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Hi everyone! I'll keep it brief because I'm too excited and manic to focus on any one thing for too long right now....our new house settles today and we can begin to move in! Hurrah! We've been at this for nearly 2 months, it's been the most exhausting and frustrating experience of my life. There were so many times I thought we would lose the house because of some issue with the banks and other people involved. One of my soap making friends went through a similar thing, only her journey into the perfect home took over a year. I would have died. Major props to Kylee Lane. That girl has staying power :D The severe weather warning with flash flooding issues isn't even concerning me right now. After all of the stress, a little water is the least of my worries. I'll keep you all posted on when I should be back and the stores open again. I really want to get into the soap room asap and start making some of the things I've had in the works since June but h...

Or should I say "aaaaaa-liiiive" *grins* Here's all the details: Sale starts today at approximately 5pm, Saturday 29th December 2012 EST All orders will receive 25% off anything in their shopping cart, not including shipping Enter code ONTHEMOVE in the discount code section before you click "checkout" Sale will end at 11:59pm EST Monday 14th January 2013 unless already sold out To make the site easier to navigate, only in stock items will appear Sale valid at  www.sailormouthsoaps.com.au  only If you've outside Australia, sorry you will need to contact me for an exact shipping quote And please be mindful that the point of this sale is to help clear some space and make moving house a little easier for me. I don't wish to take part in the devaluing of artisan work just because the calendar moved past the 25th December. Thanks for understanding! Ps. You've probably guessed, this isn't my new house. But you can't blame a gi...

Hi everyone! Happy Holidays :) So I thought I should give you a little update on the whole moving house thing. Sadly the contract has had to be pushed back because of delays with financiers, solicitors, agents etc so it looks like we won't be moving until the end of January now. It's a blessing and a curse, I didn't really fancy moving so soon after the craziness of Christmas but I also don't want to wait until the hottest month of the year! But there isn't anything we can do now but wait on the last few pieces to fall into place and then we can start the final packing. Needless to say, my secret board on  Pinterest  has been getting a work out with all the cool things I want to do to the new house. I'd make it public but I'm weirdly superstitious about jinxing it! What I though might be nice is to offer an "in stock" sale. Firstly because I'm feeling generous and secondly, because I would like to have less to move, LOL. So what I...

That's right, I know I've been saying that Aussie order cut off is from the 11th December but now I've had to push it back to Saturday the 8th as we've bought a new house and need to start packing asap. What a crazy time of year to do it but we found the perfect house so it is what it is :D At this stage I'm not sure when I'll be back in January, there sure is a lot to do when buying & moving into a new house so I'm not going to lock myself into a time frame I can't keep up with. Thanks for understanding! And remember, please submit any final orders by Saturday 8th December or you will miss out. Thanks!!!!

Christmas has been busy busy busy for me this year with loads of new stockists signing up to sell Sailor Mouth Soap goodies. New this week is *drumroll please* Your One Stop Pin Up Shop  at 771 Gympie Road, Chermside on the Northside of Brisbane. Bex (the store owner, you might know her from  Bexterity ) has ordered a super cute custom range of Conversation Heart and Cupcake Soaps, in a beautiful collection of pastel colours and delicious scents. Also new to the fold (and I'm SUPER extra excited about this) is  Animals Australia I'm a huge supporter of Animals Australia. I became a financial member this year and give my support (incl additional financial support whenever I'm able) for each campaign. Their work is making an important, real world impact on animal cruelty and I'm thrilled to know that my vegan and cruelty free products are helping raise money for their tireless work. Animals Australia  are stocking a selection of lip balms and should be on ...

If you have a Facebook account for your small business you might be scratching your head and wondering why barely any fans (about 13%) are seeing your posts anymore. A helpful blog post was tweeted about recently so if you're having problems with your own fan page or are curious why pages you have "liked" aren't appearing in your feed anymore, here is the answer. Tips & tricks to get the most out of Facebook in the era of promoted posts There are a few work-arounds suggested and since it's quite a helpful article, I wanted to share. I'm sure there are many of us in the same boat! My own strategy is the blog more often and not to rely on Facebook for communicating important information. So far, that hasn't worked too well as this time of year is crazy busy for me and I can post on Facebook without too much fuss using my smart phone. Sadly the blogger app is really crappy so I haven't bothered since the the last time it ate a massive post o...

note - updated 12th December 2012 Queensland Queensland Museum South Bank www.southbank.qm.qld.gov.au Cnr Grey and Melbourne Street, South Brisbane QLD 4110 The Green Edge www.greenedgeonline.com.au 3/191 Wardell St, Enoggera, QLD 4051 Animal Affair www.animalaffair.com.au 121 Brisbane Road, Mooloolaba QLD 4557 Freaks Like Us  www.freaks-likeus.blogspot.com.au 80 Howard Street, Nambour QLD 4560 Your One Stop Pin Up Shop www.youronestoppinupsho.photium.com 771 Gympie Road, Chermside QLD 4032 New South Wales Ramjet Assortments  www.ramjet.net.au 78 Darby St, Cooks Hill NSW 2300 Milk Thieves Art & Design  www.milkthieves.com.au Shop 9, 157 Crown Street, Wollongong NSW 2500 Victoria Gleaners Inc www.gleanersinc.blogspot.com 2 Ballarat Street, Brunswick VIC 3056 Tasmania Syzygy Syzygy  www.syzygystore.com.au 102 Elizabeth Street, Hobart TAS 7000 South Au...