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Right now I'm so frustrated that I just want to sit back and cry. I need a name for my soap company, I need labels and cannot figure out exactly how to do the ingredient list and now I have absolutely no way to go rifle hunting to bring home lots of venison. I know, such trivial crap probably makes everyone else want to laugh at me, but right now I'm just stressing out hardcore.
Instead of sitting back and actually crying, lol, I'm going to put my ideas here to feel somewhat productive, while I still stress and try to figure things out...

Company name: I want something basic. I'd like to use Happy Valley as the starter, since that's the term for the local area, and I'd like to emphasis that my products are locally made. I was thinking Happy Valley Herbals, but since right now I hardly have any herbals in my products, that'd be just downright stupid. I need something that'll cover all of my products, so I can't call it H V Soaps. If anyone has any ideas, I'd greatly appreciate it. It feels like the name is right at the edge of my grasp, just isn't jumping at me!

Labels: I don't know if I can just make the label "Ingredients: Extra Virgin Olive oil, Goat milk, Grapeseed oil, Coconut oil, castor oil, (poppy seeds on scrubby labels) and fragrance/essential oils. If I can do that without adding the lye or "saponified" or the actual chemical names for the saponified oils, that would be nice, though I'd rather put the "saponified" somewhere but dunno how to do it without making people think that the essential oils are saponified as well.

Rifle: Now here is where I'm going to sit back and cry when the time comes. I've exhausted my options and still have no rifle to use/borrow/barter/whatever. I really, really need the deer to can. I was hoping for at least one deer, and even better, both a doe and a buck, then I would feel "safe", even if we did end up eating venison every night.


K. Enough whining. I know I'm a very priviledged person, just sometimes feel overwhelmed by silly stuff. Now back to doing SOMETHING to make any step or tiptoe in the correct direction to getting these issues solved, lol.
 

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I think I've been overworking my brain, lol. Does Happy Valley Handcrafted sound stupid or too vague?
 

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What about Bettacreek Handcrafts of Happy Valley?

Regarding the label, what if you put the words Saponified Extra Virgin Olive oil, (and the other oils), with goat milk, yada yada yada. I would leave out the word lye or sodium hydroxide as well, that sounds terrible and since it is chemically altered it no longer exists.
 

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I like it, Happy Valley Handcrafted or Happy Valley Handcrafts.
Then you can add "Soap" or "Lotion" or whatever else you end up making to the bottom of the label.

I vote Saponified Oils (Olive, etc, etc), Goat Milk, Essential Oils (Peppermint, etc, etc), Poppy Seeds. Just put whatever oils you use inside the parentheses. That way you don't have to put Saponified 7 times :lol: and it keeps the essential oils away from the saponified ones.
 

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savingdogs said:
What about Bettacreek Handcrafts of Happy Valley?

Regarding the label, what if you put the words Saponified Extra Virgin Olive oil, (and the other oils), with goat milk, yada yada yada. I would leave out the word lye or sodium hydroxide as well, that sounds terrible and since it is chemically altered it no longer exists.
I might have to do this. Saponified Extra Virgin Olive oil, Goat milk, Saponified Grapeseed oil, etc, etc... Since goat milk is my second most abundant ingredient, it does need to be listed second, as far as I understand with labels. Which is why I was concerned since the goat milk splits up the different saponified oils. I didn't want to have to write saponified for each and every oil because of label sizing, but I might have to work with it and font size. I don't want the ingredients to be too damn small to read, but they've gotta be on there and they've gotta be accurate somehow.

Murphy, thank you! I really like a lot of those names, in fact, Essentials was on on my mind as well. I love suds and scents, but I'm trying to keep it open since not all of my products are scented and not all of my products have suds, lol. Maybe even Happy Valley Handcrafted Essentials? I have a lot of mulling to do. And to think, everything has gotta be done tomorrow around lunch time. Time for dinner. Maybe my brain will function afterwards, lol.
 

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Bettacreek said:
savingdogs said:
What about Bettacreek Handcrafts of Happy Valley?

Regarding the label, what if you put the words Saponified Extra Virgin Olive oil, (and the other oils), with goat milk, yada yada yada. I would leave out the word lye or sodium hydroxide as well, that sounds terrible and since it is chemically altered it no longer exists.
I might have to do this. Saponified Extra Virgin Olive oil, Goat milk, Saponified Grapeseed oil, etc, etc... Since goat milk is my second most abundant ingredient, it does need to be listed second, as far as I understand with labels. Which is why I was concerned since the goat milk splits up the different saponified oils. I didn't want to have to write saponified for each and every oil because of label sizing, but I might have to work with it and font size. I don't want the ingredients to be too damn small to read, but they've gotta be on there and they've gotta be accurate somehow.

Murphy, thank you! I really like a lot of those names, in fact, Essentials was on on my mind as well. I love suds and scents, but I'm trying to keep it open since not all of my products are scented and not all of my products have suds, lol. Maybe even Happy Valley Handcrafted Essentials? I have a lot of mulling to do. And to think, everything has gotta be done tomorrow around lunch time. Time for dinner. Maybe my brain will function afterwards, lol.
Can't think of good soap names when your brain is out of gas!
I like Bettacreek Soap Essential or Bettacreek Bathbomb Essentials or whatever.
 

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I'm all done moping around now, lol. Since the show is tomorrow, I decided to get off my arse with the warm oil hair treatment, decided on an exact recipe, made the labels, prepped the bottles and labelled most of them (yeah, it's harder than it looks to keep everything perfect when doing everything by hand!) The soaps are still in the process of being labelled, but they're really not hard, so I haven't been concentrating on them as much. The labels are all done, just not slapped onto the soaps, lol. For the items that are going into little baggies (the bath bombs and bath powders) instead of buying cardstock, I'm hoping that I can use brown paper bags. It won't quite match the white for the rest of the products, but it'll slide hopefully. I'd love to use brown paper bag for everything to be honest. I'll have to see what it turns out to look like when I try printing on it.
I really want to get off my arse and get some borax and washing soda and start making laundry detergent for personal use and sales as well. I just can't find the stupid washing soda within half an hour of here, so I haven't been very motivated with this.
Hmm... what else? I'm getting antsy about x-mas. I feel alright about it right now, since I have plans for most people, and am trading with my friend to help fill the "orders". Some people are really getting to me though... I have NO idea what to do for my sister's boyfriend or my dad.
Deer season still isn't looking up. Haven't heard back from my dad yet either to get concrete plans, and I'm supposed to be hunting down there. If I get desperate enough, I'm going to end up borrowing Jason's rifle for a day or two and shooting the damn deer out the back window! Speaking of Jas, he was talking about buying a rifle for me. Sounds awesome, but I would feel like an ass if he did. He pays for everything all the time, and buying me a rifle would really get to me. I told him not to, so hopefully he won't. I'll figure something out to get at least one nummy deer into canning jars.
 
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