As we move ever so gracefully and slowly toward spring, our thoughts are centered around fresh blooms and warmer days. Our product ideas are in turn reflected in those thoughts. That's one of the reasons I love this time of year. Even though we're into the thick of winter, new ideas are circling like a smoke screen around our heads. Prototypes sit waiting for the final touch and shop styling is gradually touched up with a facelift. The changes are not drastic, but subtle and soft.
Our Spring 23 collection has been finalized. It's an honor to curate these unique assemblies, and we look forward to sharing them with you!
Saturday was somewhat of a whirlwind! I couldn't believe the number of folks that came to the soap sale. We sold out in fifteen minutes! That speaks volumes for just how significant of a sale it is. At least I believe so. Next year I'll plan on offering more soap, and we will have a limit on the number of bags each person can get. Since it's such an amazing sale, I want everyone to be able to take advantage of it. I won't see many of you for months because you are stocked up on your favorite soap! Thank you for making our soap sale such a success.
I posted and shared these thoughts on Sunday.
It's Sunday so it feels appropriate to share an appreciative thought that I had this morning. Someone asked yesterday how far away some of my customers visited from. This morning I re-visited that question and realized that I've had customers from Japan, Australia, France, Italy, and all over the world. Then I thought about the lovely couple that came in yesterday that travels through a few times a year, and they're from Texas. They told me that Bittersweet is always their
first stop. They are the nicest couple and they always grab twenty or so bars of soap to get them by until their next visit.
My neighbors down the street do the same, and the stories go on and on, and on in a most lovely way that for the life of me, I would never imagine any of this possible! I'm feeling thankful and even had a few tears run down my cheek this morning as I pondered this.
Those thoughts have carried me through and helped me realize the blessing that Bittersweet truly is. Thank you.
Jumping ahead.
While designs continue to float in my head I'm encouraged to believe that it would be nice to offer some of our products in mini-sizes. So I've started putting together a series of smalls. I've always been drawn to smaller packages of things. I feel like you can get pretty creative with packaging, and sometimes it's nice to have a limited supply of the product. Whether you're trying it for the first time, or simply prefer a smaller size. these new skin essentials are for you!
Okay, I'm in love with the textured joggers! The quality is amazing, pockets, perfect fit, dress them up, or down. I feel like joggers have become a staple in our collections.
The Turkish towels perk me up too. Again, the quality is the best and the texture and colors are phenomenal!
This week I'm going to be finishing my shop drawer organizing. I'm going through cabinets and drawers so that they function better. My desk drawer was so full that it became a catch-all or junk drawer, and really wasn't functioning to its potential. It feels great to de-clutter and organize these areas. Although it's overwhelming when I first start, it always ends up going pretty quickly and the end result is gratifying. Wish me luck.
I planted a row of lavender in front of our home a few years ago. It's amazing how even in the midst of winter lavender continues to release its aromatic scent. When I walk towards the door I'm greeted by the sweet fragrance. I'll share the variety and source later. It's a fairly new species that grow in the states. It's called American Lavender. It's hardy in grows tremendously fast.
While I'm on the subject of plants.
I shared my sourcing for Sweet Grass.
This is a great nursery to order plants. Sweet Grass is easy to grow and thrives in almost any climate.
The last offering of winter soaps is Green Forest. We also offered a candle in this scent, but we don't stock candles once the weather begins to warm. If you have a preference for woodsy pine scents you'll want to grab a few bars!
Jill
