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VOLUME 12, AUGUST 2013

? SOMETHING BLUE ? WEDDING FAVORS ? PRIMP & PREP

IN THIS ISSUE...

LEARN TO MAKE

MELT & POUR SOAP RECIPE

Embedded Calla Lillies

MELT & POUR SOAP RECIPE

Rustic Wedding Favors

BODY SPLASH RECIPE

Amber Romance

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Featured Inspiration: Something Blue

Inspiration from Bridal Best Wishes!

We've all heard the saying "Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, A Sixpence in your Shoe." It is an old wedding day tradition to provide objects for the bride to carry or wear as good luck charms. "Something old represents continuity; something new offers optimism for the future; something borrowed symbolizes borrowed happiness; something blue stands for purity, love, and fidelity; and a sixpence in your shoe is a wish for good fortune and prosperity, although this remains largely a British custom."*

These items are often provided as gifts by the female relatives or attendants to the bride. They often hold sentimental value and are kept well after the wedding day as mementos. Jewelry, garters, veils and any number of other wedding day memorabilia is traditionally offered for these items.

Specifically with the `Something blue...' portion of the phrase, many brides add a touch of blue to their jewelry, bouquets, or garter. Carrie Bradshaw from HBO's `Sex and the City' ticked off this portion of the saying while starting the current trend of adding a hint of color to her bridal outfit by wearing blue shoes. Another new trend is sewing your husband's name, ancestor's names, new married name, etc. into the underside hem of your wedding gown in blue thread. In this new era of DIY and over-the-top detailed weddings, people are coming up with and abundance of new and creative ways to ensure they are carrying on with this tradition.

Taking this as inspiration, our industry can easily provide products that fit in nicely with this tradition. You can make a scented lotion and package it in a beautiful cobalt blue bottle that'll fit nicely in the bride's purse. It'll be great for the bride to use throughout the day and the bottle color will provide the perfect blue hue to satisfy the tradition. Any small guest soap in the perfect shade of navy, tiffany blue, cyan or cornflower could easily fit in a bride's purse or pocket (yes! there are tons of wedding dresses with pockets these days - it's about time, right?) and could provide a nice extra bit of perfume during the day and be a nice keepsake after the wedding day has passed.

Take these ideas and the ones found in the following pages to help inspire a whole slew of bluetinted creations perfect for fall brides! Need help finding the perfect shade? Make sure to take a look at for all of the different blue dyes we have available. While there, be sure to scope out all of the other supplies you'll need to create `something blue' for the brides in your life!

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Featured Inspiration:Wedding Favors

Inspiration `Favors' the Bold!

As wedding trends come and go, favors tend to have stuck around for the long run. Where once a box of matches or an embossed napkin were all the craze, now everyone is getting more and more creative with what they provide their guests as a nice `thank you' for their attendance and a memento of the occasion. Some favors show up as a donation the couple makes to their favorite charity while other trends lean toward the more traditional individual gift per guest. These favors, however, have become more crafty and DIY than ever before. The three biggest categories we see out there in this DIY/craft-centered favor trend are edible favors (cake pops, candy, late-night snack packs), eco-friendly (plantable herbs, seeds, tree saplings) and keepsake home decor (photo frames, decorative soap, vases/mason jars).

Did you notice? Decorative soap makes it on this list and is, quite frankly, all over the place. Check out any of the more popular wedding blogs (, , ) and you'll see any number of weddings where soap has been front and center as a wedding favor. Some couples are making their own, but many are buying local products that they then package themselves to personalize for their wedding. For our industry, this latter option is a great compromise. It allows the couple to do a little DIY themselves, but purchase from a well-known expert soap maker. This type of sale is perfect for your online shop. Show a type of soap you'd love to sell in this manner, how the couple can personalize it (if you'd like), and list it on your online shop in a variety of quantities that will work for a number of weddings. For example, 100 guest soaps with personalized tags and packaging is $xxx.xx. The couple can then buy as many of that listing as they need and you have a predetermined order to deliver.

Now for inspiration, any of the current trends listed above can easily be turned into cute soaps as well. Cake pops? Adorable soaps - just make sure everyone knows they can't eat them! Natural/ eco-friendly soaps with all-natural ingredients - just what the eco-minded couple wants. As for attractive, decorative soaps that are themed toward the wedding itself, there are a multitude of options. We've stocked the following pages with ideas to help inspire a new line of wedding favor soaps!

When you're done reading through the information here, make sure to turn to to get all of the supplies you need to start stocking up for the fall wedding rush. September is now the most popular month to get married*, so be prepared for any last minute orders that could come through!

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Featured Inspiration: Primp & Prep

Prepare for Bridal Primp Inspiration!

For everyone else involved, weddings are a one day event full of fun and love. For brides, their `wedding' starts as soon as they are engaged and, for many brides, they have been planning since childhood.

While the main source of this wedding activity surrounds the preparation of the event itself, the bride also starts paying extra attention to her appearance. Planning for that one day where everyone's eyes will be on her as she shines in her carefully chosen wedding dress, with perfect makeup and hair. Many brides start a regimented fitness and diet program to drop that dreaded `last 5 pounds', while other brides start to take more notice of their skin, nails and hair so that they are in tip-top shape for that day. To some extent, all brides begin the road to prepping for that big day with some level of attention thrown toward their appearance. Spas and salons have eagerly started catering to this segment of customer and it's a great opportunity for those of us in this industry to start doing the same!

There are a multitude of products this industry produces that are perfect for bride-to-bes. From exfoliating facial scrubs to moisturizing foot balms, you can create products to cover every bride from head-to-toe. Creating packages of these items is a smart way to market specifically to this type of customer and can be a great way for you to get started in this side of the industry. Having a full line of bridal products can buoy your business during a seasonal slump. While there are definitely busier wedding seasons than others, couples continue to look toward all types of dates in the year to provide the best, most personal wedding date for them. This means wedding customers will always be ready to shop and buy the items that are important to them, creating a steady purchasing schedule that can help out when other typical buying seasons are slowing. Bridal shows open up another market of customers and selling opportunities. We are all familiar with the Farmer's Markets, Craft Shows and online sales we currently use as our main selling outlets, so why not add Bridal Shows for an extra added bit of income?

For the eco-friendly/natural bride, it can be difficult to find the products they desire from the mass markets. This creates a the perfect opportunity for the smaller handmade soap and cosmetic maker to generate the products they are craving. Creating all-natural products and marketing them as both bride AND earth friendly is sure to bring in this business.

Looking for more inspiration? Then turn no further than the following pages and on ! We've got plenty of inspirational ideas and all of the supplies you'll need to create these products. Prep now for the busy fall wedding season and let the products you create start a new line of business for years to come!

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Featured Kits: Something Blue

Wedding Soap Gift Box Soap Kit

This kit has been designed to make (12) 5 oz bars of soap. If you are making this product for sale, we recommend pricing at $6.95 per bar.

This kit includes the following items:

? (3) 2 lb - Suspension (Clear) MP Soap Base - 2 lb Tray ? (1) 1 Mold(s) - Square - Basic - GLOSSY Silicone Mold 1605 ? (1) 0.125 lb (2 fl. oz) - Wedding Day Type Fragrance Oil 246 ? (1) 1 Piece - Beaker - Natural Polypropylene ? (2) 0.1 oz (sample bag) - Caribbean Blue Glitter ? (1) 0.17 Bar (1 Sample Block) - White Sparkle Soap Color Bar ? (1) 1 Bottle - 2 oz Clear Round Bullet Plastic Bottle 20/410 ? (1) 1 Piece - 20/410 Natural Ribbed Sprayer Top - Clear Cap ? (1) 1 Piece - Mask - Basic Procedures ? (1) 2 Piece - Gloves Vinyl (Medium) - Low Powder ? (2) 1 Piece - Droppers - Plastic ? (1) 1 Each - Hairnets - 21 inch Disposable ? (1) 1 Piece - Instruction Sheet

You Save $6.32 by purchasing this kit rather than buying the items separately!

You Save $16.07 by purchasing this kit

rather than buying the items separately!

Blue Heart Soap Kit

This kit has been designed to make 8 bars of soap. If you are making this product for sale, we recommend pricing at $6.95 per bar.

This kit includes the following items: ? (1) 1 Mold(s) - Tube Mold: Hearts (Assorted) Silicone Mold 0902 ? (1) 1 Mold(s) - Rectangle - Basic - GLOSSY Silicone Mold 1601 ? (1) 0.25 lb (4 fl. oz) - Bluebells & Baby's Breath FO 295 ? (2) 2 lb - Crystal Clear Soap Base - 2 lb Tray ? (1) 2 fl oz - Matte Cobalt Blue Liquid Pigment ? (1) 2 lb - Basic MP Soap Base - White 2 lb Trays ? (2) 0.1 oz (sample bag) - Iridescent Super Sparkle Glitter ? (1) 1 Piece - 24/410 Natural Ribbed Sprayer & Clear Cap ? (1) 1 Bottle - 2 oz Clear Round Bullet Plastic Bottle 20/410 ? (1) 1 Piece - Mask - Basic Procedures ? (1) 2 Piece - Gloves Vinyl (Medium) - Low Powder ? (1) 1 Piece - Soap Box - Rectangle Window (WHITE COLOR) ? (1) 1 Each - Hairnets - 21 inch Disposable ? (1) 1 Piece - Droppers - Plastic ? (1) 1 Piece - Instruction Sheet

White Calla Lillies MP Soap Kit

This kit has been designed to make (12) 5 oz bars of soap. If you are making this product for sale, we recommend pricing at $6.95 per bar.

This kit includes the following items: ? (1) 1 Mold(s) - Oval - Basic - GLOSSY Silicone Mold 1606 ? (2) 2 lb - Crystal Clear Soap Base - 2 lb Tray ? (1) 1 Mold(s) - Heart Mold Silicone Mold ? (1) 0.125 lb (2 fl. oz) - Calla Lily* Fragrance Oil 328 ? (1) 2 lb - Suspension (Clear) MP Soap Base - 2 lb Tray ? (1) 2 oz (single jar) - Turquoise Green Glitter ? (1) 2 lb - Ultra White MP Soap Base - 2 lb Tray ? (1) 1 Piece - Beaker - Natural Polypropylene ? (1) 0.17 Bar (1 Sample Block) - Matte Yellow Soap Color Bar ? (1) 0.18 lb (2 oz) - Glycerin - Natural ? (2) 1 Piece - Soap Box - Oval Window (WHITE COLOR) ? (1) 1 Piece - Mask - Basic Procedures ? (1) 2 Piece - Gloves Vinyl (Medium) - Low Powder ? (1) 1 Each - Hairnets - 21 inch Disposable ? (1) 1 Piece - Instruction Sheet

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You Save $2.56 by purchasing this kit rather than buying the items separately!



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