Heard on the Street: Soap maker to open shop after business overflows house - Post-Bulletin

Cleanliness and goats aren't two things that most people would connect, but Shanna Wegman brings them together through her natural soap business.

Since early 2009, Wegman has been using goat milk from her family's organic farm near Dover to make and sell soaps.

Her Simple Soaps for Simple Folks found a crowd of loyal customers when she brought her creations to Rochester for the weekly Farmer's Market. Customers multiplied when she also began appearing at the Thursdays on First summer street fair in downtown Rochester.

More customers, while good, create a need for more soap. Soon the business began to overflow like a tub with the faucet left on.

"My whole house is a soap shop, from top to bottom. There's something soap related in every room," Wegman says. "We needed to draw a line between business and home."

People kept asking when she would open a store and she'd say, "some day."

"Some day has finally arrived," the savvy soap maker says.