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Wake Up and Smell the Soap

A big Thank You to Molly Fay of The Morning Blend (Today's TMJ4 - Milwaukee) for the opportunity to chat during a segment of the show this morning.  What fun!  All of the studio staff were wonderful to work with, and it was a delight to spend some time chatting with Molly.

If you missed the segment, you can catch it at this link: http://www.themorningblend.com/videos/132306128.html .

This Morning Blend is not Coffee

Heads-up, everyone!  This Friday (October 28) we are going to try something new - Century Farmhouse will be participating in the Walk through West Bend segment on Today's TMJ4 (Milwaukee) morning show, The Morning Blend.  Set your alarm clocks for 9AM on Friday.  No sleeping in!!

I've done quick live television spots describing our soaps before and the response has been great.  This time we are doing our planning well in advance, so we're hoping for a lot of new faces showing up at our door in West Bend, and a lot of new web surfers browsing through the website.  If you miss the show, don't worry.  I'll post a link to the archived segment. 

A different kind of trip

Century Farmhouse will not be at Country Living Fair in Atlanta this weekend.  We were looking forward to the trip, but as can happen anytime, our family experienced a very significant loss this week - the second in just six weeks - and family always comes first.  We will be staying in West Bend.  Please keep my father and brother and the rest of our family in your thoughts and prayers.   

--Ann Marie

Country Living Fair - South

Only a few more days until we head south through the lovely autumn trees to Georgia pine forest and CountryLiving Fair!  Are you coming?  If you've never been to the Fair, either in Ohio or in Georgia, a treat awaits!  Walking through the grounds, meeting the editors and the amazingly talented artisans, eating the great food, and taking in a demonstration or presentation - all of it is like walking on the pages of the magazine.  Beautiful!  I'm especially looking forward to seeing some of the artisans I met last year in Georgia; some of whom we saw just weeks ago in Columbus, Ohio. 

Plan to see how handcrafted soap is made when we create Sweet Tea with Lemon soap in the Country Living Kitchen on Saturday, October 22 at 2PM.  I'm bringing lots of Sweet Tea soap with me, of course!  See you there!

 

 

A Soapmaker's Story, or How I found myself in the business of bubbles...

Every once in a while someone asks me what inspired me to begin making soap.  "What made you decide to go into business?"  "How do you know when you have a product that will sell?"  What were you thinking?  I ask the last question once in a while, myself. 

It is a rare treat to take the time to walk through memory lane to see where I've been and to rethink where I might be going with all this making of soap.  Last week I had the pleasure of chatting with Sheryl Popp of the West Bend Daily News (Conley Media), who interviewed me and prowled the studio for interesting tidbits to write about for her Sunday Post article, In Good Taste.  Read the article for a little peek into my background and the history of the business.  You'll also find a link to the article on the "About CF" page of the business website.

Thank you Sheryl, for the opportunity to share the story of Century Farmhouse!