What’s up Sudsers? It’s hard to believe it, but we are coming up on the end of another fabulous year! Hopefully your 2018 has been amazing! This year has been a year of change for me, both on a professional and personal level. The shop has been remodeled a few times. Halfway through the year we took over the entire giant space on 6th Ave, expanded our class offerings, and have created tubloads of new products (shampoo bars, lotions, the HP line are but a few examples of this). I’ve met some amazing people through the shop and classes and am proud to call them my friends. I took up the position of events coordinator for 6th Ave, and that has been an interesting ride.
Mr. Soap & Clay took a position at a new firm and has been traveling 100% of the time, which has been a bit of an adjustment. He spends his weekends hanging out with the girls, building stuff for the shop, and working on my new website (SQUEE!!!!) while I’m running the classes and making the soapy things at the shop. Soap & Clay kidlet #1 started Kindergarten. Soap & Clay kidlet #2 and I have been able to have one on one time as a result, which has been lots of fun. We miss the older girl-child, but we’ve adjusted our routines. I joined the PTA. I was nominated to my HOA board. I have stopped sleeping because there’s just not enough time in the day for that nonsense.
In short, this year has been busy.
And your year has been busy, too.
And so we’re gonna do 10 Days of Thanks! Because I’m thankful for you and your busy life and that in that busy life you find a bit of time to check in on me and mine now and then. And without that, my little soapy journey wouldn’t be nearly as fun. Should you be new, or in case you’ve forgotten, every year on Soap & Clay’s anniversary I have a bit of celebration. In the past, I have given away ten of ten different items for ten days in a row. So Day One would be ten beard kits, Day Two is ten bath bomb kits, etc. This year, I’m changing it up a bit. There are a number of reasons for the switch, but the biggest is that the Sudsers have expressed frustration with the previous system – with a coupon code that is limited to only ten freebies each day, it made it hard to get on the site (because work and school and kids and life) before all the items were gone. Which I get. Also, we have lots more Preferred Sudsers than we used to have, so the possibility of getting a freebie is reduced.
So here’s what we’re doing this year. For ten days, there will be ten items on sale for 50% off. There is no limit to the number of items – as long as the stock holds, the deal continues. This allows everyone to get an awesome deal without having to watch the Facebook page like a hawk for the coupon code to drop so you can scramble to get the deal before someone else does. That would give me anxiety, and I’m not in the business of making anyone’s life difficult. So starting tomorrow, items below will be 50% off during the days listed. If you’d like to participate in the fun for multiple days, send me a message in the order notes and I will refund shipping for all orders following the first one (remember, all orders over $75 ship free) and box them together.
Are you ready to find out what deals we will be having for the next ten days? Me too!
Days 1-3 (November 13-15th)
Days 4-6 (November 16-18th)
Days 7-9 (November 19-21st)
Day 10 (November 22nd)
12 Months of Soap
Sale starts tomorrow morning and will go through November 22nd. No coupon code is needed and this deal stacks with every other sale and coupon code you may have, so stock up on your faves! Thank you for all of your support, Sudsers! You mean the world to me. I’ll see you tomorrow for some epic sales!
Happy Sudsing!
I love beer. It smells nice, it’s refreshing on a hot summer day (or on a Sunday afternoon in September after your team got annihilated on the field). I’m not actually much of a beer drinker, though – I think my liver is still recovering from my university days when life was not complete without a daily hangover. I am fascinated with the production of beer; you can put some really off the wall stuff into it! For those of you that are local to the Tacoma area, I highly recommend stopping by 
So there you have it, Sudsers! Lots of cool beer stuff in one awesome soap. Be on the lookout in the next few weeks for a beer (and wine!) soap gift set – I’m waiting on Mr. Soap & Clay to finish up some soap dishes before putting them on the site but they will be there soon! In the meantime, 
Excellent question – glad you asked! Soap & Clay was formed following the death of my grandmother. The original intent was to bring three members of my family together (my mother, brother and myself) and allow us to productively use the hobbies and interests we had found while my grandmother was ill while spending time with each other. Kind of like healing without having to talk to each other about what the loss of grandma meant to us. So the clay piece was my mother’s piece – she has been playing with clay for a number of years. The original plan was to have some of her pieces for sale alongside the soaps. That evolved into an interactive clay studio with classes and a paint your own pottery component. As the clay side has been slow to start (I promise – soon!) and the business had already been named, I needed to insert clay into the soaps somehow. So I literally inserted it. Into the soaps. And created a mess of super awe
Greetings and salutations, Sudsers! Mrs. Soap & Clay here with this week’s edition of FAQ Friday. First up, a few updates. I am still sans printer which makes labeling my products tough. SO…I am having a naked bar sale – all soaps are $5 each! Coupon code is GONAKED and is extended through the weekend, so stock up!
As some of you may know, I have a shop in Tacoma, WA smack dab in the middle of the historic Freighthouse Station. I get lots of questions from travelers and building wanderers in search of an adventure when they walk into my shop. I’m often asked to recommend a soap best suited for sensitive skin. Short answer: all of them! Because that seems like a bit of a non-answer, let’s explore why I can recommend every bar of Soap & Clay soap for even the most Sensitive Sallies among us.
Handmade = Less Skin Irritation
Synthetic additives aside, the biggest difference between commercial bars and handmade soap is the glycerin. In commercial production, companies remove the glycerin (a naturally occurring, skin loving humectant that is a result of the saponification process) and either sell it individually or use it in high-end skincare products. Handcrafted soapers don’t do this; the process to remove glycerin is long and yields an inferior product. We haven’t talked about glycerin in a while, but it is perhaps the most important difference between commercial soaps/body washes and handmade soap. See, glycerin is a humectant, which basically means that it binds to moisture in the air and uses it to moisturize the skin. For most sensitive skin ailments, the added moisture is a welcome relief. For more information on the benefits of glycerin for sensitive skin, 
So what’s with the “clay” in Soap & Clay?
Cool…but why?
What’s up, Sudsers? It’s been a while since you’ve heard from me. I’ve taken a bit of Soap Case hiatus following the Tacoma Dome Gift Show. Following the show (which was awesome, btw), I had to scramble to restock my inventory as well as prep and move into our new house! It’s been a busy few weeks, and I do apologize for not checking in each week, but I think you’ll forgive me following this post.
We run into all types of people in life. Some we love, others we can do without. We have acquaintances, we have friends, BFFs, and even some frenemies. But every once in a while, you stumble upon people so incredible, so bright, so captivating that you pull them into your circle and never let them go. These people become your people; they change you at the cellular level. So it was with the 
Amazing, right? They are so unbelievably talented, I can’t even. Their masques are all handcrafted, every piece is unique, and the entire family contributes to the design process. Family businesses are the best businesses, in my opinion. I’ll have more from RavenCraft over the next few weeks, but in the meantime be sure to check out their 
Just kidding. Coupon code for you to try your very own
Step Through the Looking Glass
The Looking Glass Boutique
