Warm Wishes

I'm so excited.  Fall is in the air and the weather is cool and crisp (well, almost...it's Texas!) We poured the first batch of our seasonal Warm Wishes Soap last week (think cinnamon and vanilla spice and everything nice). And you know what that means... 'Tis the Season is right around the corner!

♫ falalalala...lala...lala ♪♫

AWSB Enters Whole Foods Southern Pacific Region!

You may remember that we exhibited at Expo West in Anaheim, CA back in March to try and land some new accounts on the West Coast.  Well that's exactly what we did!  We'll be shipping opening orders to 17 new (to us) Whole Foods stores this week and we expect our products to hit the shelves by Oct. 1!  Here's a listing of all the new stores we'll be entering.  If you're in these areas, please check us out.

Arroyo Parkway in Pasadena, CA
Fairfax in Los Angeles, CA
Jamboree in Tustin, CA
Montana in Santa Monica, CA
Wilshire in Santa Monica, CA
Oxnard in Oxnard, CA
Pacific Coast Hwy in El Segundo, CA
Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, CA
Sherman Oaks East in Sherman Oaks, CA
Sherman Oaks West in Sherman Oaks, CA
Venice in Venice, CA
Fort Apache in Las Vegas, NV
Tenaya in Las Vegas, NV
Paradise Valley in Phoenix, AZ
Scottsdale in Scottsdale, AZ
Speedway in Tucson, AZ
Kahala Mall in Honolulu, HI

In Focus - Handcrafted Soap

This is a great little video about the handcrafted soapmaking industry. See me accepting the award for Best Packaging at the 2010 Handcrafted Soapmakers Guld Conference in Denver at marker 3:58.  Woohoo!

Little Green Things Add Up

We've been using biodegradable packing peanuts for as long as I can remember (which admittedly, isn't all that long sometimes!), but we also do lots of other little things that are green in nature.  Like re-using plastic milk cartons as peanut scoops and for holding liquid soaps.  Using cloth rags for soap clean up instead of forest depleting paper towels. And using other eco friendly ways to clean.

It's the little things that add up.  What little green things do you do?