Meet Betty Miller of Magic Senses – Featured Artist

You can find our soaps on our website at www.MagicSenses.com!

You can find our soap bars at www.MagicSenses.com. Some of these bars may be out of stock due to the huge demand but, don’t worry! We’ll be making more!

After building our display almost a month ago, now it’s time to make the soap bars that will go to Hollywood! Our display holds 5 bars of soap in the following fragrances: Cherry Vanilla, Watermelon, Lemon Lavender, Two to Tango, Seaside and a “Believe in You” Butterfly soap (scented in soft Sweet Pea).

This morning we finished cutting and wrapping Cherry Vanilla and Seaside; from each batch, we chose a winning bar to be famous in a couple of months:

Cherry Vanilla Handmade Glycerin Soap by Magic Senses

Seaside Handmade Glycerin Soap by Magic Senses

Seaside, one of our most popular Fresh and Clean fragrances, will be available at www.MagicSenses.com starting in January, 2012.

Here is a “behind the scenes” picture of our knives, cutting board and Xacto knife…

Stay tuned for more Oscars Preps pictures and news! And visit our website to get some soap gifts! Last day to order this year: Sunday, December 18.

“Green Monday is an online retail industry term similar to Cyber Monday. The term was coined by eBay to describe its best sales day in December, traditionally the 2nd Monday of December. Green Monday is defined more specifically by business research organization comScore as the Monday with at least 10 days prior to Christmas. In 2009, $854 million was spent online in the US on Green Monday.”

Today, we’d like to feature some of our handmade glycerin soap bars that come in green:

“After receiving a Magic Senses glycerin soap as a gift, I had to look more into this local company! I logged onto their website to learn more about the company and ended up placing an order within about ten minutes. “Lemon Drops” and “Cherry Vanilla” were among many scents that sounded right up my alley. [...]”

Please read the full review on FlamingoBlush.com.

Lemon Drops and Cherry Vanilla glycerin soaps can be found on our website, at www.MagicSenses.com.

Thank you, Caitlin, for the honest and encouraging review! It was a lovely surprise and we appreciate it very much!

Therefore, to ensure your soap gift arrives before Christmas (December 24), please place your order at MagicSenses.com before the following deadlines:

U.S. Customers:

• December 18, 2011 – Last day to place your order.
• December 19, 2011 – Our last day at the office. Local (Stockton, California) deliveries.
• December 20, 2011 – January 4, 2012 – Vacation (yay!)

International customers:

• December 8 – Last day to place your order. Email us, if in doubt.

We ship via Priority Mail, U.S.P.S. All orders placed on or after December 19 will be processed starting January 5, 2012 (when we return from vacation).

Please don’t wait till the last minute. Visit us at MagicSenses.com today and do your shopping! One less thing to worry about!

Here is the link to her post:

http://iadorelifehandmade.blogspot.com/2011/11/magic-senses.html

We brainstormed different concepts on how to make the soap stand out; amongst these ideas, we thought of:

• beautiful soap glass dishes from our friend Beth at BPR Designs
• baskets in the form of a bath tub
• bamboo soap dishes
• seashell soap dishes
• tree trunk soap dishes
• rock soap dishes
• soap dishes made from bonsai containers with river stones

Then, we realized that, in order to show the beauty of each individual bar, they had to be inclined at 45° (not laying flat) so any kind of soap dish was out of the question because the soap would slide. As far as the basket goes, the bars would overlap and hide each other. Not a good idea.  Another thing we had to consider was the color of the display… it had to be dark and blend with the background, so the focus would be on the colorful soap.

Anyway, after a lot of research and some drawing, we decided to go with a black velvet jewelry display adjusted to our needs.

Here are a few “behind-the-scenes” pictures from our process:

Step 1: Deciding on the configuration.

Step 2: Building and testing our prototype.

Step 3: Working on the actual display. We glued the custom made acrylic pieces that support the soap bars.

Step 4: Allowing to dry overnight. Le Petit Larousse comes to the rescue once again! I suppose having a minor in French and dozens of dictionaries helps once in a while.

Step 5: Taking pictures of the final display. Ta-da!! The picture is not as sharp as I want it to be; it was overcast here in Stockton, California.

As you can see, the soap bars to be displayed are: Cherry Vanilla, Lemon Lavender, Two to Tango, Seaside (coming soon online), Watermelon and the Believe in You Butterfly. You can find them on our website at www.MagicSenses.com.

Please feel free to leave any comments!

photo courtesy of the Mountain Mandarin Festival.

This year, during the month of November, we’ll be attending two main events that are always fun and we are very fond of. Here they are:

November 18, 19 and 20, 2011 - The Mandarin Festival in Auburn, California (at the Fairgrounds – Placer Building)

Friday: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Sunday: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

For more info on admission fees, nearby hotels, their recipe contest and the MandaRUN (5k), please visit the Festival’s website at www.MandarinFestival.com

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November 26 & 27, 2011 – The Arts and Crafts Christmas Fair in Auburn, California (at the Fairgrounds – Placer Building)

Saturday: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Sunday: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Free admission. Free parking.