list.

Mama V's Soap List (as copied from her purple notepad):

1. Sandalwood Vanilla - White swirl of kaolin clay



2. Strawberry & Cream - Strawberries and cream in freezer, pink kaolin for color...Swirl?



3. Scrubby Vanilla Coffee



4. Frank & Myrrh - Silver mica swirl!!



5. Suger Plum - Alkanet?



6. Mandarin Bergamot



7. Beer Soap

Already, number 3 is crossed off. Mama chose to use leftover coffee from yesterday morning as the liquid. The entire house smelled of strong roasted coffee.

Then her eyes fell on the emergency coffee bean bag. She planted a row of whole fresh coffee beans into the mold. We're dying to see the final version!

The liquid soap took us all by surprise. Mama hadn't listed it. But MiniV is almost out of bubble bath, so we should have expected it.

We can't wait to see what this weekend brings!

Gone Soaping

Mama has been a little tornado of activity! She's been snapping pictures, lining soap molds, mixing oils, and sewing skirts. We suspect she'll skip work today to soap. And that's OK with us.

Mama needs to make a Strawberry Shea (that she's been paper soaping for a year now) and Lavender Vanilla.

That's all we know right now. We'll keep you posted!

This Weekend's Soapventures

Mama is having a bit of a midlife crisis. Her 2nd Etsyversary is coming up and she hasn't listed anything new and exciting in a while. Also, due to her soap phone change (from a local number to a toll free number), her packaging is outdated.

This weekend, Mama is aching to use the new camera. But to do that, she needs to relabel existing stock. So we asked isn't it just easier to make new stock?

Mama tried to hurt us.

We ran away.

Now we're hiding but Mama appears to have ordered new labels...but they definitely won't be here for this weekend. But then we noticed that she had lined the soap molds and mixed some oxides with oil...definite signs of soaping. What will she make? Will there be new nekkid soaps on Etsy next week?

Is that the bath bomb mold we see?

As long as Mama doesn't look for us in the food closet, we'll be able to update as we see it...Plus we have cookies!

Welcome to MamaV's New Blog

So MamaV was slowly warming to the old blog on TagWorld. No, she wasn't there every day but she tried to give that little page some love. Sadly, her love appears to have been the end of TagWorld. They're gone. When Mama tried to transfer her site over to the replacement, her spam blockers went crazy. So she decided to allow TagWorld to quietly fade into the internet ocean.

So to recap that blog, soap, bath bombs, birthdays, and dead friends.

Cheerful, no?

We'll start today with a bit about MamaV. Mama lives in Schenectady. Yes, it's a real place. She has a lovely husband (PapaV), and some really fun kids (TeenV and MiniV). She started her soapy journey when PapaV needed something for dry skin. They researched herbs and oils and came up with a nasty, stinky, pile of body butter. But it worked. Mama dabbled in butters and lotions for a long time. But her heart wasn't in it. But then, like a beam from above, Mama had the idea to add face melting chemicals and turn her pot of oils into soap.

A chorus of angels sounded and an obsession was born.