HSMG Annual Membership Drive

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February is Annual Membership Drive Month, with double Golden Soap Bubbles awarded for all referrals who sign up. The person who gets the most Golden Soap Bubbles will be awarded a full conference scholarship courtesy of Stratus Insurance!   You can now submit referrals and view the status of all your referrals online in the HSMG website Member Area. www.soapguild.org … Read More

Lifetime Member Spotlight: Jackie Thompson

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Gaily Rebecca Soaps – Jackie Thompson It all started with a runaway herb garden! Jackie was trying to find more ways to utilize all of her herbs and came across Susan Cavitch’s soapmaking book in the public Library.  Intrigued, she made some soap and the rest is history. Jackie now works with her daughter, Gaily, who is the President of … Read More

Marketing Day at the Forum with The Soap Queen!

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At our HSMG Members’ request for an Experts Panel forum in Marketing, I’ve arranged for Brambleberry’s www.brambleberry.com Anne-Marie Faiola to answer all your toughest questions.  Mark your calendars for Tuesday, January 27 from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm PST.  Yes, that’s right! The Soap Queen Blog:  www.soapqueen.com will be with us for a Marketing Day at the Forum. I am so honored that Anne-Marie carved … Read More

Volunteer Spotlight: Rachel Timmerman

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Athena’s Olive Tree Soaps – Rachel Timmerman Rachel first started out by making her own skincare products, mostly masks and scrubs, for her own personal use.  Amazed at the results, she started researching other products that could be made at home – like soaps! Initially dabbling in CP, HP, and MP, college dormitory life and rules narrowed her focus down to learning more about Melt … Read More

Member Call for Recipes

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The HSMG Member Resources Reference Library section of our website http://soapguild.org/will soon include a searchable area for all types of soapmaking recipes.  P&S Committee member Barb Downey mrsmagnet@roadrunner.com will be collecting your recipes to be posted.  We are looking for MP, CP and HP of all kinds, simple to exotic.  Each recipe will include your signature and contact info.  If you … Read More

Member Spotlight: For Your Glory Soap Inc.

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Like many of us, Lori Bettendorf had a family member in need to get started in soapmaking.  Her teenage daughter’s skin condition did not respond to OTC products.  Also discouraged by the chemical load in skin cleansers, she researched and was enamored by all of the advantageous qualities in natural base oils and pure essential oils.  Three years ago, she … Read More

HSMG Membership Tops 1,000!

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As of the 1st of January, 2009, the HSMG has over 1,000 members!!! What a way to start the New Year! As can be seen by the graph here, membership has been steadily increasing for a long time. I think this is a testament to the all the members who are spreading the word about the benefits and accomplishments of … Read More

HSMG 2009 News Update

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1. The new DOUBLE issue of The Journal will be in the mail in the next week. Look for the feature article “Soapmaking in a Shooting Gallery” (featuring a soapmaker in Afghanistan). 2. February membership drive receive DOUBLE golden soap bubbles, the member that refers the most new member will receive an expenses paid trip to the 2009 Conference in … Read More

Member Benefit Product & General Liability Insurance

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“Member benefit insurance” is an integral part of the membership benefits for Soapmaker Members, not an optional add-on. Why did the HSMG decide to include insurance as a member benefit? The HSMG implemented the member benefit insurance program in September 2006 as a way for soapmakers to have access to reasonably priced insurance at a time when insurance options for … Read More