A Hint of Lavender!

The holidays are quickly approaching and I more than excited about the package I received today!

That's a whole pound of lavender and 2 new scents! These will be available in 2 weeks. These homemade bars make the perfect stocking stuffers or the small gift for distant relatives or coworkers! I'm also making my first special order this week and hoping for more!

Have a very happy Thanksgiving!


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A new scent on the way!

The Holiday MOPS Shop went so well! It wasn't as crowded as I'd hoped and we didn't get quite as many vendors participating as I'd hoped. But for an area that had a pretty good storm the weekend before I think we did awesome.

I was actually able to sell 15 bars of soap with a future order of 8 and a request for a special order! This has encouraged me to increase productivity and look into a new fragrance too!

I'm also going to be shipping some of the leftover bars to my MIL in PA to sell at a craft show in Mars! So many opportunities! I feel that God is truly blessing us!

I'll be announcing the new soap in a few weeks! Keep your eyes open!

Happy early holidays!

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The Holiday MOPS Shop

Well I've had many wonderful opportunities the last several weeks to showcase my soap! I'm also very excited about a big opportunity in a few weeks to participate in a vendor event at my church.

You see I'm part of a mom's group at our church called Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) and this year I'm the event coordinator. What that means is I put together all the fundraisers, mom's nights out and play dates for the group. So I was excited about the suggestion of doing a bazaar or holiday vendor event. Thus the Holiday MOPS Shop was born!

This is a wonderful event where local vendors and consultants (think Pampered Chef or Thirty-One) rent a space and the public comes in to do some early holiday shopping. So I'm excited to have this opportunity to display (and hopefully sell!) my soap!

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In a Store Near You...well maybe

So it's official! I dropped off a small bundle of my recent batches at a local store in the mall near us.

I'm hoping that they'll run out much faster than they think they will and will need more!

I've also opened my Etsy store back up and am starting some research into some new scents and coloring options! I'm so excited about this holiday season! I have a feeling this year will bring many good things for us!

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Kick-Start this Party!

It's been a while since I have updated you all about what's new. There have been a lot of things, big and small, happening over the last several months. One of the first things is I received an e-mail the other day from the store I put my soap asking for more bars for the holidays (yay!). The other is some research into new soaping equipment. Both of these have kick-started me back into making soap again.

I also have several events coming up in which I will be able to showcase my soap to a broader crowd than I have before. Don't get me wrong, I love Etsy! But have you tried searching for soap on there recently? 92,000+ items! I enjoy making soap and I hope that I'll be able to be a competitor in the world of Etsy soon, but as for now I'm going to try and appeal to my local crowd here on the beach.

Did I mention that I had the fortune of having some professional photos done? Of the soap, not me...haha. I was very excited and they turned out wonderful! Check out the full photo shoot here as well as Danielle's other works!

So thank you for your continued support. I hope to bring some new soaps your way soon!



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To wholesale or not to wholesale....

I'm so very excited to say that I finally got the courage up to ask a shop owner whether she'd be interested in selling my soap at her store. Rather my husband asked while I thought about asking...either way the question was asked. She said that she'd love to as long as the soap fit with the theme of her store! Now I don't know if it will, but I feel this is progress none the less!

With that in mind, we hurried home to make my fourth kind of soap that has being weighing on my mind, but not on the scale, for several months. I also made sure that all my sites were updated with the most recent pictures of my products. The idea that I could be wholesaling soon is astounding to me, but very exciting!

I now have 4 kinds of soap to sell, with 3 currently available via my etsy store. The fourth will be ready in a few weeks. I've also been putting myself out there as a childcare provide, pet care provider and tutor as a way of earning some extra income and I've already been messaged several times for each! I'm so thankful for a God that answers prayers! Now I have a way to help with our school loans and stay home with my baby! YAY!

Buried Treasure-for the pirates in your life 

The family for Benjamin's 1-year photos

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