We’ve been back at the drawing board and it feels good. The beeswax candles are stacking up and the soaps for December’s shipments are coming right along. Over 100 bars were made this week with another couple hundred in the works and we’ve got a special delivery of organic chamomile and rose petals that should…
It felt a bit wrong… The process was so very different. No drying rack needed. No wick prep needed (besides threading the needle and the mold) and no standing for hours dipping each pair in the vat of melted beeswax whilst half of the kitchen became off limits. We invested in a few (four to…
As I was dipping candles the other day, one of my precious sons proclaimed that it must be boring to dip candles for hours… I laughed, because it might be boring for some. Monotonous sometimes. But, I’m inspired. It comes and goes in waves. I pull out the dipping pot and the pouring pot, wait…
We’ve sold out of our first soapscription boxes!!! I can hardly believe the support and encouragement that we’ve been receiving from everyone on this new venture that we’ve started. All of the soaps are wrapped and the hand dipped beeswax candles that we had available are simply wrapped and waiting for the USPS regional rate…
I didn’t want to sell it. I wasn’t planning on letting it go. I had just about 3 pounds of the most beautiful, sweet smelling beeswax that you’ve ever laid eyes on sitting on my shelf when I got the phone call. ‘Hey Melissa, this is D. we’re friends with R and we want to…
A brand new Charolais heifer calf was born just a few hours ago. Andy called me because he needed some help opening some gates while he carried the calf to an adjacent pasture that all of the mamas and babies are on with Frank, the bull. I haven’t moved our minivan since my dentist appointment…
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