Botanical Earth

I just finished up Botanical Earth’s donations for the 50th Anniversary Gala for the Friends of Animals Party - 400 of those little cards with a lip balm and one of our vegan bunny magnets.   

 For the FoA’s silent auction, I donated a Lavender Manila Hemp gift basket and a cheetah hand beaded Kenyan baskets filled with patchouli and jasmine soaps. 

The Friends of Animals party will be held April 20th in New York City.  You can find out more about the work by the Friends of Animals and also about the party at their website http://www.friendsofanimals.org  

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Yes, I know that Botanical Earth is an environmentally friendly business and is considered “green”, but sometimes, you just want something colorfully green that’s fun to wear too.  If so, and you like handcrafted, indie couture with a flair for green this week, then check Boutique Cafe’s site for their Show Some Green Contest.  I’m not big on posting on forums, but I have to admit I have been a lurker there for a while.  I think I might post either our Green Fruits & Clay soap or Rosemary Hemp soap just for fun when I am done with this.

You’ll find a lot of fun and creative ideas along with fashions for kids and moms - it’s mom, kids and indie designer focused.  I don’t have children, but I do have friends with little ones, and Boutique Cafe has given me some great sources for gifts throughout the year.  There’s a blog and an active forum to browse along with podcasts.  I love finding new designer things for my friend’s children instead of all those mass market baby/kid gifts at the malls - you’ll find lots of fun things at Boutique Cafe if I say so myself…..now back to the business of soap making.

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This afternoon I sent sample soaps off for April’s Home of the Sampler packet.  I love the Sampler!  While I haven’t contributed in almost a year I have been meaning to…time just goes by and I miss the deadline.  Marie who runs the Sampler has extra help now with Alison from WonderlandQ - and thanks to Alison for reminding me of the time. 

If you end up with an April Samplers, you may receive one of our soap samples (we sent in 25 Simple Rosemary, 25 Herbal Shampoo, 25 Patchouli Citrus Soy Milk and 25 Lavender Soy Milk) plus a coupon for 15% off a Botanical Earth order.

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The new Patchouli Citrus Soy Milk soap is now available.  We cut it the other day and it looks great!  With the earlier cold weather, the soy milk base is a nice creamy white and it really contrasts great with the red clay chunks.  The colored chunks are heavily scented with patchouli and citrus essential oils.

Originally, the soy milk line was solid color soaps, but I wanted to do something to make the stand out.  The chunking just gives it a more artistic look than just the solid bar - I hope everyone likes the change. 

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