The Soap Room is Open

Another project I accomplished over the weekend was to get the soap room set up to have visitors back to the farm for shopping!

fine art prints

Mom does the Barbie clothes; My dad made the wooden toy fence.

Wall hangings my dad made.

Feather earrings my mom made.

Dad also does the trucks

hand knit rugs

feed bag totes and scarves

book art and candles

soap

note cards and stuff

feathers, candles, and stuff

wax melts, knit hats and stuff

Christmas ornaments

Recipe holders my mom and sister made.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas out there.

Almost Back in Business

I have spent a lot of time this summer cleaning and painting in the soap room.  I’ve been making new inventory and getting ready to be open on the weekends again.

I’m almost there.  My hope is to be open every Saturday after the first of August.  If the garden cooperates, I’ll even be able to add fresh produce.

A Third Knitting Project

After finishing the baby blanket, I wanted to try a dish cloth, but I didn’t have the right kind of yarn.  I’m not very patient, so I decided to try the pattern with the left overs from my scarf.

It kind of looked like a Barbie bikini to start with.

I kept with it, and it turned out pretty good.  I’m thinking this one would be better as a hot pad, but I can live with that.

Of course, I still have way too much help.

Snickers

Since I liked the pattern, I got some 100% cotton yarn and tried it again.

I really like it now!

It has an eyelet design at the edge.

I want to keep making these and be able to add them to the soap room for sale.

I always wanted to have a store with a lot of variety, something a person could visit over and over and always find something new.  I think this will be a good addition.  I’m working on getting enough made to put them out there.

I also plan to do a lot of work in the soap room over my winter break because I really need to get it back to a point I can be open on the weekends again.  It’s been a rough year to keep up out there, and the lack of farmer’s market did not help.

I miss that.  I need to find a new farmer’s market for next summer.

First, I need to worry about cleaning and doing a floor job, and I might need to make some more soaps over break too.