Well, here it is… our first blog entry.  It all seems to feel very “official” now.   We have made the leap from being 2 stay at home moms who love to make soap, to 2 work at home moms on the precipice of very exciting careers!

  We have been building up the stock of  our most glorious recipes, in preparation of our grand opening later this summer.  We are in the process of creating our website now (www.shopsuds.com).   It is going slow, but steady.   It has been such challenging, exciting, exhausting, and very rewarding work for us.  We love what we do, but we also love being Mommies, and this endeavour has been quite the juggling act.  Most of the time, we are up soaping late after everyone else has gone to sleep.  Each of us has children and young babies at home, so it seems as though that is the best way to do it.   We are both very hard working and determined women.  We know that we can be successful, it is simply a matter of getting our product out there.   We are supportive of each other and understand the demands of full-time mommyhood and working at home.  We also have very supportive husbands and strong faith in Jesus Christ to lean on.  

  The economy, here in Michigan, is more than troubling and that may not make this the best time to start a new business.  But, the terrible economy is precisely the driving force behind us striving so hard to make this work.  Our families our counting on us. 

  We are great at what we do.  We make amazing and beautiful soap.  Lord willing, we will be successful at getting it out there.