Makers’ Market Christmas Evening Sale
24 Nov 2011 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: beer soap, chemical sensitivity, Christmas sale, gift, gifts, goat milk soap, handmade, mcs, no perfume, NonScents Soaps, shampoo, shampoo bar, soap, stocking stuffer, unscented, unscented soap, vegan, wine soap
I’m looking forward to the Christmas Evening Sale at Makers’ Market this evening, Thursday, November 24, 2011. The Guild Hall in Port Colborne is decorated for Christmas and we’re happily anticipating seeing lots of people there. Everyone at Makers’ market has been busy making lots of handcrafted items. As well as my soaps and bath teas and salts, I have some hats and shawls that I have made. Once you’re all clean from your bath, you can cozy up with some warm wraps! Hope to see you tonight!
If you cannot make it out tonight, Makers’ Market happens every Friday morning until Christmas at the Guild Hall, right beside Port Colborne’s City Hall on Charlotte Street. Besides NonScents Soaps, there’s jewellery, quilts, pottery, baking, fancy teas and more!
Soaps, bath teas and bath salts make great stocking stuffers. I’ve also made up some gift boxes, already wrapped!
Drunken Goat Strawberry Soap
16 Jun 2011 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: beer soap, Better Bitters Brewery, chemical sensitivity, Frog Pond Farm organic winery, goat milk soap, handmade, Hewitt's Dairy, mcs, natural soap, no perfume, NonScents Soaps, soap, unscented, unscented soap, wine soap
I’m bringing a brand new soap to my markets this week – Drunken Goat Strawberry Soap. It has both goat milk and organic wine (from Frog Pond Farm winery), hence the drunken goat part, and I added mashed strawberries to fit the season. It’s creamy and sudsy, has lots of olive oil and feels good on my skin. Of course it is unscented (no perfumes, no essential oils, no masking scents). I really like it and I hope you do too!
Whenever I make wine soaps I use organic wines from Frog Pond Farm organic winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake, and for my beer soaps I use NickelBrook Organic Lager from Better Bitters Brewery in Burlington (try saying that one three times fast!!). My goat milk is from Hewitt’s Dairy in Hagersville. I like to use local ingredients when I can, and help support local businesses.
A Rough Week
25 Mar 2011 Leave a Comment
This has been a rough week for me! I very seldom get colds or flu, but I caught a dandy cold this week. I’m so sorry if anyone went to Makers’ Market in Port Colborne today expecting to see me there, because I didn’t feel well enough to go. Likewise, for anyone going to the Welland Farmers’ Market tomorrow, I will not be starting yet. I’m sure I will have recovered by next week, so please come out to see me then!
I promise I haven’t touched any product this week with all my germs! I’ve been far too unwell to work on anything. I’m down to the nuisance cough, tired, and my voice is still weird. Next week I’ll be bouncing around, full of energy!
I hope if you did go out to my markets you had a good shopping day anyway. There are so many vendors at both locations selling great stuff!
Hoping to see you next week,
Wendy
25 for 2011
21 Mar 2011 Leave a Comment
That’s 25 soaps. This year I have lots of new soaps with goat milk, beer or wine. One batch of beer soap uses St. Peter’s Organic Ale from England. All the rest of my beer soaps and shampoos contain Nickel Brook Organic beer from Burlington, Ontario. That might change in the future according to availability (I don’t want to drive to Burlington for it). All the wine soaps but one have certified organic wine from Frog Pond Farm in Niagara-on-the-Lake. The one exception is one batch of Niagara Wine Soap with Konzelman’s Merlot wine. It gives a lovely delicate scent to the bar (perfume-free of course!).
Makers’ Market begins this Friday morning, March 25, in the Guild Hall on Charlotte Street in Port Colborne, across the street from the Port Colborne Farmers’ Market. I ‘ll be there with NonScents Soaps, with a whole new look to my display.
This year I will start selling NonScents Soaps at the Welland Farmers’ Market, under the big pavilion north of the new building. This market runs every Saturday morning from 6 a.m. until noon. I’ve been waiting for good weather (that means warmer weather) to begin. Maybe this Saturday, March 26 will be the start, though the weather reports seem to be predicting rather chilly days yet. If I don’t make it out on that day, I’ll be there the following week, on April 2. From then on I plan to be there every Saturday. I’m certainly looking forward to meeting lots of new friends in Welland, and hope to see my old friends there too!
The Curly Willow on Main Street in Port Colborne has reopened after a winter hiatus and will carry a small selection of my soaps as well.
Lots of changes
02 Mar 2011 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: chemical sensitivity, mcs, NonScents Soaps, soap, unscented
Wow! So many things are changing right now – my business name, packaging, sales venue, even my soap recipes.
I’ve been very busy changing just about everything except the one central important fact about my soaps. They will still be all unscented.
I am a vendor at the Welland Farmers’ market this year, but I’m waiting for the weather to warm a little bit first . I’ll make an announcement here before my first appearance at the market. It runs every Saturday morning from 6 a.m. until noon, year round.
Watch for news!
