tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6359562354319369912024-03-04T22:56:47.170-08:00Tomales Bay Soap CompanyBeautiful artisan soaps handmade with organic ingredients.Tomales Bay Soap Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159024449180571707noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635956235431936991.post-77556040671105923152011-12-05T21:51:00.000-08:002011-12-05T21:51:04.387-08:00Dance Palace Holiday Crafts Fair Report<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Dance Palace 40th Annual Holiday Craft Fair </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">was a great success!</span></div><br />
Tomales Bay Soaps is grateful for all of the interest in the tradition of cold process soap making. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Memorable highlights from the weekend include:</span></div><br />
<ul><li style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The gathering and celebration of many talented local artisans</span></i></li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Indian Peach's Salmon Frittata with fluffy eggs, perfectly cooked potatoes and crispy cheese edges </li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Blacksmithing Demonstration</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Wild West's Fermented Moroccan Carrots</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">West Marin School Students' Arts & Crafts</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Midnight Kitchen's distinctive shortbread cookies</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Kim's fantastic bird houses and jewel- like magnets</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Amber's precious and unique flannel lined, boiled cotton toddler coats!</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Well organized event hosted by the great staff of the DANCE PALACE</li>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Large Bars: Bull Frog (Lime), Queen Lavender, Grapefruit & Spearmint, Honey Orange Sunburst</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ovals: Bergamot & Lavender, Grapefruit & Spearmint, Honey Orange Sunburst, </div><div style="text-align: center;">Bergamot & Lavender, Milk & Honey</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Queen Lavender</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">(Top to Bottom)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lemongrass & Calendula, Spirulina-Rosemary-Lavender,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> Lavender, Meyer Lemon, Bergamot & Lavender</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cedarwood (white)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bergamot & Lavender (red)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rosemary & Peppermint (sage)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lemongrass & Calendula (tan)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Tomales Bay Soap Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159024449180571707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-635956235431936991.post-84927060934874681212011-12-02T09:00:00.000-08:002011-12-02T09:00:53.759-08:00December Greetings from Tomales Bay Soap Company<div style="font: 48.0px BonvenoCF Light; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Tomales Bay Soap Company</span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'BonvenoCF Light'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'BonvenoCF Light'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Greetings, I hope this newsletter finds you healthy and inspired. </span></div><div style="font: 12.0px BonvenoCF Light; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 16.0px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">December is an exciting month because it is like a harvest celebration. No longer on drying racks in the soap shack or nestled in plastic storing boxes, the soaps become transformed on tablecloths and unique plates. This stage reveals how beautiful the results are of many months of work. Soap making is wonderfully addicting and the opportunities for experimentation are endless.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Check out the gallery below:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">All Photographs by Gwendolyn Meyer</div><div style="text-align: center;">www.gwendolynmeyer.com</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Large molded bar spread (Left to Right & Top to Bottom): <br />
Honey Orange Sunburst, Cedarwood, Lime,<br />
Mint, Meyer Lemon, Lemongrass & Rosemary</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cedarwood, Spirulina-Rosemary-Lavender, Cedarwood</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pile'O'Soaps:<br />
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Lemongrass & Calendula, Spirulina-Rosemary-Lavender (Grape leaf),<br />
Bergamot (Faith) & Cedarwood (Love)<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'BonvenoCF Light';"><u>About The Ingredients:</u></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'BonvenoCF Light';"><u><br />
</u></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'BonvenoCF Light'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>These wonderfully nourishing soaps are made with saponified oils of organic olive, organic coconut, organic palm and organic sunflower oil. Many bars also contain organic shea and cocoa butters. Botanical colorants such as organic paprika, organic spirulina and organic turmeric are used to give these bars rich colors that simultaneously serve as anti-cancerous and skin nourishing agents. The distinctive scents are from generous portions of pure essential oils. </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'BonvenoCF Light'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Meadow<br />
Made with pure essential oils of Vanilla, Lemongrass, <br />
Sweet Orange & Spearmint, organic chamomile petals and organic calendula petals</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teardrops: Cedarwood & Spearmint & Grapefruit</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hand-milled Jewels of Blood Orange & Honey</td></tr>
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<div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'BonvenoCF Light'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><u>About The Process:</u></span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'BonvenoCF Light'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Tomales Bay Soaps are made in the old-fashioned Cold-Process tradition that blends a solution of spring water and lye with the blend of oils (fat). When this mixture begins to trace, herbs and essential oils are blended in right before the soap is poured into a collection of unique molds. </span></span></div><div style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'BonvenoCF Light'; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; min-height: 16px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'BonvenoCF Light';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The batch is then wrapped to retain heat for 24 hours. The curing “saponification” process continues on for another four weeks. In this time, a chemical change is slowly taking place where fats and oils are turning into soap and hardening. Saponification is the name of the chemical process of turning lye and fat into soap. Once this curing process is complete there is no longer any lye in the soap. </span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'BonvenoCF Light';"><br />
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