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So what really is “handmade soap” or “handcrafted soap”?

I can only give you my definition as many soap makers or cosmetic manufacturers have their own view.  It’s a lot like baking a cake, in my opinion.  Do you use a box mix, or do you start from scratch with the ingredients?  I start from scratch with all of the ingredients.  I know many bakers that use box mixes and add pudding mix, and consider that handmade (made by hand).  They make great cakes and there is nothing wrong with doing that.  Handcrafted (the crafting of by hand) for...

Originally published November 24th, 2014

For those asking, and placing on-line orders for local pick-up, the shop will be OPEN, yes you read that correctly, open on Saturday November 29th from 11am to 7pm.  We are calling it the mullet shop right now.  It’s going to be all pretty and business up front, but really, it’s messy and crazy looking in the back.  There is still a lot to be done but it’s better to have the front open than people feeling odd knocking on the hotel door and getting me in my jammies.  On the 29th of November,...

 Originally published Sept. 24, 2014

Everyone it seems around our little town is preparing for the influx of the 150th Battle of Pilot Knob this weekend.  People from across the country are descending to participate in this re-enactment of the battle.  Soldiers (I have heard) are going to be marching from Fredricktown 20 miles to Ironton on Saturday, where fighting took place at Ironton County’s historic courthouse on Main Street.  One...