Light it up!

Hey All! Check out the wonderful, wonderful light box my hubby built for me! Yaa! Everything I've read says when you sell online you need excellent photographs. As a visual learner myself, this makes perfect sense to me! If I can't taste it, smell it or touch it than it had better look good! So that is my business tip for "Tip Tuesday". Make a light box and photograph your stuff well! We used PicMonkey to edit or "touch-up" our photo's for that professional oomph. It's free and priceless! Our light box is made from foam board and freezer paper and one sheet of poster board. All from Walmart. It costs us less than $10. Pretty cheap for expensive looking photography! So worth it!

The Ranchers Wife Pop-Up Shop!

Hey All! If you saw the post on Dec. 17th than you have a good idea where we stand on the issue of debt. You should also know our conviction is to grow our business solely on it's profits without the need to get a business loan. For that matter, the last 3 years we have used portions from our own paychecks to fund our fledgling soap making business. Everything I have read has backed up the fact that the first several years of ANY business are spent putting money into it to make it grow. So why am I seemingly on a tangent? I'm not! I am absolutely thrilled! Grateful to have been invited to be a part of "The Ranchers Wife"! So grateful that it turned out to be so profitable for us! The year 2014 saw our business go "black". That is, we finally started to see profit. With the end of 2014 came a blessing beyond what we had expected. We now have the funds we need to purchase some much needed items that will allow us to take our business to it's next level of production. Stay tuned for pictures of all the purchases we will be making to grow our dream of owning a small family business that will establish a legacy for future generations and sustainability for our family! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you to all of our old and new customers who made this possible for us! We'll be coming up with something to show our appreciation soon! Sincerely, Shack on the Rock

Owe no man anything....

Hey All! This is an excellent read. We personally believe you should "Owe no man anything" and this extends to our business sense. Our goal is to fund our business exclusively on it's profits. In this current economy to rely on the banks is simply not what we consider to be a wise move. Unless you can do what this business does, which is to pay your balance off each month! We, here at Shack on the Rock, desire to live "debt-free" and become as self sustaining as we are able to be, all the while producing what we hope is a quality product that benefits the skin of our customers! FYI- We support this small business owner and purchase many of our supplies from Brambleberry (her company)! http://www.soapqueen.com/business/cash-king-credit-pawn/#

100% "Natural"

Hey All! Did you know the word ‘natural’ is not a regulated or defined term in the soap and cosmetic industry? That means anyone can use it regardless of whether or not their product is actually "Natural". Very sad indeed, but there's good news for all of our customers! We want you to know if we call it "natural" it's because it is! Only natural colorants like Clay or Essential Oils for scent are used in our all-natural line of soaps! Yes, we do make soaps that are scented with phthalate-Free Fragrance Oils, and while they could be considered 97% Natural we simply don't label them that way. So if your soap label say's it's 100% natural. It's because it is! Just thought you should know!

We're on Pinterest!

Hey All! We're on Pinterest now! Check us out! http://www.pinterest.com/pinterest/pin-pets/

Christmas Tree Farm here we come!

We feel so privileged to be a part of Ozark Valley Christmas Tree Farm & The Ranchers Wife Pop-up store this Season! It's an opportunity to expand our business and see where that road takes us! So come on out and see us!

It's good to be square!

So.....it's been awhile. A long while since we've last posted ANYTHING! So there's no better place to start than with the NEW shape of our soap......square! We like this shape as it suits us! It's fairly unique, fit's nicely in the palm of your hand, and makes us different! Gotta find a way to set ourselves apart from the crowd! As a budding new small business finding your niche is essential!
So here's to future posts about our journey!