About Us

I worked in the health field for 15 years before coming home to be a wife and mother. Finally having a little free time on my hands, I took up quilting and making homemade bread and being very domestic. As part of that, when I came across a very basic recipe for homemade soap, I just had to try it.

The first batch was a disaster! I stirred the pot for almost 2 hours before giving up and pouring it into the garbage-bag-lined box anyway. After two days of sitting on the counter, it was still soup. Not soap.

Undaunted, I tried again. The next time I was a bit more accurate with my measuring, and it actually turned out really nice! I was very pleased with myself, and set out to find more information.

The first book I found was by Ann Bramson, and I read it cover to cover. I happened to go up to a living history museum, Burritt on the Mountain, in Huntsville, AL, and saw a fellow doing a soapmaking demonstration. I was fascinated! The fellow sold me a gallon of coconut oil, great for big fluffy bubbles, and I was hooked.

As time went by, there were more books, more oils, more fragrances, more choices, and MORE SOAP! One day my husband looked around and said, “honey? How much soap do we need?” So after that I began selling some to help pay for my hobby/addiction, making progress in our formulas and packaging.

I made soap off and on for our family and friends for several years, doing a few little craft shows here and there. In January 2000, we decided we needed to start a business of some kind, and we would raise our family, homeschool the children, put up vegetables from the garden. What did I have in my hand? What did I know how to do? Well, I made good soap. So that's what we did. From there it has grown, as have the children, and now they help me in the soap kitchen (yes, my husband put in a separate kitchen, as we had long since outgrown the utility room.) We work together, stamping, wrapping, labeling, loading and unloading, and manning the booth at craft shows.

It is fulfilling to take a pot of oils and butters and turn it into a thing of beauty; a lovely creamy soap that smells wonderful, makes your skin happy, makes your soul happy!

We live in rural north Alabama, at the end of a beautiful old cow lane, surrounded by pasture and trees and family. We see the occasional deer, wild turkey, skunk families, and other assorted creatures. Making soap has been a blessing to our family, and we hope you are blessed by it as well, whether you purchase it for yourself or someone else.

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