SimplyBea

Well… yes, it’s been a few days since the last market but sooo much has happened that I haven’t had time to post here.

It was a stunning day with the weather, sunny with occasional cloudy moments and I am so very happy with my gazebo because I didn’t realise how cool it was elsewhere until I saw people looking really rugged up and cool as they were walking around.

Soap Table

This is a pic of the soap table while I was setting up for the day.

It got a bit busy after that and I didn’t get a chance to take any other piccies.

Luckily my partner was with me for this market as well so it was actually quite manageable.

I will miss having him around from the next market as he goes back to work and I will have to manage all on my own again.

Anyway – this was just a quick update to let you know what I have been up to and I have to go in to town soon to pick up my car, I am so excited.

~~~ SimplyBea on Kangaroo Island ~~~

It’s nice to see all that rain coming down. We have had lots of rain with a couple of huge downpours since yesterday and there are little rivers of water running down the driveway.

The land is parched and we do need this rain so it is nice to see so much water coming through with good sunny breaks as well.

More beautiful winter days on Kangaroo Island……..

~~ Bea ~~

This is one of the Mother’s Day soaps which is curing and it smells really divine. Handmade with beautiful oils and cured for 5 weeks so they are nice for you.

The Lavender Essential Oils give the soap a lovely feminine fragrance and the lavender buds give the bar a nice scrubby texture. Beautiful creamy lather and luxurious feel.

Scrubby Lavender Castile

The light pink colour is from a mineral pigment added into the oils.

There are only 20 bars of this soap for sale and I might put some of them into the Mother’s Day Pamper Packs for the next market.

This weekend will be busy making Calendula Balm and some more lip balms for the May market at Penneshaw.

Hope to see you at the Market on Sunday 2nd May at the Penneshaw Oval.

Bea – on Kangaroo Island

It’s been a busy weekend and the market at Penneshaw on Sunday was a huge success.

I ran out of my extra mild castile soap but the good news is that I have made some more today and they will be ready for the next market on 2nd May at Penneshaw.

EXTRA MILD CASTILE

There will be some changes with the market from next month, apparently the food stalls have decided to relocate to another part of Penneshaw but the Art & Craft stalls will stay at the oval right through winter.

I should be okay with my gazebo set up and hopefully it won’t be too wet the day before so the oval won’t get too muddy for the market days. Not sure how it will go but I am determined to make it to the market every month unless somehting major happens.

There is also a good possibility that I will be sending soaps and balms for sale at the Penneshaw Visitor Information centre before the next market provided I can get enough stock together in the next couple of weeks. Exciting times and lots of projects to get stuck in to.

I am also working on the Mother’s Day packs – the bars of soap for Moms are looking very pretty and curing well, hopefully my other items to go in the Pamper Packs for Mother’s Day will come along nicely as well…….. stay tuned!

~~~ SimplyBea on Kangaroo Island ~~~

Well – what a busy day it has been for sure……. I tried out some new colour pigments and have made some soap which will be ready for Mother’s Day.

I normally prefer to use natural organic materials for ‘colour’ but have been asked by quite a few people for more colourful soap so I ordered some natural colour pigments and had a go with them today. I still prefer naturally coloured or uncoloured soap but since there has been quite a few requests mainly for gift giving, I have done a couple of batches today.

These are 2 batches sided by side

• Southern Ocean (the blue one) is coloured with Ultra marine Oxide – not sure how blue it will remain after curing but it started out as BRIGHT BLUE and i have scented it with essential oil of peppermint and then sprinkled sea salt grains over the ‘waves’ because it is inspired by the Southern Ocean………
• “Flowers for Mom” has lots of lavender buds and rose petals sprinkled right through and it is scented with lavender essential oil. I used a pretty purple/pink oxide to colour it and swirled it with the natural coloured soap.  It smells and looks really awesome, can’t wait to unmould it and see what it really looks like.

"Flowers for Mom" and "Southern Ocean"

Close up of "Flowers for Mom"

Southern Ocean close up

Can you see the grains of salt on the peaks of the waves?????

All told it was a massive soaping day (for me) and i made 4 batches of soap so it was a good day. *phew*

These soaps will be cut in the next couple of days and they will be ready in 4 weeks time.

~~~ Busy Bea ~~~  on Kangaroo Island