Fair 2011

9/30/11

It’s been an unusually busy year.
Summer was busy with the fair and the months previous, busy getting ready.

We changed, redesigned, and upgraded
everything in the soap business this year: the look of the tent for the fair,
packaging, business cards and brochures, recipes, bars and website. Hopefully
it will all make a difference.

The Lord has been good and even the
feel of the soap is better this year than before, even our goatsmilk soap that I’ve been doing for years and years.

Colors are coming together,
which have been a real challenge! There are sooo many choices for what to use,
and once you decide what kind of medium you want…it takes a lot of
experimenting to get it all just right. (Oh…and just right is
soooo important!)

I’ve learned that most natural
colors fade over time, so finding just the right choices for our “all
natural” vegetable oil soaps has been a challenge.

Our “colors by design”
vegetable oil soaps have been a lot of fun as it gives me the liberty to play
with colors and fragrances.

The website has taken forever,
though much of that was my own delay. The designer was a joy to work with and I
hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Bible Study Fellowship has started
again and we are studying Acts. So there should be some good insights here from
there. (Hope you enjoy those too.

Jeremy, our eldest son (was
violinist at the fair) has just been deployed for the 3rd time with the army
reserves. He enjoys it and likes being in command of what he does.

Aaron, our 2nd son, is working
construction and building a relationship with his wonderful girlfriend.

Not sure when I’ll be able to return
to the soap room, as there are still things left to do from the fair. But I do
feel that pull to “create” every time I pass the soap room door.

Thanks for stopping by

Laurie