2012

Definitely begining to resurface after the last four months.  I am getting bored and looking at new ideas for next year.  I am a person who needs to be challenged and the last four months did that but I was just unable to get all the products I wanted made for Christmas, namely lip balm so that will be out in the New Year. Definitely going to have to take someone on before next Christmas or else my family will kick me out.   The soaps sold well over the Christmas period and what was surpising to me and taught me a lesson was how many people bought soap for excema and other skin problems.  I was busy selling smellies and you forget how many people suffer with problems.  My background is in holistic therapies including flower essences, aromatherapy and I have used on my family and the animals homeopathy, so I am going back to my original to create a range for people with skin problems.  I will be looking at hand creams, foot creams to aid the skin and also for those of you who just love hand cream.   I enjoyed being at the Horsham market and met some lovely people so I intend to continue every other week there during the year.  I am also looking into the larger fairs this year to be able to get my soaps for problems to a wider audience. 

New Ideas

Well Christmas arrived in Horsham on Saturday.  It was a great days trading and hopefully next weekend will be.  There is only one Sat left then it is Christmas Eve.  The Christmas cookie soap, and the Chocolate orange soaps have gone down well this year, however the chocolate orange did not go last year so interesting.  There was a very nice lady behind me who had been doing felt, the second time I had seen this in a week, so something clicked in the brain and I will be doing felting soaps in the New Year, so much nicer than buying them from a well known chain and felting them.  Sorting out all of the stock and the bath bombs iced are going fast, party flip flops and the cup cake soaps so will be making these this week. Look out for us at Horsham and come and say hi.

Advent Calendar

Just been told some have 24 and some have 25 what a swizz. Glad when next week is over, going full pelt.  Seven baskets of bath bombs done anothere ten to do.  Twelve chocolate flake soaps made, fifteen shower soft soap only a few dozen flip flops for tomorrow.  Wanted to make chocolate lip balm but time is beating me.

The dogs want a walk and it is pouring with rain, so no go.  I'll try about 7pm and see.  Feel sorry for the late night shopping in the village, it has rained non stop since 2pm and does not look as if it is going to dry up, last year we were up to our knees in snow, so I suppose that is something.