okay! I have hand-made soap for sale!
Emmy & Jeannine have given glowing reviews and Dan has given me permission to post so a % of sales will go to A4A
Haven’t quite got my website up and running yet so I’m relying on feedback from my ‘product testers’!
SOAPS AND SHAMPOOS:
Gardener’s Delight
Geranium Oatmeal & Sand 110g
Fine sand exfoliates ground in muck, oatmeal soothes and softens, geranium oil calms the soul £1.90
Elderflower Power
Elderflower & Juniper Berry 120g
Organic elderflowers & oil of juniper berry refresh the bits that other soaps can’t reach £1.80
Kitchen Soap
Lemon Peel & Peppermint 120g
Zing up the kitchen with fresh lemon peel & peppermint oil £1.80
Sensitive Kids
Goat’s Milk & Oatmeal (fragrance free) 110g
Goat’s milk & oatmeal combine to soothe & soften the skin. No added fragrance. Ideal for sensitive skin & eczema £1.80
Calming Kids
Goat’s Milk & Lavender 110g
Goat’s milk, fresh lavender flowers & essential oil combine for baby bath-times. Warning! May induce sleep in adults £1.80
Aromantic
Goat’s Milk & Rose 110g
Goat’s milk, apothecary rose petals & oil of rosewood. Divine £2.00
Blonde moment
Chamomile Shampoo for Blondies 110g
Solid shampoo bar with chamomile flowers & essential oil. Brings out the best in a blonde £1.80
Ginger Fling
Nutmeg & Ginger Soap massage bar 130g
Freshly ground nutmeg & essence of ginger can spice up your bath-life £2.00
Mentil Lentil
Orange and Lentil Soap Massage Bar 130g
Release your inner hippy with oil of orange & red lentil. Guaranteed to put you in a citrus lather £2.00
Bee Happy
Honey & Chocolate Fudge 100g
Honey based soap mixed with essence of chocolate fudge. Steady now girls! £1.50
Italian Softy
Olive oil, linseed and oil of sweet fennel 110g
Softer than a baby’s bot and sweeter smelling £1.90
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ORDERING: I have a Paypal account for the soap. If you have a Paypal account, all you have to do to order is:
1. Go to http://www.paypal.co.uk
2. Log in
3. Hit the Send money link
4. Fill in the appropriate details: YOUR e-mail paypal account address and MINE:
fiona@stoneconsortium.net
If you DON’T have Paypal then PM me!
POSTAGE: Postage is a funny thing. It can sometimes cost more to post something than its original cost.
I’ll send out the soap 2nd class and I ask you to add the postage costs to your payment. I know it’s a pain in the butt but I can’t figure out a fairer way (yet!)
1. Add up the soap weights and add the postage
2. 101-250g £1.09
3. 251-500g £1.39
4. 501-750g £1.77
5. 751-1000g £2.12
THANK YOU! I love making soap :D
I've just sent you an order via Paypal. Hey! Xmas could be a doddle this year. ;D ;D ;D
Intresting, I have not used soap in 10 years ( i only use aquaus cream ) I will definatly give the sensitive soap a try.
Cambourne! I do the Gardener's Delight fragrance free as well!
Thanks Grawc!
cool bananas :-)
Thanks for the order Grawc ;D
I'll be doing 'other stuff' for Christmas pressies: Soap, bird feeders/houses and my mate Jain does FANTASTIC knitted stuff as well.
You're welcome. Once I've tried them we'll likely come back for more. We're a dirty lot in this house! ;)
Sounds cool Trixie. I have very dry skin (being the delicate type!), but hate soap alternatives as they leave you feeling greasy, IMO. Have any other delicate skinned people road tested them yet?
Ollie!
Jeannine has tested some of the soaps and she is REALLY allergic to soap.
Maybe she could give a recommendation?
If you've got delicate/dry skin then I could make you a bar of soap: Olive oil, linseed and oatmeal?
yep, ollieC..another reccommendation here..I've got strange skin, I break out in hives with stuff like imperial leather, anything with a scent really..not with Trixie's gardeners or kitchen soap..I don't use them on my face but, then again, I don't use any soap on my face ;D
Have placed my order via PayPal, Trixie. This is easy peasy Christmas shopping!
I just love nice thoap, I treat myself sometimes......like now ;D
I have skin that breaks out if I carry cardboard boxes and they touch my forearms, or lean on the edge of a chipbboard desk plus a whole lot more things , so I was a bit nervous when Trixie sent me some soap some months ago, however I felt I had to try it and I was amazed. I did not itch when I washed my hands, Ok so I will try it on my face, still no problems. I won't bore you with the details but it works fine on all my bits.
Trxie I have been waiting for you to get yourself togther,I have none left and now have skin breaks after going back to the regular stuff!!
I realise that all difficult skins react to different things but my skin is very hard to live in and was a good test. Trixies soap came through really well. Give it a try.
When are you doing shampoo Trixie, I need that now.
XX Jeannine
As a huge fan of Lush products, it's my pleasure to support hand made natural goodies wherever I find them, especially from an A4A neighbour!
just love the names of your soaps Trixiebelle - I don't use it either on my face but adore beautiful soaps, especially when it has a gorgeous perfume. I store mine amongst my 'undies & nightware' so when I take items out of the drawer to wear, they always smells lovely.
have just stocked up with a new selection after a recent holiday but would like to try some of yours one day.
good luck with your selling your goodies :)
any pics??? and that reminds me i owe dan some money for the site from the sale of the allotment journals... i'll sort it out next week dan!
Hey Trixie!! How come other people get them months in advance!!! preferential treatment that is. It ain't fair.
Can I ask...why don't some of you use soap on your face? I am a soap and water gal and love that clean feeling when my face is freshly washed.
I sense an order coming from Essex. ;D
QuoteCan I ask...why don't some of you use soap on your face?
Well some of us are allergic to soap and some allergic to water :P
;D
No, I appreciate peeps can be allergic to soap....just being a nosy old bag really.
Thanks for the orders so far :) All soaps have been freshly made today and will be in the post tomorrow!
I've also come with a couple of recipes today:
Fragrance Free
Fresh Calendula Flowers and Poppy Seed 110g: £1.80
Nit Nurse
Solid Shampoo for kids 110g £1.80
Tea Tree Essential Oil and Dried Peppermint
Keeps the dicks at bay :D
Monkey, Mouse, Cat & Pig design
Thanks again!
Love Trixie XXX
I'm definitely going to order a couple - they sound cool. Do you make them they way they do in Fight Club?
Now, little Annabelle who is 2 has Eczema but loves playing with soap. We have a Burt's Bees solid shampoo that seems pretty gentle but can't find a soap that's gentle enough for her. Is there any kind of ultra ultra ultra ultra ultra gentle soap?
The Nit nurse is a good idea - I've got rid of 2 infestations on me using Tee Tree and a comb without a single bit of Sheep Dip poison.
Ta
OllieC! Never seen Fight Club ... is it a DREADFUL way of making soap??!
Little Annabelle: The best thing for eczema is definitely oatmeal and the goat's milk base is really gentle on the skin.
I could make her some soaps using the 'animal' moulds I have here - mentioned before: Cat, Monkey, Mouse & Pig. Just let me know what you want.
I've also got a mould for little teddy-bear shaped soaps - about 30g
The Nit Nurse shampoo is designed to be preventative but it would do no harm using it during an 'infestation'! I HATE the damned things!
When my daughter was at school and the 'nit-nurse' was abolished in schools, I attached 5 dead lice to one of my business cards and sent it to the local Council office in protest. Needless to say I never heard back.
great stuff, i have just ordered some of your nit soap. my two have been clear for quite a while now but i predict a new onslaught when they go back to school. those nits aint going to want to land on my lovely tea tree boys 8). o and some of your lovely gardeners delight. cant wait to see your stuff. good luck with it all. ;D
Thanks Sarah :)
I reckon the Nit Nurse shampoo will do well!
Even if the tea-tree oil doesn't get rid of the critters the peppermint will ensure they have fresh breath! ;)
They get the fat from the bins at the back of liposuction clinics and make very expensive soap which they then sell back to the rich people who got liposuction in the first place. Fairly grim but ecologically sound I spose. Rustling up an order next...
think
Quote from: Trixiebelle on July 27, 2007, 18:32:52
Thanks for the orders so far :) All soaps have been freshly made today and will be in the post tomorrow!
I've also come with a couple of recipes today:
Fragrance Free
Fresh Calendula Flowers and Poppy Seed 110g: £1.80
Nit Nurse
Solid Shampoo for kids 110g £1.80
Tea Tree Essential Oil and Dried Peppermint
Keeps the dicks at bay :D
Monkey, Mouse, Cat & Pig design
Thanks again!
Love Trixie XXX
keeps the what at bay ? ;D ;D ;D
hope you sell loads, trixie, ou've got lots of goodies there :)
Perhaps it works as an anti er inflammatory?!?!
That's my order in - looking forward to it!
Thanks
O
Quote from: OllieC on July 27, 2007, 19:14:33
They get the fat from the bins at the back of liposuction clinics and make very expensive soap which they then sell back to the rich people who got liposuction in the first place.
Well that could be called the 'Circle of Life' OR 'Rich Fat Lather Bars'. Pretty disgusting but no less than soap made out of whale fat (same thing really!)
Cheers Ollie :)
Hey, Trixie, do you want me to test Nit Nurse for you, it would get a real good test at our school, at the risk of sounding indelicate I sometime wonder if the little varmits are are practising for the Dick Olympics, and they look like they are all on steroids too. !!
Do you reckon it works, I think the Hull ones are immune to most things now.
LOL Jeannine XX
Jeannine!
I think it's probably a tall claim that the shampoo will kill 'em really. But tea-tree oil is good for detering them and killing them in neat form.
I don't think it's really fair to ask anyone to test it though! Can't really say 'here, have this bar of soap, don't treat your child with anything else and tell me if works!'
I could wait 'til Alfie gets them I suppose but they don't seem to land on his bonce ::) Think he moves too fast!
Everyone orders were send 2nd class on Sat. morning. Cambourne, I'll post yours first thing tomorrow :)
Trix XXX
I was teasing!!
Oooooh ya little tinker ;D
Aha! here you are. Right. My report on the Chamomile shampoo solid block for blondies is this: Gorgeous, smells divine, lathers up brilliantly, squeaky clean hair - no residue. Lovely.
The gardeners soap is just amazing - no need to nail brush your hands, nice light exfoliating action so no red raw hands - my girls love it and OH is amazed it takes plumber's muck off too. :)
The goats milk and oatmeal (sensitive) i have just fallen in love with and will be ordering the lavender. Also this bar is soooo pretty. It looks a bit like a malted milk biscuit only with goats on instead of cows. (and is much bigger!) Too nice to use really. ;D
They all lather up so beautifully - I love Lush stuff and this is just as good, if not in some respects rather better. Such as the fact that they don't go a bit slimy and soft like some hand made soap - these have all dried out beautifully and kept their shape and the moulded picture on the top.
I haven't tried the ginger and nutmeg massage bar yet but it smells toooooo good and is a work of art with cool knobbly bits on the top like one of those cellulite massage thingummies. What else? Oh, I think that's it. If you are a fan of Lush you may find they have to work hard to win you back. :o :o :o
Thanks Trix, the girls and I are loving them. :-* :-* :-* :-*
Orders coming your way.
Sarah - you will have to come round and trial them all out!! ;D
youre really selling it to me i must say! cant wait to get my hands on it. i am a soap horder, i love it. i will have to try them all. ;D
Your order is on it's way Sarah! And thanks for the feedback Emmy!
The goat's milk & oatmeal is really good for excema (or however you spell it!)
Just let me know how you get on with the soaps. I need the info to make them even better!
Trix XXXX
I will def order some for xmas! I'm in the middle of candle making at the moment - just as much fun though I always fancied soap but it sounded too complex.
Well done - love cottage industry!
Hope everyone's parcels arrive safely - I sent the majority on Saturday but there's been a postal strike ::) Typical ::)
And YAY ;D Finally got my site up and running!
http://www.stoneconsortium.net/index.htm
Feedback on how it looks/works would also be appreciated! Never had one before!
Trix X
Nice one Trix - the meet the people page has just had me snort out loud in the office - I wanna meet your tech guy!
Believe me Froglets, you do NOT want to meet my tech guy ;D
GREAT looking site Trixie, and easy to navigate,and amusing too! ;D
Thanks Doris ;D
sent the web site addie on to all my mates, trix..looks good ;D
very nice website, very profesh. my soap hasnt arrived yet but i spose its the blummin strike. grrrrrrr. will let you know when it comes.
There are validation issues that may cause the site not to function on all browsers but it worked OK in Firefox running on Linux. However there are a few points you should look into:
1. After adding an item to the cart the purchaser is left orphaned from the original page and may just wander off elsewhere. Consider changing the paypal return page to be the list page instead of the popup.
2. Anyone with scripting disabled cannot buy anything. Popup windows have their uses but cause navigation problems.
3. The white text on gray background could be invisible to many people and is not good for primary navigation.
Otherwise, well done.
ace site, i would suggest that you add a range of shopping bags as these are all the range at the moment.
Love the site, very humerous.
I would just add to the constuctives that it is not DDA compliant - your photos all need tags so that a disabled person knows what the picture is of... and also you need to beable to highlight the text holding the right mouse button which you can't - this enables disabled people to 'hear' the text if need be - Maureen should be able to sort that out easily for you. ;D
Well done though - I really like it!
It made me smile bigtime Trixie, therefore making me want to see what is on offer.
Oooooh how I want Maureen's hat. ;D
Thanks for the feedback!
'Maureen' is on the case! ;)
Super site, Trixiebelle - made me smile - and if I can find my way around it anyone can!
Just ordered Kitchen Soap, Gardener's Delight and Sensitive Kids(?). I didn't have eczema as a kid but have a faceful now - (I frighten the things that crawl out from under stones). But I guess 'Sensitive Crocodile-Faced OAPs' doesn't have quite the same ring to it?
Can't wait to try them out! Thanks very much, Val x
Got my soaps today, however the envelope was ripped and had a post office sticker on it.
On the bright side both soaps were intact :) I am heading off to the lotty now so i will be testing the gardeners soap asap :-)
Dear Trixy,
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Just wanted to say that your website looks great - I just put an order in.
All the best,
Cari
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CAMBOURNE! Thank goodness for that ... I was beginning to get all anxious about parcels not turning up. Blooming postal strike ... ARGGHH!
I'm sending all orders 1st class now AND I've got strengthened envelopes to send them in. Sorry about the ripped one :(
CMORNINGSTAR! Come baaaaaack! Don't be a lurker ;D And thanks for your order.
Trix XX
mysoaphasntarrivedandithinkthepostofficehaseatenit. :'(
Sarah: I sent your soap last Saturday with the majority of the orders from A4A.
PLEASE! If you do NOT receive your order in the next few days, please contact me & I will send them again free of charge
Trix X
thanks trixie thats very sweet i will give them a few more days :-*. i'm sure it'll turn up eventually. dont know what the world is coming too blumming postal service grumble grumble ::)
Quote from: Trixiebelle on August 03, 2007, 14:41:33
CAMBOURNE! Thank goodness for that ... I was beginning to get all anxious about parcels not turning up. Blooming postal strike ... ARGGHH!
I'm sending all orders 1st class now AND I've got strengthened envelopes to send them in. Sorry about the ripped one :(
CMORNINGSTAR! Come baaaaaack! Don't be a lurker ;D And thanks for your order.
Trix XX
Not a problem :) after 4 hours in the lotty i have just used the soap for the first time and it certainly did the job.
Will know if i am alergic in another couple of uses.
thanks again
c7
My Soap turned up this morning, thanks Trixie. I do like both the soaps and tried the one with the oats this morning on my face, mmmm nice n soft. I shall post my cheque tomorrow.
Great site as well Trixie. :D :D :D :D :D
I just know I will hear the postmans knock tomorrow and LO! it will be my soup ;D.
Failing that, I will wait until Wednesday next before I start to cry. :'(
MYSOAPHASARRIVED!!!!! wooohooo. its lovely. the soap is a thing of beauty. thanks trixibelle. :-*
Still nothing here but the DVDs I ordered at the same time still haven't arrived although posted some time ago so I'm not panicking hey.
Trixie, your beautiful soap landed here today, the postie was smelling the parcel as I answered the door!!
Thank you so much, it is delightful XXX Jeannine
Ho Hum, roll on Monday then...... ::)
I'm feeling ROTTEN here ???
Has anyone else's soap turned up? ARGGGHHHHHH!
Allright all. I've just got back from a hot sticky trip to sunny Ipswich and imagine my joy upon my return to find sitting on my doorstep, waiting to greet me with it's sweet smelling embrace, was your package of hygienic happiness.
Little Annabelle is delighted with hers - she started with the pig, BTW. I have also just tried out one & am very pleased thus far...
Trixie, these really are very very nice - thanks so much for spreading a little happy soapiness.
Ollie
YAAAAAAAAAY!
So pleased it arrived Ollie :)
Well maybe tomorrow then.......( please Mr Postman, look and see-is there some soap in your bag for me.........)
Don't worry Trixie, it'll turn up. ;)
They arrived this morning. What a delight. They're just fantastic Trixie! Anyway haven't got beyond trying them out yet so more good feedback anticipated.
trixiebelle i have to say that having used the soap for a couple of days and my hands have had no rashes or outbreaks.
Hubbie might even buy me some other soaps for christmas!!
See, I said it would be Wednesday. ;D ;D ;D
Oh how we (me and daughter 2 , waiting for Daughter 1) love you soaps Trixie.
Just had the smell test and D1 say's the gardeners soap smells like me!!
(geranium oil I think :-\).
Off to website to leave feedback, just washing my hands first.
Thanks a bunch Trixie.
HOORAY :D
Think I misread the feedback note, if it's here you want it, you got it. ;D
Superbrilliant, we have hard water here, but soap still creamy and 'soapy'.
Going to a girly lunch today, will print off info from website and go armed with a sample too! (I like to share my good fortune 8).)
I've given in and ordered some today..........couldn't resist! ;D
I THOUGHT that was you Debs! All labelled up and ready to go to the Post Office tomorrow ... NOT 2ND CLASS!!!!!
Ladies were very impressed, fingers crossed. Daughter 1 has gorn orf with the calming soap which I was going to keep here. ::)
Will try the shampoos next. ;D
E Magg!
You are my very own Max Clifford ;D
Trix XX
its amazing. first proper trip to the plot for a while yesterday and lots of de-gloved weeding to really test the lovely soap and i have to say it really did get rid of the ground in grime even along the edge of my index finger which gets really impossible to clean sometimes. i'm not kidding this is miracle soap. ;D i shall be ordering more for me and some for crimbo pressies.
MIRACLE SOAP?! I wouldn't go that far Sarah but it certainly does the trick ;D
I'll be doing proper gift packs for Christmas by the way. Dead posh!
I've only used the Kitchen soap so far. It is wonderful. Fragrant and bubbly. Loves it we does. I also love the wrapping. Quite discrete and yet sophisticated in an underspoken sort of way.
I have almost finished the goats milk/oats soap. I like it too and shall be ordering up soaps for xmas pressys. Thanks Trixie. ;D ;D
Dear Trixie,
Just wanted to let you know that my order arrived and the soaps are fab! :DI really love the gardener's soap. All of them are great and I'll be placing another order in a few weeks to buy pressies and to try a few others out too. Really good stuff.
Love your website.
All the best,
Cari :)
Hi Trixie, your beautiful soap arrived this morning, it smells absolutely lovely! Many thanks ;D
Sue
Hi Trixiebelle! Just can't read this thread any more - makes me SOOOOO jealous! Ordered my three soaps on 02 August (paid by Paypal) - no sign of them yet. :'(
And I'm getting ever so dirty............. xxx
Ok Grandma, not a problem! I'll send you some more tomorrow - recorded delivery this time :)
I think the postal strikes are still going on but if it's 1st class AND recorded it will minimize the possibility of it disappearing in to the ether that is Royal Mail!
Thanks everyone else for your feedback!
Trixie X
Bless your little cotton socks, Trixiebelle - and if the first parcel eventually turns up I promise I'll send you a cheque! xxx
Our order arrived safely the other day, and the female half of Melbourne12 is absolutely delighted with them. Especially the ginger-flavoured one. ;D
Hiya Trixie!
Bl**dy amazing, isn't it? Parcel arrived today! Had been addressed to 61 and not 62 so had gone half way around the globe to find me. (I've only lived here for 36 years so I suppose I shouldn't have expected the postman to recognise my name ;))
Anyhow - they look and smell absolutely BEAUTIFUL! Have only had them 5 mins so only tried one so far (Kitchen Soap) - love it! I hope you have already put that second parcel in the post - saves me re-ordering! Please PM me with your address and I'll put a cheque in the post.
Going outside to make mud pies now - just so that I can try the Gardener's Delight!
Thanks ever so much! xxx
Got mine yesterday, gardeners soap already in use, very good for getting the side of your fingers clean! Kitchen soap smells amazing, but the massage bar is the best smell of all....... 8)
Second parcel arrived - thanks ever so much Trixie. PM in your box. xxx
And there's a PM in yours too Grandma ... this could go on and on! ;)
Thanks Deb!
you started me off, trixie..here's the latest offering ;D
if you need a natural way for this colour, I'll pm the secret ;D
Hey! I've got a secret ingredient for the Kitchen Soap ;D I'll swap ya!
THEY LOOK LUSCIOUS ;D
A BIG thank-you for everyone that's ordered soaps etc and given me feedback on the site :)
Just to let you know, I've updated the site this morning to include lots of new products & a 'Gift Packaging' section.
http://www.stoneconsortium.net/
Nearer to Christmas (argghhhhhhhhh!) we'll be doing a 'special' section ... if I can bring myself to acknowledge the imminent event.
Thank-you again!
Trixie XXX
Trixie what do you do on the shampoo front for formerly brunettes (to the point of almost black) who are now a whiter shade of pale? ;D ;D
GRAWC! I'll invent something tomorrow for you :D
How about: 'Silver Surfer' - Solid shampoo with silver glitter & Chamomile
Essential Oil?
Well that sounds like just the ticket! Go for it. Sorry I missed this. I really like the silver glitter idea. ;D
Tip me the wink Grawrc ;D
If you want one, just click the order form for 'Blonde Moment' and I'll send you the 'silver surfer' option!
YAAAAY ;D I love inventing stuff :D
Woo hoo! Hold me back!
Wow - roll on my grant cheque, I shall be spending money! Particularly like the chicken house, once I've licked the lottie into shape I will defo consider one of them ;D
CHRISTMAS REMINDER ;D
We've got gift packaging on the site now & if anyone wants any Christmas themed soaps for gifts they will be along shortly!
Christmas .... urghhhhh ::) I don't know who feels worse ... me or the turkey!
http://www.stoneconsortium.net/
Trix, ive tried on a couple of occasions to complete an initial order for you and the site just freezes up on me.
Ive just checked back today after your reminder and the shopping basket is complete with my original order that i processed a few weeks back (prior to the site freezing) Ive just tried to add to it and it wont budge.
Hmmmmm....so how do i get to try your handiwork then? :'(
Hi Honeybee :)
Have you tried deleting your browsing history/clearing cookies? This usually frees up any frozen basket problems?
If that doesn't help, just PM me what you want & I'll let you know the Paypal addie
Trix XXXX
Dear Trixie,
This morning I brought out my last bar of Gardener's Delight after the person who was fixing our fireplace was showered in debris and soot for his trouble! He had high praise for your soap - it removed the muck like a treat. So I've passed along your website details and have now placed an order for lots of the 'builders' soap to try (amongst a few others as well). :D
Thanks again
Cari
Hi Cari ;D
Got your order, thanks! It will be in the post tomorrow!
Maybe I ought to rename Gardener's Delight .... Sooty Sweep Special!
Trixie XXX
Sooty Sweep Special - very nice :D
Just wanted you to know that I received my soaps today and they really are FAB! My friends and family will have LOVELY stock fillers this year.... thanks again Trixie.
x C
Hello Again! ;D
Just to let you know, I'm making fresh batches of soap over the next couple of weeks in time for Christmas - also got gift packaging on the website.
Let me know if you want anything!
Trixie X
want to remind us what the web site address is?
pm sent Trix ;D
Got your PM Angle Shades & I've replied!
CAMBOURNE!
http://www.stoneconsortium.net/
Merry Christmas ;D
Hi Trix ;D
Soaps arrived today, they are beautiful and smell delish, too nice to use ::) :P ;D/ shades x
Glad you like 'em :) X
Brining this back to the top dont care what the forum thingy says ;)
Trixiebelle your sites down so i have emailed my brother your paypal ordering details as per your first post ;)
Cam
How weird I just sent a pm to Trixiebelle last night to ask if she was still doing the soap and to say her site was not working! :)
yes i was just thinking it was time for some more soap i am near the end of mine. hope she's ok.