Back to Writing (and Teaching Soap)

Over the past few weeks, I’ve hosted a few of my first cold process soap classes, and they’ve been so much fun. There’s something really special about watching people experience soap making for the first time. At the beginning of class, most people are a little nervous about working with lye and measuring ingredients. By the end, they’re swirling colors, choosing scents, and talking about what their next batch might be.

Teaching has reminded me how much I love the craft of soap making. It’s a mix of chemistry, creativity, and patience. Every batch starts with simple ingredients like oils, goat’s milk, and lye, but the process of turning those into a beautiful bar of soap still feels a little bit magical.

Hosting these classes also reminded me how much I enjoy writing.

Years ago, writing was a big part of my life when I worked in marketing. Somewhere along the way, between the goats, the soap room, farmers markets, and life on the farm, I stopped making time for it. But sharing soap making with students again made me realize how many little things I’ve learned over the years that might be helpful to others.

So this year, I’m bringing writing back.

This space will mostly be about soap making. I’ll share things I’ve learned about ingredients, techniques, and the small details that make a difference when crafting a good bar of soap. Some posts may lean more toward homesteading, because the farm is where this whole business started. Others might simply be musings about running a small handmade business and learning as I go.

If you’ve taken a class with me, you already know that soap making is one of those crafts where you never stop learning. Even after years of making soap, I’m still experimenting with oils, scents, and methods.

Writing about it feels like a natural extension of that.

So consider this the start of a little journal about soap making, farm life, and the small joys that come from making something by hand.

Ok, bye!