A busy soapmaking day!!!

Here are a couple more pictures from the market! I took the picture of the sweet peas a couple of weeks ago. The vendor across from me that day was selling them and they just looked so pretty....I love this photo and I am getting it enlarged! The other photo is our stall at the market...the table is not as neat as I would like, but it was late in the day and very hot! I just finished putting the 6th batch of the day in the mold! Black Raspberry Vanilla continues to be our #1 seller so I made a double batch of that one today! We tried a new Fig fragrance today...Fig and Cassis. It is similar to the Fig and Pomegranite we are currently using so we will see what our customers think at the market!! Our youngest soapmaker Melissa has been in Toronto visiting grandma for the past week....she is coming home tomorrow! Neither have been with me at the Market for the past 3 weeks due to trips to ND to visit there other grandparents and both are looking forward to getting back. You can probably find Melissa down at Rolf produce selling (and eating!) watermelons! She became quite a pro at selling watermelons and corn last summer....not bad for a city kid! That's it for tonight!!!

Wow, has it been that long!

I can't believe I haven't kept up with this...I really have to set a reminder and keep on on top of this! The market has kept me really busy this year...so far this season I have only been shut out of a spot one Saturday. We have been churning out anywhere from 60-80 lbs of soap each week and I am still having a hard time keeping everything in stock. We found some wonderful new fragrances that have become big hits!! Lemon Poppyseed...finally found an absolutely delicious lemon. True and tart! We decided to create some new "true" farmer market soaps for the summer. Freddie down at the market got a huge shipment of California Black Mission Figs. I already had a bottle of Fig fragrance oil sitting on the shelf waiting to be tested. So, we blended up the figs and thru them in a batch! "Figs on a Mission" turned out a lovely off white flecked with fig seeds. It has a very fresh scent! I have enough pureed figs in the freezer for 4 more batches! Next, we got a whole pile of English Cukes from Lori at Rolf's produce in the1st row down at the market. If you have never tried an english cuke, try some now while they are in season. I am originally from Canada and these are the main cucumbers in the grocery stores...you look for the skinny ones. If they are fat, they are over ripe. These have the best flavor around. Anyways, we blended up 4 good sized ones and thru it into a batch, skins and all! "Cool as a Cucumber" is fresh and green, great for this stinking hot weather! To complete the series, we bought a tray of mini avocados from Freddie....he has some really cool stuff! Peeled them and put them thru the blender. We added some peppermint and eucalytus essential oils and viola!!...."Avocado Mint" was born! We sold out on that one this weekend so another batch is planned for this week!!! Well, it is time to go set up tomorrows batches!!!