Coffee News!

by Linda Quiring March 15, 2010

O.K.  So I stole this from the Cowichan Valley  “Coffee News!” Allergic to Water:  Michaela Dutton is allergic to water..known as aquagenic urticaria.  Just a drop of water can cause her to experience a painful burning rash on her skin.  She has a 10-second shower once a week.  She’s afraid to leave the house in [...]

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Are We TOO Natural??

by Linda Quiring March 10, 2010

Down in SoCal in January..I visited my very favorite soap shop, next to ours.  They have the nicest, most natural products in the world, I think.  Next to ours!  I like to try different things, though….and last year they had a new toner I loved.  So, after I got home last year, I ordered another [...]

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News of the Weird!

by Linda Quiring March 2, 2010

Recently, while down in the desert on our winter vacation, I read a short item in the local paper under  “News of the Weird.”  It seems somewhere down in the States a man walked into a Bath and Body Works and left with 65 bottles of lotion.  Problem is, he didn’t pay for them.  As [...]

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A handmade Soap Stampede

by admin February 14, 2010

Goodbye Valentine’s, hello Soap Stampede, Saltspring Soapworks annual offering of the new,unusual and sometimes old favorite Handmade soap’s. Available only in our Ganges, Duncan and Victoria stores while they last. Enjoy Gary Quiring Soapmaker

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Shopping for handmade SOAP????

by Linda Quiring February 8, 2010

Hi…Here we are down in Palm Springs, going to movies,  hiking the palm oasis and shopping……yes, shopping for soap, a favorite fun pastime when it rains. But…where is all the wonderful handmade Artisan soap I love so much? We’ve visited the high-end shopping districts, the big malls, the farmers markets, local craft fairs, art and craft [...]

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Hearts, Cherubs, Chocolate and Soap.

by Amber Quiring January 20, 2010

At this moment, (actually it’s now finished) I am working on designing a display window for Valentines day.This has been an interesting journey as I have had to really think about Valentines and all that it symbolizes: who was st. Valentines? How is he connected to love and hearts and chocolate? One story goes something [...]

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Soap Stampede

by admin January 13, 2010

2980…. That’s the number of specialty soap bars curing in our soap room for our upcoming SOAP STAMPEDE. This is our yearly test bed for the new, the experimental and the downright crazy.These are special handmade soaps for our fans everywhere. So get on your spurs, chaps and 10 gallon stetsons ,stand up on ye’r [...]

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by admin January 12, 2010

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Proud to be Salt Spring Islands persistant soapmaker.

by admin December 23, 2009

What a great time of year. Our village of Ganges on Salt Spring Island is bustling with festive cheer. Elves and folks rushing to and fro getting those stocking’s stuffed. But I have  already got one of my favorite presents ever. I was Just informed by our production manager Heather, I have made my 250000 [...]

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Mulling It Over! Or Mulling Spice Revisited.

by Linda Quiring December 17, 2009

Tis the Season!  So, thinking about Christmas…I thought about some of the products we used to sell many years ago…maybe 15 or 2o years.  We had a line of hand-dipped candles…with Holly berry, Pine and other scents….about 5 or 6 different simmering spices…including Blueberry – remember those little pots we all had with a candle [...]

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