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Hello! I’m back – a day late, sorry about that! Thank you for your patience while I took some time off to rest my arms and get organized around the workshop. As I do every holiday, I planned for much more than I could do, and things are still more chaotic than I had hoped, … Read more

Happy September! After what feels like a lifetime of attending school, I think of this more as the new year than I do January 1. Weekend before Labour Day, I’d spend the time promising myself that I’d be more organized, that I’d keep my binders tidier, that my desk wouldn’t become another flat space I … Read more

I realized I don’t have a page about who I am and what I do, so here’s a little bit about me, SwiftCraftyMonkey!  Hello, I’m Susan Barclay Nichols, perhaps better known as SwiftCraftyMonkey, writer, instructor, and formulator for this site, Point of Interest. I started creating bath, body, and hair care products in 2006 after … Read more

Hi everyone! Thanks for joining me here on the site in August 2022! Hope you’re all doing well and avoiding the heat waves that seem to be devastating so many parts of the world. We’re just coming out of a week 35˚C to 39˚C (95˚F to 101˚F) that felt like up to 44˚C (104˚F) with … Read more

Well, this is lovely! Windy Point Soap Making Supplies (Calgary, Alberta) is having a Christmas in July sale where you can get up to 20% on your order for the entire month! Save on everything from my favourite surfactants and shampoo bar ingredients, soap making supplies, emulsifiers, and my favourite line of cold process emulsifiers, … Read more