Old Sage Apothecarians Conference 2020
**Due to unforseen circumstances, this year's conference has been cancelled**
Saturday, July 17th 2021
Time: 9 am - 5 pm
VFW Canastota Post 600
3835 Canal Road
Canastota, NY 13032
Register for Conference: Not open at this time
Friday, July 16th
Friday evening dinner for those who are traveling in
and spending the night in town.
Eddie's
901 Main Street
Sylvan Beach, NY 13157
Restaurant website: eddies1934.com/
After dinner walk to the historic amusement park or take a stroll on the beautiful beach.
www.sylvanbeachamusementpark.com/
www.facebook.com/SylvanBeachNy/
**Due to unforseen circumstances, this year's conference has been cancelled**
Saturday, July 17th 2021
Time: 9 am - 5 pm
VFW Canastota Post 600
3835 Canal Road
Canastota, NY 13032
Register for Conference: Not open at this time
Friday, July 16th
Friday evening dinner for those who are traveling in
and spending the night in town.
Eddie's
901 Main Street
Sylvan Beach, NY 13157
Restaurant website: eddies1934.com/
After dinner walk to the historic amusement park or take a stroll on the beautiful beach.
www.sylvanbeachamusementpark.com/
www.facebook.com/SylvanBeachNy/

Cindy Rumpf Novack / Key Note Speaker
Cindy Rumpf Novack is a serial entrepreneur, herbalist and aromatherapist from Quakertown, PA. She owns Candles and Supplies.com and teaches her passion of candle making, soap making, business, distillation and aromatherapy. She enjoys and takes great pride in helping others learn, create and be successful from what students learn in her classes. Candlesandsupplies.net
Cindy Rumpf Novack is a serial entrepreneur, herbalist and aromatherapist from Quakertown, PA. She owns Candles and Supplies.com and teaches her passion of candle making, soap making, business, distillation and aromatherapy. She enjoys and takes great pride in helping others learn, create and be successful from what students learn in her classes. Candlesandsupplies.net

Janet Gutierrez
I started making soap over 25 yrs ago due to skin allergies. My years of self- research, years of hands on classroom work with herbalists, and on line course work. I have an Aroma therapy level 1 certification This beget my current soap/body care business. I am currently enrolled in the Bitter Herb Herbal Certification Program. The name you say?? I am Bohemian, my grandparents were legal immigrants from Czech and Poland. I have been to Prague / Czech Republic 2x . I lived Overseas, as my hubby was career Air Force. I live on the Kansas Prairie, currently 10 acres, I did have over 50. I am an Alchemist. I have a Bachelor of Social Work/Native American Degree and a Masters Degree in Social Gerontology. ( the study of Aging). I tie all of these areas together with teaching classes in my Soap Shop/Still Room. I teach Tea Making 101, Basic Aromatherapy and some Make & Take classes. I use only nature to provide the ingredients for my soaps. Essential oils, herbs for coloring, and additive, and clays.. I have a few soaps with fragrance oils as some customers requested these.. I use Sheep’s Milk Yogurt. I studied at a sheep farm. Sheep’s Milk is thicker, higher in zinc, magnesium, calcium and the b vitamins along with higher in fat great for moisturizing, all compared to goats and cow’s milk. I plan to retire next year from Social Work. This will enable me to boost my classes and open the shop more.!!!
Bohemian Prairie Alchemist: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BohemianPrairieAlcmy
I started making soap over 25 yrs ago due to skin allergies. My years of self- research, years of hands on classroom work with herbalists, and on line course work. I have an Aroma therapy level 1 certification This beget my current soap/body care business. I am currently enrolled in the Bitter Herb Herbal Certification Program. The name you say?? I am Bohemian, my grandparents were legal immigrants from Czech and Poland. I have been to Prague / Czech Republic 2x . I lived Overseas, as my hubby was career Air Force. I live on the Kansas Prairie, currently 10 acres, I did have over 50. I am an Alchemist. I have a Bachelor of Social Work/Native American Degree and a Masters Degree in Social Gerontology. ( the study of Aging). I tie all of these areas together with teaching classes in my Soap Shop/Still Room. I teach Tea Making 101, Basic Aromatherapy and some Make & Take classes. I use only nature to provide the ingredients for my soaps. Essential oils, herbs for coloring, and additive, and clays.. I have a few soaps with fragrance oils as some customers requested these.. I use Sheep’s Milk Yogurt. I studied at a sheep farm. Sheep’s Milk is thicker, higher in zinc, magnesium, calcium and the b vitamins along with higher in fat great for moisturizing, all compared to goats and cow’s milk. I plan to retire next year from Social Work. This will enable me to boost my classes and open the shop more.!!!
Bohemian Prairie Alchemist: https://www.etsy.com/shop/BohemianPrairieAlcmy

Kristy Noble
Kristy Noble started making cold process soap in February 2016. A year later, she started selling as well as demonstrating the process of making soap on Facebook videos. A year after that, she started trying her hand at bath bombs as well as also conducting Facebook videos of the process in order to help others. In May of this year, Kristy launched Soapchat, a podcast where she discusses the different aspects of soap making.
Hand Crafted: https://b3handcrafted.com/
Soapers Chat: Soaperschat.com
Kristy Noble started making cold process soap in February 2016. A year later, she started selling as well as demonstrating the process of making soap on Facebook videos. A year after that, she started trying her hand at bath bombs as well as also conducting Facebook videos of the process in order to help others. In May of this year, Kristy launched Soapchat, a podcast where she discusses the different aspects of soap making.
Hand Crafted: https://b3handcrafted.com/
Soapers Chat: Soaperschat.com

Tina Sams and Maryanne Schwartz
Sisters Tina Sams and Maryanne Schwartz have worked together in running various herb businesses for nearly 30 years, including two herb shops, a retail and wholesale handmade soap company, co-writing books and articles, a farmers market booth, and traipsing around the country speaking and meeting herb folks.
For the last 18 years, Tina has been the Editor and Publisher of The Essential Herbal Magazine, and Maryanne has been the owner of Lancaster County Soapworks, Etc. Maryanne does layout for the magazine and Tina works on the soap business. Their families live in separate homes on the Schwartz family Christmas Tree Farm with lots of extra land to plant, and woodland to naturalize and explore. There is always something new going on, and they keep the neighbors guessing.
Essential Herbal Magazine: essentialherbal.com/
Lancaster County Soapworks: www.lancastersoaps.com/
Sisters Tina Sams and Maryanne Schwartz have worked together in running various herb businesses for nearly 30 years, including two herb shops, a retail and wholesale handmade soap company, co-writing books and articles, a farmers market booth, and traipsing around the country speaking and meeting herb folks.
For the last 18 years, Tina has been the Editor and Publisher of The Essential Herbal Magazine, and Maryanne has been the owner of Lancaster County Soapworks, Etc. Maryanne does layout for the magazine and Tina works on the soap business. Their families live in separate homes on the Schwartz family Christmas Tree Farm with lots of extra land to plant, and woodland to naturalize and explore. There is always something new going on, and they keep the neighbors guessing.
Essential Herbal Magazine: essentialherbal.com/
Lancaster County Soapworks: www.lancastersoaps.com/
Conference Schedule 2020 (Tentative)
8:00 am Breakfast & Social Hour:
Member arrival meet & greet,
Garage sale setup
Drop off product swap items (coordinator Janet) & submit soap for Soap Contest (coordinator Sarah).
9:00 am First Doorprize Round
9:30 am Demo #1 Lotion Making Presentation by Cindy Novack
11:30 am 2nd Doorprize Round
12:00 pm Lunch and Group Photo
Networking & Shopping
1:00 pm Demo #2 Incense Making Presentation by Essential Herbal
Announcement of Soap Contest Winner
2:00 pm Demo #3 Natural Clays and their Usage Presentation by Janet Gutierrez
3:00 pm Demo #4 Cold Process Soap 101 Presentation by Kristy Noble
4:00 pm Yankee Swap
4:30 pm Raffle Table Drawing & 50/50 Drawing
Swag & Product Swap bags given out
End - Clean Up
Farewell...until we meet again!