Small signs ~

One of the wonderful things about living in this old house

are the plantings that surround it....

I can't imagine how long they've been here

because the house was built in 1925 ~

I love the old shrubbery that's out front too...

an old hydrangea bush, a few nandina shrubs ~

and these sweet daffodils that must be excited about spring

because they've already bloomed!!

So what have I been up to?

Since our Shop Fun Soap website is under re-construction

and we need to be selling the beautiful soap online....

I've created a blog store where everyone can buy

the gorgeous egg soap....

or shell soap

or lavender soap!!!

It's really a simple store ~

plus no matter what you order

the shipping cost is only 4.99 in the US!!!

If you'd like to take a look....

CLICK HERE :)

I hope you are doing so good and

that you have a wonderful Thursday precious friends ~

hugs and love,

Dawn

For the love of display.....

Soooooo.....today my son Brent and I headed to downtown Atlanta (finally)

to see our display space in our showroom.

They change it up for each show ~

I LOVED IT!!!

I won't show it to you just yet but guess what???? It is so wonderful!

And we are right next to Anna Griffin's display!!!!

I've loved Anna Griffin's designs from the beginning of time ~

Everything she makes is so classy and gorgeous.

Anyway, I measured every little bit of our display space

and worked on displaying the soap we already had there....

Then I had to map out how I wanted to display our new

"Feathered Nest" line of soap ~

The neat thing?? I went shopping for props!!!

And of course you KNOW I have to get a good buy

so I made sure Hobby Lobby had their glass half off and

ended up buying three of their GORGEOUS apothecary jars to place

on the very top of the display to show off each type of soap ~

egg, lavender and shell!

Here are a few pics of what I ended up with.....

Thelma (our little kitty in the background) gives her approval!

More props for display ~

A wide mouth bowl with pretty blue glass pebbles to display

the goldfish in a bag soap!

I want to fill this wooden, aged bucket with the lavender soap ~

A wooden tray and box flipped upside down for an elevated display ~

And I already had this wonderful artificial greenery

that I'm going to incorporate into the display ~

Thanks so much for listening to my soapy ramblings!!!

I so pray this line will be something that folks will LOVE!

Have a great Wednesday dear friends,

hugs and love,

Dawn

Another peek....

These photos are just a little bit better than those from my last post ~

Thank you so much for your sweet, encouraging words too!!

You just don't realize how much your opinions and

comments empower me!

I'd love to get your feedback too...

you all have wonderful taste and I would love to hear

any other ideas YOU may have for packaging these soaps!

I'm going with a spring theme for the display and

of course have to use burlap....

Do you have any tips or tricks about what items to use

as props or to help achieve a beautiful display?

I have some beautiful store bought nests that I'll use

to tuck some of the egg soaps in.

Plus I want to purchase several apothecary jars

to display soap in bulk too.

Store owners may want to purchase the eggs

and sell them by the piece!

The square soap is a lavender French-milled soap and smells

HEAVENLY!!

The shell soap is a French-milled soap as well and has it's own

beautiful clean scent.

I'm thinking baskets, nests, glass apothecary jars....etc.

Any other ideas sweet friends??

Today we head to the Atlanta Merchandise Mart to size up our space!!!

Wishing you a wonderful first Monday of the new year!!!

hugs and love,

Dawn

PS. I'd love for you to visit me when the show begins January 12th
and we are located in the Daniel Richards Showroom, Bldg. 2, 16th floor!

And don't worry if you can't make it...
Take a look at our website shopfunsoap.com
to see all that we have to offer
and just give us a call at 678.432.2323
and let us know what you'd like to order ~
Our new website is under construction
and will be revealed soon!!!