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These popular soaps are available in our catalog once again! You can find more 4 oz bars of Almond Oatmeal and Lavender Fields massage bar at Dwell Local this week. Can't wait that long? I bet Carlene has some at Scrub Your Butt Soap Co.!

     Last minute shoppers are going to love our Limited Edition ‘Coffee Oatmeal Stout Soap’, available Thursday December 18th at Dwell Local and Autonomy Tattoo and body piercing. We added Minnesota brewed, Brau Brothers Moo Joos – oatmeal milk stout, to olive oil, coconut oil and organic palm oil to create an intoxicating lather.  We put a little coffee in the bottom layer and oatmeal in the top to gently exfoliate your skin. We scented our Limited edition stout soap with tobacco and bay leaf fragrance oil; we hope you love this special, rich, woody scent as much as...

     Today is our last day at The Weathered & Rusty Market. Despite the 'lip balmy' temperatures, rain and wind we have had a lot of fun and met some great folks the past couple of days. We saw old friends and made new ones. We met returning customers who were given great soap as gifts and came back for more.      It was fun making gift boxes with my daughters, Tia and Zoe. We honored our rescue dog “Lulah” on a couple boxes we donated to the silent auction for Small Dog Rescue of Minnesota. It felt...

     I watched a women walking with a young girl. She was talking on her phone and hung up as they crossed the street. A second glance at the two found the woman on her phone again. It made me feel sad for both of them. Who knows? Perhaps the calls were very important; maybe she was dealing with a crisis. Maybe the time spent talking on the phone would have been better spent talking with the young girl she was walking with. It made me think about when my girls were 7 or eight... that time is gone,...

     While enjoying a lovely birthday manicure with Tia and Zoe, Aspen from Autonomy Tattoo called me to come in early for my appointment. I got there as soon as I could (without ruining my freshly polished ‘as green on the runway’ fingernails) for my tattoo from the gifted artist Brian Grover. He added some white sandalwood flowers (they are actually a grey blue, a lovely longer lasting, and I believe less painful, color) and juniper berries to my lower right arm. Brian beautifully framed the first tattoo he did for me 5 years ago, the tribute to my...