What have I been up to lately? Well......
We moved into our new home the very end of April but we had an extra month to move out from our old house so we took our time. Which really just means that we ignored the old house until just last week. Eeek! We spent many late nights there cleaning and moving the last bits of our stuff but we're officially done. The keys were handed in today after our walk through with the property management people and now we can focus on making our new house our home!
I've been preparing my soap studio with a small retail area and I'm SO excited for this to be ready to share with you all! Because it's been such a slow process of moving in, the studio seems to be the place where random boxes end up. I got a chance to organize it enough to start soaping in there and made a few batches already but I'll be thrilled when it's only a soap studio and not a dumping space for random clutter! I picked up a really sweet vintage cupboard in French Creek that I've been refinishing. It's going to be my retail cupboard. I made up some diy chalk paint in a dark bluey colour and distressed it. I just need to finish the inside and it'll be ready to share with you! Here's the before... as you can see it was wall papered. Needless to say, the wall paper's gone!
The Lantzvile Farmers' Market started up beginning of May and it's been so fun. So far my sales have nearly doubled from last year which is pretty fantastic! I love reconnecting with vendors from last year and meeting new vendors too.
And lastly... I've been preparing for my first soaping class that I'll be teaching in the studio! I tentatively had it scheduled for the 8th but am now aiming for the 29th. I have a few details to work out with insurance, etc and to have the studio ready for everyone. This will be a very basic cold process making class that I'll offer only a few times each year. Stay tuned!
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