UPDATE 2024:

Way back in 2012, when we first started selling our products publicly, Mama had a vision that one day we would be able to offer our handcrafted natural goods, our farm products, and our books. She even made homemade business cards that said Goods - Books - Farm under the logo designed by her elder son when he was 14 years old. That vision has been slow in materializing, because the vision came before the time was right. Mama has many children's books that are still awaiting illustration, but we will soon be releasing the first series of three!! Before those could be completed, she felt called to write a book explaining God's Plan in simple language. It took five years, but that book has been completed and was published in 2021. It's available here on our website and also on Amazon. With its listing on our site, we've also included some other books we highly recommend. We now stock those titles and can ship them out with the rest of your order.

UPDATE 2021:

You can still shop StouderHouse in person at The Exchange, an upscale consignment boutique located just off the square in Georgetown, Texas. Their address is 222 W. 8th St., and they're open Monday - Thursday 11am-5pm and Friday - Saturday from 10am - 7pm. You can also shop online here on our website or at Amazon, eBay, or Walmart.

StouderHouse is still family-created, family-owned, and family-operated.  

2018

StouderHouse was officially founded in 2012, but the research and experimentation began about 10 years before that. Most of our extended family members were suffering from eczema - some for decades. When our little ones began to have problems, I decided something must be done. I began with the Laundry Soap and loved the results - it's ideal for the laundry of those with sensitive skin.  

Once that problem was conquered, I began learning how to make soap. I started with the old-fashioned method of leaching rainwater through hardwood ashes to make the lye, then boiling the soap for hours over a fire in the yard. Although I enjoyed and had success in making soap this way, I needed a more reliable and stable recipe. I began learning about the different oils and their unique qualities, about superfatting as a means of making moisturizing soap, and about the differences between essential and fragrance oils and how they behave in soap.  

Then the experiments began. Yes, I ruined a few kitchen utensils and bowls, got some soap in the biscuits one day (a hazard of making soap in your family kitchen), and had more than one batch that went in the trash. Eventually, I perfected a few recipes and my technique. Our immediate family was using the soap with fantastic results. At Christmas, I packaged up boxes of soap and sent it out as presents to extended family. They wanted more!  

After a number of years of positive feedback on the soaps and experimenting with other products, I began to think I should listen to the advice I was receiving and try marketing my products. Now, after several years of selling at farmers markets and responding to the feedback of my wonderful customers in addition to my family and friends - oh! and the addition of my soap kitchen, so no more soapy biscuits or biscuit-y soap! - I am ready for a larger audience.  

I do hope you enjoy all of the products you purchase from StouderHouse. I am so honored to be able to help so many people suffering from the same types of problems our family was having.

From StouderHouse to your house...happy soaping!

Stormy - The Soap Lady