The
2014 Handmade Soap Calendar is here, although delivered late due to airplanes delayed by bad weather. If you've already purchased a calendar, it has already been shipped to you and is in transit. Check out "2014 Handmade Soap Calendar Credits.pdf" under the FILES tab in the Soapmaking Studio group on Facebook or go through
https://www.facebook.com/groups/soapmakingstudio/829050097120663/ to see which soaps and soapmakers are in the calendar! Many thanks to all who participated by uploading photos. Many thanks to the Natural Soap Directory
http://www.natural-soap-directory.com/ and Certified Lye
http://www.certified-lye.com/ for their sponsorship. To purchase a calendar, visit:
http://www.soapmakingstudio.com/.
The “2014 Handmade Soap Calendar” project
first began as a publicity offer to boost awareness of Kerri Mixon’s new book,
Soapmaking Stories and Recipes for
Making Soap by Hand. The new book will feature photos of soap from soapmakers around the
world alongside quaint soapmaking tales and recipes. Any soapmaker was able to
join the Soapmaking Studio group on Facebook and submit photos to the “Soap
Book Photo Contest” album in the “Photos” section of the group. However, when
not enough photos were submitted by the November 2013 deadline, the publisher
canceled the publicity calendar project. Overwhelmed by the artistic qualities
of the soap in the submitted photos, sixteenth-generation soapmaker Kerri Mixon
decided to seek private publication of a calendar to highlight the breathtaking
photos. The expense of having the calendars printed privately drove the price
to $22 per calendar, so to offset the steep cost, sponsors were allowed to post
ads and events in the calendar. Many thanks to all the soapmakers who submitted
photos of their gorgeous soap creations and many thanks to the calendar
sponsors for offsetting the expense of the printing. We find monthly soap
photos very inspirational and plan to publish another calendar for 2015.
Soapmaking Studio Group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/soapmakingstudio/
