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The late summer and fall will be busy for us. We are excited to be on the road and having the opportunity to meet you. Our schedule includes old favorites like made in Ohio festivall and tremont. But this year we are honored to be invited to Ohio Mart held at the Stan Hewitt mansion in Akron. Lots of fun events…. Going to be a busy fall. Hope you can visit us!

Winter, new year and planning

Did you ever have a time when you have so much to do and it’s almost overwhelming? This part of winter after the holidays are over is always a time of planning, taking stock of the past year, paying taxes, planning the new year in terms of applying for jury dark shows and some much-needed downtime to just get little projects at home done. On this snowy Friday morning I hate to admit I’m on my 2nd…

Well Mate, It’s Tea Tree Oil!

Have you ever heard of Tea Tree Oil?  I first became aware of it appearing in shampoos several years ago. I did not know very much about it so I joined my husband in doing some amazing research to learn about this substance, how it is used, why it is used, and how to add it to our applications. Tea Tree Oil is extracted from a plant grown primarily in Austraila  (Tea Tree grows in other areas of…

Rosemary, a classic herb for cooking and of old formal herb gardens makes its appearance in our soap products. We grow several rosemary plants in our herb garden, for cooking and for use in our soaps because we love the woody fragrance and the appearance almost of pine needles.  Nothing better than a sprig or two with chicken, or in a pot of soup. But Rosemary has an ancient and interesting…

Today is a free day in Meet the Maker March challenge, so we wanted to share a bit more about the building we make our studio in. Located on Superior avenue between East 25 Street and East 26 Street is a stately 1910 brick warehouse and garment factory

Today is a free day in Meet the Maker March challenge, so we wanted to share a bit more about the building we make our studio in. Located on Superior avenue between East 25 Street and East 26 Street is a stately 1910 brick warehouse and former garment factory. In fact all of the buildings from East 20th to the I90 bridge were once a beehive of clothing production. Our building is 7 stories, and…

Our beliefs and values

Meet the maker march continues, and here is the subject of the day. what do we believe? What do we value? We want to be that breath of fresh air in a hurried frenetic world… Here are some of the top beliefs and values we carry: We believe in God, and our faith is essential to daily life.We believe in our family, and the importance of being there for each other. We believe in local – buying…

Lavender – More than just a pretty purple flower

When you mention the word Lavender immediately a color and a scent trace to memory.  There is a sweet beauty of a field of lavender wafting that soft clean scent throughout the air.  So how did lavender come to be associated with clean and especially bath products? And what makes lavender so attractive to so many? Wikipedia helps us understand the origins of the word, and the basic description of…