Our Spring has been filled with sunshine, ukeleles, lilacs and lots of green! This has been the best Spring in history! Like my dad would say, "we're having a good old fashioned spring." We haven't had one in so many years that I've forgotten how long it's really been. Thank you Spring for arriving on cue and staying in perfect form.
We just had our May Day celebration at the apothecary shop. Each May Day varies in many ways, but one thing that remains true is the folks that come out to join Bittersweet in celebrating May Day. Thank you to this trio for braving the spring winds. Your blend of music can't help but put a smile and a skip in our jumps. A special thanks to everyone that helped in our celebration too!
I took advantage of the lilac season by shooting some product shots outdoors this past week. There's really no comparison to outdoor shoots over indoor ones. At least in my opinion. Our shop porch offers the best of both worlds. The porch is kind of famous! It's been captured time again in photo shoots of all shapes and sizes. Photographers recognize a good thing.
Grandma Lucy's Dish Soap...
I love it!
We're up to nine varieties of lip balm! I do see a ten in the lip balm future. Soon, I hope. Blueberry is a new Spring flavor.
A new travel tin filled with small slices of soap. Something I thought would fit in for summer.
Our bathroom remodel experienced major progress today, courtesy of Lennis. If it were left to the soap maker, we're looking at many moons before you'd see any progress. Thank you, Mr. Lennis for your dedication and motivation. I can't wait to start shopping for floor tile and a new toilet. Never in my wildest soap maker dreams would I have thought such excitement would exude from the thought of toilet shopping!
I went on a planting safari. The local greenhouse is such a tempting place for a girl who loves plants! Then we had a cold spell last night. I had to dig out sheets and blankets to cover them all. We brought in our Boston ferns only to realize we also brought in a birds nest to boot. The nest has one little egg. I'll keep it there and water around the nest. Spring...
We're making strawberry shortcake with mounds of fresh whipped cream!
A busy week ahead at the shop and anticipation for the arrival of new items to stock the apothecary shelves. Always exciting to get new things in.
A new soap this week. Lavender Patchouli will arrive towards the week's end. I'm not sure why but I've never made this soap blend before? They happily blend nicely and throw off a delightful herbal perfume.
Mounds of Internet boxes are ready to be shipped and the Merry Month of May Soap Chronology has been decided. We're developing some functional routines that are lessening this soap maker's chores.
Happy May!
Keep the faith.
Jill
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