<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544252827189373795</id><updated>2012-02-16T13:06:48.196-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Artistic Creations Handmade Soap</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wendy-smith.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/544252827189373795/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wendy-smith.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Wendy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08188098456510225007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-544252827189373795.post-4363124979679074078</id><published>2011-05-24T18:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-24T18:32:15.196-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Day One</title><content type='html'>I'm generally pretty computer literate but the blogging and facebook thing has me totally confused. &amp;nbsp;I'm sure that through trial and error I will get it.....eventually. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've been crafting for several years and selling at craft shows throughout the year and now I am completely changing my product line and also my style of marketing. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am making hand made olive oil soap and will also be making gift baskets according to the seasons. &amp;nbsp;I have a few gift baskets started that have a few gardening tools in the along with a few bars of soap for cleanup. &amp;nbsp;I'm starting with 12 different scents of soap including unscented. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I became really interested in the handmade soap because the store products have so many chemicals in them that they're really not good for your skin. &amp;nbsp;My soap has olive oil in it which is a good moisturizer and coconut oil which makes it lather really well. &amp;nbsp;I'm finding that with using the handmade soap that I don't need to use any moisturizer because the soap doesn't have chemicals that would dry out my skin. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have a craft show this Saturday in the John Wright parking lot which is in Wrightsville, PA. &amp;nbsp;this will be my first show selling my soap so I'm excited and nervous. &amp;nbsp;I don't have any signs made yet so hopefully people won't be too confused. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, I think that is all that I have to say for today...I do need to get to bed and get some sleep.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/544252827189373795-4363124979679074078?l=wendy-smith.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wendy-smith.blogspot.com/feeds/4363124979679074078/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://wendy-smith.blogspot.com/2011/05/day-one.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/544252827189373795/posts/default/4363124979679074078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/544252827189373795/posts/default/4363124979679074078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wendy-smith.blogspot.com/2011/05/day-one.html' title='Day One'/><author><name>Wendy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08188098456510225007</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
