this has happened with me with a friend and she copied just about all my ideas and we are no longer friends because of it. She later stopped

making her items and disappeared

til now I got a convo from her a week ago saying that she is now reopening a new Etsy shop and I am curious as to what she will have listed

Michelle, I have developed a recipe I like as you probably have and I'm not sharing...I learned by trial and error, a lot of errors..

didn't start selling until I saturated the friends and family with freebies...I used them as testers

Yes I know what you mean. You do learn by trial and error and boy did I have a lot of bad batches along the way. I had not plans to start

selling anything as I just didn't think my stuff was good enough for anyone to buy. But my husband convinced me to do it

my sisters convinced me..one made soap years ago and sold at markets..figured she knew what was what...bought a lot before I started making

sorry to say I didn't get any of yours..everyone raves so you must be doing a lot of things right

don't worry Margaret.. your a pro. and your friend DIL is a newbie.. We'll see how long she last to become a pro like you