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New For 2008 Victoria's Natural Soap
A quick hello to all my blog readers, and I hope 2008 will be a very good year for you all! New and very different changes are coming to Victoria's Natural Soap!
www.victoriasnaturalsoap.com.
Some of our soap formulations are changing, and some are being retired. We've decided bigger is better, so one of these changes is the new size of our bath bars. These will be 5.50 generous ounces or bigger! The soap bars can be easily cut in halves or quarters if desired. New and exotic formulas are being tested. And in our studio, blending fragrance is taking front and center stage. The fragrance and essential oil bottles are lined up, right along with antique glass beakers, apothecary jars and funnels. Some very exciting new fragrances are being added to our soaps line, and you will find that there are some are very unique formulations, indeed.
More additions will be added to the soap gallery so customers can easily see what our creations look like "dressed". New items to our personal care line will also be added very soon, so check back often and bookmark our webpages. the newsletter is due to be sent out with all arriving products, so please, sign up if you would like to try out free samples, special sales and notifications.
That's all for now! More posts to come.
Thinking About Buying Organic Soap?
This writer thinks the concept of using organic soap is a reasonable one.Everyone wants to save the earth and make it a better place for us humans to inhabit,including using "green and clean" products that matches that concept and makes us feel like we're all doing our part to help. But if you are thinking about plunking down some considerable change for a bar of organic soap, here are some points to consider.
Soap and water go together like Jack and Jill, a horse and a carriage, salt and pepper and all the various and sundry wordage one can think of. Obviously, without water, that bar of wondrous pure soap would just sit there in your bathroom staring at you,unsullied,and with no conceivable purpose whatsoever.That being said,once water mixes with that bar of expensive organic soap, the entire scenario changes.If you have city water, your water is likely to contain any number of things common to city dwellers such as Chlorine, water softener salts,rust removers,minerals,Flouride and possibly very low levels of arsenic and chemicals,naming a few common ones. These things are all commonplace in water systems across the USA,in what are deemed safe and consumable levels.
So if that bar of soap you're using is pristine and organic,how pristine and organic will it be after your city water has mixed with it?
Enchanted Artisan Victoria's Natural Soap Blog
New Additions at Victoria's Natural Soap this week include The Southwest Sampler, with the Land of Enchantment ambiance people have grown to love. Go to the main website and click on Our Products
to order.
Moose Muffins(tm)have returned as promised, clip-clopping in for the holidays. Moose Muffins(tm)are our original creation. These gained popularity during our holiday shows in Northern New Mexico and Colorado with the ladies.They also elicit quite a few giggles from those ladies, who snap them up and give them to their "moose" in residence (wink). You may see some with different names that have been copied by other soapmakers in the business, but ours are the true originals first created by Victoria's Natural Soap waaay back in 1995-97.
Gift Certificates are available at Victoria's now for your convenience.We've also added a Order by Mail Quicklist for those of you who would prefer to mail in your order.
Here We Go...It's Holiday Time At Victoria's Natural Soap
Here We Go...It's Holiday Time! Just as the summer slipped around the corner while we weren't looking, the fall leaves announced it's arrival with the annual Turning of the Leaves.This year I've vowed to stay on top of the rush by offering customers some early gift choices like our SimplyCountry Sale. This is the one most won't want to miss at Victoria's Natural Soap. Snap up two bars for the price of one, or what is known as a BOGO sale (Buy One, Get One Free.) Watch for our Southwest Sampler to be arriving soon. This is an old time favorite from way back, when Victoria's first came on the scene in 1995-1997. Customer's loved it, because it has the uniqueness and appeal of old Santa Fe during the holiday season. Makes a terrific gift, I guarantee it. Watch for this item to be added this week. Victoria's Original Moose Muffins(tm) will be clip-clopping in, as well.
What's That Strange Photo ??? I thought this was so great I had to get my camera and take a picture. That's a Ruby Chard growing out of a bag of potting soil, which I had left near the greenhouse on an old lawn chair. It just goes to show, a little seed with a mind of it's own will volunteer and grow anywhere it finds a suitable perch. Since it's still 81 degrees here in Southeastern New Mexico, it's still happily growing on that old lawn chair.
Stay tuned for some easy pleasy quick recipes. I love to cook and whip up quick low-cal, delicious dishes.
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EnchantedArtisan: Santa Fe Ambiance - Whole Foods Market
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Fall In New Mexico
Fall is on it's way to the Land of Enchantment. Everywhere you go, the smell of fresh green chili roasting is in the air, with the promise of fresh enchiladas, stuffed chili rellanos and salsa's. This is one of my favorite times of year, warm enough for shorts, but with a sweatshirt over a tee, dressing in layers for the cool northern New Mexico air. The leaves in the high mountains of Taos and up on the Colorado border near Durango will also be wearing their fall attire soon, in fiesta shades of gold, red and crimson. Look for the Colorfest show to start around the second or third week of September. The natural beauty of it just explodes into a canvas of awesome wonder and eye candy for traveller's and photographer's. And don't forget to take some pictures of those beautiful chili ristra's already starting to show up at roadside stands.
If travelling north of Santa Fe, be sure to stop at Dixon, New Mexico for some of the best food and ambiance around. The Dixon family is also world famous for the crisp, distinctive, locally orchard grown Dixon Champagne apples. Pick up a bushel, but you'll have to hustle to get them, they sell really fast, and when they're gone, they're gone!
Another tradition is the picking of the pinion's. This past spring, we were blessed with much needed rainfall, and so the Pinon trees are flourishing again after past years of drought and dreaded bark beetles. Hopefully, there will be a windfall of pinon nuts this year to roast. An easy way to roast pinon nuts is to simply spray a baking sheet lightly with non-stick spray, turn the oven to about 400 degrees, and in they go. Stir them on the baking sheet after they've turned a lighter brown color. Some people like to lightly mist them with salt water before roasting. And of course, what's Italian food without a good Pesto? Add those fresh Pinon's you picked yourself. And if you have fragrant Pinon sap on your hands after spending an afternoon with friends picking these, just rubbing some Olive oil on will remove the sap.
If you've just bought a fragrant sack of green chili and are now looking at it doubtfully about what the heck to do with it, here's the thing. Some people have it roasted right after buying it and that's OK. Some of us go the more traditional route and fire up the barbeque, go get some cold beer (or chilled wine), invite a friends over and start roasting. Either way, you're going to have to clean and remove the stem and seeds before putting it in the freezer. Get some good latex gloves. I usually go through at least three pairs of these while cleaning chili. Of course, you could be lazy and just throw em' all into zip-loc bags and just wait to clean em'. One thing to remember, though, they do get hotter with the seeds still in them, even if they're frozen.
There are three main types of New Mexico chili, and they are Barker (extra hot), Sandia (medium hot) and just plain ol' mild. Some people say Barker was so named because of what it does to you after you've eaten a plate of Enchiladas made with it. Sandia is the most popular, and
that's what most really good salsa's are made with. Whichever variety you choose, you'll have a taste of New Mexico to warm the cold winter months ahead. And next year, you'll do it all over again, because that's part of the secret Enchantment of New Mexico.
Victoria Sharpe,the author of this blog, is a writer and photographer living in New Mexico. She is a native New Mexican who grew up on the famous Turquoise Trail south of Santa Fe and has owned her own hand made soapmaking business,Victoria's Natural Soap, www.victoriasnaturalsoap.com for the last 12 years.
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Santa Fe Ambiance - Whole Foods Market
As a Santa Fe native (who is living elsewhere in New Mexico), I travel back and forth across the state frequently. When Whole Foods tucked it's building into a retail spot on Cerrillo's Rd., at first I thought, uh-oh, another big health food chain vying for space in Santa Fe. However, I found it to be one of the most enjoyable shopping experiences. The store is very, very clean, well kept and the employees were helpful and friendly. The bakery is just outstanding. This bakery has some of the best assortment of scones, muffins and coffee at reasonable prices. The product sections are displayed intelligently, that is, some thought went into "what goes where" and how easy and practical it is to find what you are looking for. Again, the help is intelligent and helpful, without being obtrusive. I'm giving this store a high rating. Overall, I thought it was very nice, a fun shopping experience, and an asset to Santa Fe and Cerrillos Rd.
Victoria Sharpe
Victoria's Natural Soap
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