Sunday, July 22, please join me at http://savor.etsy.com for a fantastic Savor Saver sale! Beginning at noon Eastern Time (aka “Etsy time”) and lasting until “whenever” there will be wonderful deals on goodies of all kinds in my soapshop. Limited editions, old favorites, and current stock might be featured as a Savor Saver. They’ll all [...]

Enjoy free shipping to any US address now through the weekend! Just enter coupon code FALL11 at checkout to receive the free shipping. This can be applied to any US orders but can’t combine with any other coupon codes. Savor Handmade Soap International customers can also enjoy a discount — any international order of items [...]

Happy June! For my June promotion — enter to win a $25 gift certificate to my Etsy shop! It’s so easy to enter, and no purchase necessary. Just send an email to orders@savorsoap.com with your favorite scent. The subject of the email needs to read “My Favorite Scent” in order to qualify. Please be sure [...]

The Savor November Newsletter will be going out soon so please sign up on Savor if you would like to receive it, I’ll also try to post it here on The Cookbook. I’ve added some tentative dates to Savor’s calendar. Shop will be on vacation Nov 22-24 Shop will be open but no shipping Nov [...]

My lovely friend Kelli runs Red Marionette on Etsy, just about the most adorable toy and goodie shop out there! She sent me an absolutely adorable mobile to hang in my baby’s nursery — and while she doesn’t sell mobiles yet, I hope she soon does, because it is fantastic! Ending July 7, she has [...]

Hi friends! Happy New Year! My neglected blog is getting an update today I’ve marked some upcoming vacation dates on my Savor calendar. My friend Ronald has pretty much finished the structure of my newly redone website, I think it turned out so pretty! We tried to make sure it looks lovely on all browsers. [...]

CREME FRAICHE SALE ON 8OZ JARS Here’s to a lovely 2010 for everyone! SATURDAY, January 16, I will be discounting all 8 oz Creme Fraiche jars to $8! The discount will be already built-in to the price so there will be no need to ask for a refund or custom listing, you can just browse [...]

What’s a Savor Saver event? Created in October 2008 to celebrate Savor’s 1 year on Etsy, a Savor Saver is an all-day event where special items are marked down — way down, as they say! Even 50% off! The items will be listed in a high quantity and they sell out extremely fast — I’m [...]

I’ve been working on some fancy new scrubs, and I decided my new favorite material is pumice! If you’re brave you can use it as a facial scrub, although it is pretty gritty and there’s always the risk of getting sand in your eyes, which would be completely unpleasant. But a pumice foot scrub, man, [...]

I met Manuel almost 10 years ago when we were both working in the newsroom of our “day job” — and when I reached out asking my friends who might be able to help with soap wrapping, labeling and inventory, Manuel accepted! He’s been doing a spectacular job and will be a huge help as [...]