I've just finished catching up.
chicknwhisper, congrats on the FM. Sounds like you had a great start. From going to various markets here, I see most people have their sign put on the front of their tents, one person had their sign painted right onto their tent. That black current/ginseng/vanilla soap sounds nice.
Wish I had thought about the sign holder on Friday night at the auction, they had art easels go through for $5. Will have to remember that for next time.
I've been busy making soap to try and get through the summer at the FM. I've tried my hand finally at using tea. Wasn't to thrilled with the original colour of my green tea/lemongrass but it has turned out nicer than I thought. I mixed the tea with the lye which turned it brown, but it has unmolded more green than brown, next time I think I will try it at trace or maybe just infuse the oil. Not sure which way is better so I may try it both ways. I did make a lavender goat's milk soap. It's odd, I added violet mica to it which turned it pinkish mauve but when I unmolded it the top is white and sort of wavy. Looks and smells good but not sure I like it. I made one soap for men with Happy Man fo, but I don't like it - it smells like my 18 yr old's cologne..lol. I did buy Bambo & Teak fo and it smells nice for men - planning to do that one today.
I really need to buy a log mold or just get the 18 bar mold from Kelsei's. I love my 9 bar but I want to make more than one batch of soap a day. Right now I'm using storage containers I found that will fit into the log cutter without me trimming it first, these are for testing batches of different scents. And I will just be charging less for them than the bigger bars I have if they turn out. I did a bergamot/mint yesterday and it smells great. And it looks great! I coloured most of the batch green and then poured/swirled in the rest which is white.
Off to make more soap...