Shaye

December 16, 2001

Thanks Terri, The specific ones I did lately are I took a little wire

sleighs and put four soaps in them I wanted to have the seam on the bottom

but if you tip over the sleigh to tape the bottom, everything falls out. I

think that this really should have been ran thru a shrink tube and shrank.

I managed to tape the bottom but I guess I didnt use packing tape like I

should have. WEll. like with everything else, live and learn. I wanted to

so so much more gift packages (not necisarily baskets) but I totaly was too

busy with orders, which is good, but I didnt get much chance to do anything

for myself or my booth. I didnt even get any slates painted at all for

xmas, which is a first. Well, I guess next year I need to start earlier and

be more organized, like in January for xmas sales LOL.

Thanks for the help on the pricing thing guys!!

Shaye

Re: Shaye

I ran into the shrink wrap problem when I was doing groups of my bath

salts in jars and I sold them as packs... 3 jars shrink wrapped

together. Here's the trick... saw it on one of those HGTV shows lol

lay your shrink wrap out and set your basket in the middle. Draw it up

to the top and tie with a twist tie (you cover this up later and saves

putting your bow through the shrink process, but as your drawing up the

top where the edges of your wrap meet, sort of roll them together a bit

or fold them together so your seams are together. Follow me? Now on the

bottom where you have all those funny corners sticking out take them and

fold them under the basket and tape in place.... you can also tweak your

seam folds while doing this part. Now shrink. You want to shrink more on

the parts where you don't have any seams and just a little bit over the

seams. I use the shrink wrap that is double folded in a roll from the

craft store. I don't do baskets unless asked and then the price does

include the basket, and such and full price on the contents. My gift

packs are different. Those I give a price break on because they are so

easy to throw together... a group of products in a cello bag tied with a

big raffia bow. I sell out of these every time I send them to work with

my sister. (looking a a bunch of them set to go to work with her tomorrow)

Terri

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December 16, 2001

Myabe at the next gathering I could do a demo.... I've got the shrink

wrap and basket thing down pretty good. I should have told you not to

tip the basket! DOH! on my part... I slide the basket to the edge of the

table and slip the taped part in place.

Terri

January 20, 2002

Shaye

Travel time/mileage - yup, that's a tough question. I understand where

your DH is coming from. Maybe you should have a talk with her and see

if you both can come up with an answer. She may be looking at it as a

"business write-off" to you - at least the mileage part, anyway. Maybe you

could suggest a half-way meeting point for coffee or something when you're

ready to have her look at things. That way, you're both investing the time and

mileage. Some people may look at it as "part of doing business." It's a tough

one, alright. What would she do if you were 200 miles from her?

M

Morning and stuf. kinda longish

My hubby thinks I should charge all my time and milage for the trips I tookto her spa to meet with her. I feel kinda funny about that tho, but he doeshave a point. His point is this is for her stuf, why dosnt she take timeout of HER schedule and come meet with me. Time is money ect.. (its about a25-30 min. drive to her spa) What do you all think about that? Should Icharge her or no. When he takes trips for work, he gets reimbursed for themilage, but its not like I am working for a company so...Well thanks for listening to me ramble this morningTake it easy!ShayeThe Soap Shackwww.mysoapshack.comOur Message Boardhttp://www.voy.com/21568/Check out these great Molds!!http://soapwerks.com/martinworld.htmMember Kae's Site... Awesome oil Prices!http://www.olivetreesoaps.com/All posts to this list are copyrighted by post author. They may NOT be forwarded, copied, or used in anyway without the permission of the post author with the exception of answering posts to this list. Posts are personal opinions only.

January 20, 2002

I really need to sit down and talk with my hubbys boss. If I'm not

mistaken there is a way to pay yourself for these miles and still be

able to deduct them at the end of the year. There are lots of little

things my hubby has said his boss said we can pay ourselves for. The

only thing is you have to file long form at the end of the year. We

didn't do this last year or this year, but we're going to give it a try

for next tax time.

My ex used to use our car to go all over the state. He was paid the max

on miles and it was tax free.... he used to make more in milage than his

hourly rate.... some days he would travel 300 miles a day... some weeks

he would bring home 4 times his hourly in just milage!

Terri who is major tax terms challenged!

January 31, 2002

Hi Shaye

Thanks for the info. Ya, I saw those milk jugs some place but I can't remember

where for the life of me. If any of you other girls have record of who carries

them, please let me know. Oh, BTW Shaye, your soaps were great. You've been

a very busy beaver lately. Are you selling them to any of your accounts?

M

I'm new here

Hi,I'm , living in Rochester, mama to 8 kids(3 are mostly out of the nest), and I got the name of this group from (we discovered on another group that she grew up on the street I now live on). I started making soap last year, and got soooooooo addicted. I haven't tried selling any, still in the giving it away stage, though my best friend does buy a batch at a time and pays me for that. I look forward to getting to know everyone here, and maybe meeting.Our Message Boardhttp://www.voy.com/21568/Check out these great Molds!!http://soapwerks.com/martinworld.htmMember Kae's Site... Awesome oil Prices!http://www.olivetreesoaps.com/All posts to this list are copyrighted by post author. They may NOT be forwarded, copied, or used in anyway without the permission of the post author with the exception of answering posts to this list. Posts are personal opinions only.

January 31, 2002

, These were for the craftmall. I have never sold any glyc. soaps on my site. Hubby thinks I should tho but I donno, I just havnt.

Today I got most of the lotion bars made for my spa acccount. Only 4 left to go and ran out of lotion bar base I made. SOO had to make more. I'll finish that tomorow. Next friday I will be delivering her stuf to her.

Shaye

-----Original Message-----From: Joe Murray [mailto:jmurray2@...]Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 9:36 PM Subject: Re: Shaye

Hi Shaye

Thanks for the info. Ya, I saw those milk jugs some place but I can't remember

where for the life of me. If any of you other girls have record of who carries

them, please let me know. Oh, BTW Shaye, your soaps were great. You've been

a very busy beaver lately. Are you selling them to any of your accounts?

M

I'm new here

Hi,I'm , living in Rochester, mama to 8 kids(3 are mostly out of the nest), and I got the name of this group from (we discovered on another group that she grew up on the street I now live on). I started making soap last year, and got soooooooo addicted. I haven't tried selling any, still in the giving it away stage, though my best friend does buy a batch at a time and pays me for that. I look forward to getting to know everyone here, and maybe meeting.Our Message Boardhttp://www.voy.com/21568/Check out these great Molds!!http://soapwerks.com/martinworld.htmMember Kae's Site... Awesome oil Prices!http://www.olivetreesoaps.com/All posts to this list are copyrighted by post author. They may NOT be forwarded, copied, or used in anyway without the permission of the post author with the exception of answering posts to this list. Posts are personal opinions only.

February 10, 2002

Shaye

Wow - I'm really impressed. If she finds fault with ANYTHING

there's someting wrong with her. Congrats!!

Day Spa Stuf

Some of you remember me talking about making products for the Blu Waters day spa downtown. Well... Tomorow I will be delivering her products she has ordered so far. The label design is what took so long in getting this all together. Anyways for you interested in seeing... I uploaded a picture of a few of the chunk soaps (I forgot to put the TeaTree/Lavender one in the pix), body powders and lotion bar (she wanted it called Blu Balm).

Have fun!

ShayeThe Soap Shackwww.mysoapshack.com

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February 11, 2002

Thanks ! They really were great. I think she was happy and I think her customers will be happy too.

Shaye

-----Original Message-----From: Joe Murray [mailto:jmurray2@...]Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 1:07 AM Subject: Re: Shaye

Shaye

Wow - I'm really impressed. If she finds fault with ANYTHING

there's someting wrong with her. Congrats!!

Day Spa Stuf

Some of you remember me talking about making products for the Blu Waters day spa downtown. Well... Tomorow I will be delivering her products she has ordered so far. The label design is what took so long in getting this all together. Anyways for you interested in seeing... I uploaded a picture of a few of the chunk soaps (I forgot to put the TeaTree/Lavender one in the pix), body powders and lotion bar (she wanted it called Blu Balm).

Have fun!

ShayeThe Soap Shackwww.mysoapshack.com

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February 11, 2002

Oh, gee. I was only kidding (there's a pun there). I have enough little

land mines in my yard as it is with my dog and my married daughter's

dog that's here a lot. (hehe)

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February 11, 2002

LOL ! Iknow you were kidding. It just took me back there for a minute LOL.

Shaye

-----Original Message-----From: Joe Murray [mailto:jmurray2@...]Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 11:28 AM Subject: Re: Shaye

Oh, gee. I was only kidding (there's a pun there). I have enough little

land mines in my yard as it is with my dog and my married daughter's

dog that's here a lot. (hehe)

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February 11, 2002

, yea thats the one. Whats the deal with St. s Wort? I know that some people take that herb for depression but thats all I know about it.

Shaye

-----Original Message-----From: Joe Murray [mailto:jmurray2@...]Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 12:47 PM Subject: Re: Shaye

Are you talking about the one with St.'sWort in it? I put that on once

but then I wasn't sure if that was safe, so I stopped because I know nothing

about that stuff. If that's the one you're talking about, I'll start using it again.

MARY

RE: my lips need HELP

I think either of those straight would be fine. You know that healing salve that we got at the gathering last summer? I've been using that stuf straight on my lips. works great, feels good!

Shaye

-----Original Message-----From: Joe Murray [mailto:jmurray2@...]Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 11:40 AM Subject: my lips need HELP

Hey guys

My lips are killing me. The funny thing is they're not peeling. I have a

feeling that a lipstick I've been using is the culprit. It's one of those new

kinds that you get one liquid lipstick that basically stains the lips and the

other part is the "gloss topper" that's a solid. It's called LipFinity and the

other is by CoverGirl. That's the only thing I can think of that would cause

the problem I'm having. I've been using it for a couple of months but all of

a sudden my lips feel like they have tiny tiny bumps all over them and they

kind of hurt and they're dry. The other morning I woke up and they were

even swollen. I would think if it was chapped lips that they would peel but

they're not. I don't have time now to mess around with lip balm recipes so

is there someting I can put on them "straight" that would help? I have mango

butter, shea butter and other things. Any suggestions? My lips would

certainly appreciate it.

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February 11, 2002

St. 's Wort is used topically to heal nerves... and it's also soothing...

It's a good plant

Sam

P.S. can you tell i work at a health food store...lol

February 11, 2002

I think St. 's Wort is used mainly for joint and muscle pain. A lot of people use it in arthritis rubs. I grew some last year but never harvested it as I had planted it in the Fall. I hope to use some this year if it comes back. (fingers crossed!)

Katy