Race To 100 Sale.

I want to be in the triple digit sales on etsy and I am not a patient lady.  Thus, the Race To 100 sale!  With 15 sales to go, I'm taking 15% off every purchase until I reach 100, even the stuff that is already a sale item.  Sooooooo....   whatcha waiting for?  If you've been meaning to try out one of my soaps, now is the time.  Go get you some sudstress.

naked

swirled sandalwood

ginger lime

New Tee, New Skillz.

I ordered a sweet tee from teefury designed by  godmachine - UK who just happens to be a big fan of my soap....     So, I took a picture of myself wearing it and decided to show off my raw photoshop skillz.  They're as functional as the wobbly legs of a newborn foal, but they will also grow and develop, maybe more slowly.  In any case....   *drumroll*  .......

I'm A Bangin' Hot Chick.

(pre-script note:  sorry, but you'll have to scroll down and pause the music players because they all decided to play automatically and I don't know how to change it.  Sorry & thanks.  You'll be glad you did because this video is hilarious.)

My friend jimiyo hates mac as you'll soon find out.  He is a rad artist (and the new art director at Designed By Humans) and a bad ass photoshopper.  If you care to see how it all started, check out Master Meow Lee - Episode I and Episode II.

I'm Not Quitting the Soap Business & New Soaps.

The more I think about pursuing product photography, the more sense it makes.  Originally, the thought of making photography in any form the realistic money earning route seemed ridiculous.  The more I consider it, the more people I talk to who work as photographers for a living and as I begin to learn some photoshop skills, the idea seems much more viable.  The digital age has really made it possible for such things.  For those of you that sell on Etsy, could you imagine taking 35 mm pictures of your items, sending them to be developed, scanning and uploading?  It seems absurd somehow.

My friend Kelley has been teaching me the absolute basics of Photoshop, but I plan to buy a book and do most of the learning myself.  I've checked some books from the library on photography, though outdated according to digital technology, still relevant regarding the fundamentals of photography.  Incidentally, this is one of my favorite photographers, who happens to be local to Atlanta.

Some of the recent soapies I've made while practicing my newly learned photoshop skillz:

I've been working with Marc Basehore GM of Aurora Coffee on a couple of custom creations.  I think we've decided on a couple of pretty sweet themes.

double espresso

macchiato (possibly)

This one was an experiment that went right.  I'd seen really whispy swirls on a couple of Etsy soap sites and couldn't figure out how they'd done that.  Then one day I was doing some research on clay in shaving soaps and it clicked; swirl the color with the soap without blending it into the soap first!  This soap got pretty thick pretty fast, so by the time I dumped the mixture of titanium dioxide & kaolin clay in water into the soap, I thought it was going to be a complete disaster.  Turns out I was wrong.  My favorite parts are on the cut sides and the tops after trimming.

black marble

guest size soap

Forgive Me..

...but I had to post this commercial.  It cracks me up every time I see it.  Where is this lady, at some happy hour dance off in Idaho?  The finger in the air at the end is really a special treat.  Behold: