Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to you all!

Thanks to all of my way cool customers who have helped Stella Marie off the ground. 2008 was a very exciting for us and we look forward to more soapy adventures in 2009!

Besides the aforementioned gift sets, we will be introducing a couple of new items:

Mighty, Mighty Bar Soap
A Tribute to the Mighty, Mighty Bosstones

Spearmint and lemongrass soap in a mighty, mighty large bar.
Available mid-January, 2009.

Hearts of Stone



Heart-shaped bath bombs in happy pink sugar.
Available mid-January, 2009.

Can't wait to get this party started!

Starting the New Year Off Right

I will be launching new gift sets on stellamarie.com and in my etsy shop this weekend! I have been wanting for some time to bundle my products into pre-made gift sets for folks who would rather not select their own items.

Check out what's in store! These are the tags that will go on the sets. Pricing is still being sorted.

Soapman

I've finally put my soap balls to good use - by making a soap snowman (snowperson?)! He/she is standing on 2 fresh loaves of rosemary mint. I gave the rest of them away during a soap sale yesterday.

Cupcake Break!

I love making cupcakes :)

Stella Marie on Locallectual's Blog

Jessica Meehan, one of the founders of Locallectual.com, devoted one of her 12 Days of "Made in the USA" entries to Stella Marie Soap Company! How cool! Check it out!

Locallectual

Stella Marie Soap Co. was selected to be part of the Locallectual catalog. Locallectual.com is a website that advocates supporting local businesses. We are excited to be one of the first Providence area businesses to be featured on this awesome site!

We know things are hectic this time of year, but could we ask you to take a moment and post a quick review and rate our shop? It just takes a couple of seconds to register. You simply scroll to the bottom of the Stella Marie page after you sign in and rate, write a review, or both.

And a HUGE thank you to those of you who have already posted reviews. I feel so lucky to have such amazing customers!

Shots from the Demo at Cambridge Naturals

I would like to thank everyone who attended the demo - it was lots of fun! Cambridge Naturals is a fantastic gem of a store with loads of wonderful homeopathic products.

[spooning shea butter into jars]

[whisking dry ingredients for bath bombs]

[passing around shea butter in between whipping]

[measuring]

[more whisking]

[raffling off the shea butter]

[lavender bath bomb]

[praying to the gods of all things handmade]

[melting solid oils]

[shot looking down from the security mirror]