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Woodman Designs is a small family business owned and operated by Diane and Crawford Woodman.
Diane started making homemade soap in 1999 under the name
Brooke Valley Soap.
To help with the soapmaking, we developed a spreadsheet calculator to create recipes and calculate lye and water amounts. After some unsatisfactory batches of soap, we felt we needed something more, so we did some extensive research into the properties of various oils used to make soap, and the effects that each oil type would have on the resulting soap qualities. By developing a unique graphical representation of soap qualities, we were able to "test" a recipe before making the soap, and to compare different recipes.
Diane shared the spreadsheet with several soapmaking friends on internet forums, who quickly came to depend on it. Their enthusiastic response convinced us we would like to share it with a larger audience. However, the spreadsheet form had a number of limitations, so we decided to undertake the development of a stand-alone program version, with the enthusiastic help of a young programmer, Jason Bowles.
As the program design began to take shape, we strove to remove all the limitations of the spreadsheet, and to add the most-asked-for feature - inventory management. Since Jason had a background in inventory control systems, this was a natural extension for him.
Before long, SoapMaker had become THE software for serious soap crafters, whether making soap as a business, or as a hobby. There are Soapmaker users all over the world, from Norway to New Zealand, from Alaska to Brazil.
As people began requesting additional features, it became evident that a new version was needed. Jason had moved on to other adventures, so Crawford undertook the development of the next generation SoapMaker. It soon became apparent that, in order to add all the capabilties we wanted, the program would need to be re-written.
After more than a year in development, SoapMaker 3 was released. It preserves all the features that people loved in version 2, while adding major improvements and new features.
We hope you will enjoy SoapMaker and find it indispensable for your business or hobby.
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