hey fellow soapies
we are applying to a few show this year for the fun of it the following are applied for but not confirmed:
Make it show
http://makeitproductions.com/vancouver/welcome-to-make-it/
the cranberry festival in Fort Langley...a few links:
http://www.miss604.com/2013/10/fort-langley-cranberry-festival.html
http://www.yelp.ca/biz/fort-langley-cranberry-festival-Langley
http://blogs.theprovince.com/2012/10/05/berry-good-times-at-fort-langley-cranberry-festival/
we ARE confirmed for the Circle Craft Christmas fair...(aahhhhrgh don't say Christmas yet!!)
http://circlecraft.net/Christmas-Market
ohhh so much to make!!
cheers and bubbles,
Darren
Chocolate Pudding Cake...Soap !
yummmmmm!!!
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Happy spring fellow soapers!
ok soooo this week we are focussing on getting ready for the farmers markets and "doin the do" as they say.
im super excited to get back to do the markets cause it gets us out of the store into the fray with fun marketers and all our regulars who seek us out religiously.
some of our new products coming to the markets this year::
our beer and wine soaps
salt soaps
our new "about face" skin care soap line
our body butter.....like buttah!!!
our new "CASTILLE" soap....100% olive oil in rustic blocks......sooo divine!
of course all the regular best sellers we will bring too.
upcoming this month we are doing
Burnaby farmers market on the 17th and 31 st
Ambleside on the 18th
Whiterock on the 25th
and one of my favs...Langley on the 21st and 28th
the links to all of these are below!
www.whiterockfarmersmarket.ca/
www.artisanmarkets.ca/
www.langleycommunityfarmersmarket.com/
see you there!!
im super excited to get back to do the markets cause it gets us out of the store into the fray with fun marketers and all our regulars who seek us out religiously.
some of our new products coming to the markets this year::
our beer and wine soaps
salt soaps
our new "about face" skin care soap line
our body butter.....like buttah!!!
our new "CASTILLE" soap....100% olive oil in rustic blocks......sooo divine!
of course all the regular best sellers we will bring too.
upcoming this month we are doing
Burnaby farmers market on the 17th and 31 st
Ambleside on the 18th
Whiterock on the 25th
and one of my favs...Langley on the 21st and 28th
the links to all of these are below!
www.whiterockfarmersmarket.ca/
www.artisanmarkets.ca/
www.langleycommunityfarmersmarket.com/
see you there!!
Monday, March 3, 2014
New products at the Granville Island Soap Gallery
Highdee ho good neighbors!
ok so now that I am back in the store making products for the new season we have a long list of new ones to add:
last season we made our new shaving soaps (with added slip and shear ....sooo great!) our massage bars which continue to be a favourite moisturizer on super dry areas for many of our clients and our "About Face" line of soaps.....top sellers.....and our shampoos....can't keep them in stock!
It sounds like im bragging but alas...noooo.....I'm just TIRED haha!!!
Now we are creating a whole new line of cold process soaps with olive/palm/coconut/shea butter/jojoba/silk protein.............so smooth and gentle.
Our salt bars are coming back for this year.......a total treat for the skin to shed all the winter flakes.
oh! and the new beer and wine soaps are finally making an appearance:
Merlot soap
Champagne soap
Guinness soap
G.I Lager soap
....all super cool and delish!!
ok back to work I guess.
stop by and say hi if you are on Granville Island
ok so now that I am back in the store making products for the new season we have a long list of new ones to add:
last season we made our new shaving soaps (with added slip and shear ....sooo great!) our massage bars which continue to be a favourite moisturizer on super dry areas for many of our clients and our "About Face" line of soaps.....top sellers.....and our shampoos....can't keep them in stock!
It sounds like im bragging but alas...noooo.....I'm just TIRED haha!!!
Now we are creating a whole new line of cold process soaps with olive/palm/coconut/shea butter/jojoba/silk protein.............so smooth and gentle.
Our salt bars are coming back for this year.......a total treat for the skin to shed all the winter flakes.
oh! and the new beer and wine soaps are finally making an appearance:
Merlot soap
Champagne soap
Guinness soap
G.I Lager soap
....all super cool and delish!!
ok back to work I guess.
stop by and say hi if you are on Granville Island
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Social media and the soaping world
ok ok ok.....apparently I can make pretty good soap but am bad at keeping up with my facebook and blog inputs. Mainly because I forget my passwords and then cannot get into the pages........case in point....this blog!
So my tip for the day here at the Granville Island Soap Gallery is....make your password long and dirty......!
yeh its a pain to type in but you will never forget it. hopefully more blog entries to come.
oh yes.
FARMERS MARKETS THIS UPCOMING 2014 SEASON
we will be at the Langley market on Wednesday afternoon
both Ambleside and White Rock on Sundays and
on Saturdays Burnaby and Lonsdale in north Vancouver
see you there!!!
we have lots of new stuff along with our famous and regular stock.
cheers and bubbles,
Darren
So my tip for the day here at the Granville Island Soap Gallery is....make your password long and dirty......!
yeh its a pain to type in but you will never forget it. hopefully more blog entries to come.
oh yes.
FARMERS MARKETS THIS UPCOMING 2014 SEASON
we will be at the Langley market on Wednesday afternoon
both Ambleside and White Rock on Sundays and
on Saturdays Burnaby and Lonsdale in north Vancouver
see you there!!!
we have lots of new stuff along with our famous and regular stock.
cheers and bubbles,
Darren
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Springing into the Farmers markets with Granville Island Soap Gallery.
Highdee ho good neighbors!
Spring has sprung here on Granville Island and we are getting ready....already...for the Farmers Markets upcoming around Vancouver and surrounding areas.
We are super pleased to be attending three markets for the months of May-October.
Coming to a market near you will be all our handmade natural and organic products like our soaps, skin care items, natural wool dryer balls and more!
Check us out at the Lonsdale farmers market as well as the Burnaby Farmers Market...
http://www.artisanmarkets.ca/?_year=2013&_month=5&_cday=1&loc=&date=
Lonsdale especially is really easy to get to from its close proximity to the seabus stop.
We will be leapfrogging our dates with the two staring in May
We will also be at the Langley Farmers market on wednesdays....
http://www.langleycommunityfarmersmarket.com/
this is a really good market and one of the only ones (that I know of) on Wednesdays.
Come see us at Whiterock Farmers market on Sundays
http://www.whiterockfarmersmarket.ca/
this market is well attended and of course...is in sunny Whiterock so go for a stroll...have some fish'n chips and come see us!
we will put up dates at a later time otherwise call the store here on Granville Island at 604-669-3649
cheers and bubbles!
Darren Monette
Spring has sprung here on Granville Island and we are getting ready....already...for the Farmers Markets upcoming around Vancouver and surrounding areas.
We are super pleased to be attending three markets for the months of May-October.
Coming to a market near you will be all our handmade natural and organic products like our soaps, skin care items, natural wool dryer balls and more!
Check us out at the Lonsdale farmers market as well as the Burnaby Farmers Market...
http://www.artisanmarkets.ca/?_year=2013&_month=5&_cday=1&loc=&date=
Lonsdale especially is really easy to get to from its close proximity to the seabus stop.
We will be leapfrogging our dates with the two staring in May
We will also be at the Langley Farmers market on wednesdays....
http://www.langleycommunityfarmersmarket.com/
this is a really good market and one of the only ones (that I know of) on Wednesdays.
Come see us at Whiterock Farmers market on Sundays
http://www.whiterockfarmersmarket.ca/
this market is well attended and of course...is in sunny Whiterock so go for a stroll...have some fish'n chips and come see us!
we will put up dates at a later time otherwise call the store here on Granville Island at 604-669-3649
cheers and bubbles!
Darren Monette
Friday, January 11, 2013
Granville Island Soap Gallery 2013
Good day happy soapers and soap lovers!
January sees a new year with new and exciting things happening at the Gallery.
We have suspended our soap making classes for the time being as the Soap master Darren Monette is and has been so busy with the frenetic Christmas season including our attendance at the Circle Craft Christmas Market.......which was fantastic for us!
As per usual the holiday season was a matter of making product as fast as we can. The good news (and partially sad) is that we sold Woofles and Meowz to a wonderful couple, Stuart and Tracey who are continuing with the excellence that is that store. This gives us more time to concentrate on the Soap Gallery and making more products.
On that note we were pleasantly surprised to see three of our newest products sell like gangbusters at the craft fair as well as at Christmas. Those were the Lavender (repair) eye gel...the Cucumber/seaweed (help me!) eye gel and our amazing Night moisturizer with Co-enzyme Q10 and natural amber extract.....a stellar firming and hydrating treatment.
We are poised to create our online sales this spring and we will be offering other retail establishments an edited menu of our products.........great news!
Also......and finally!! our own line of natural shampoos, conditioners, leave in hair hydrators, bath bubbles and body wash is coming in February.
We are very excited!
There is also a few questions about our address as it seems that both google and a couple of other online sites have it wrong. I can assume they shared the info.......that happens.
The actual address of The Granville Island Soap Gallery is:
#104-1535 Johnston St
Vancouver BC
v6h 3r9
604-669-3649
more news coming.........see you at the gallery!
January sees a new year with new and exciting things happening at the Gallery.
We have suspended our soap making classes for the time being as the Soap master Darren Monette is and has been so busy with the frenetic Christmas season including our attendance at the Circle Craft Christmas Market.......which was fantastic for us!
As per usual the holiday season was a matter of making product as fast as we can. The good news (and partially sad) is that we sold Woofles and Meowz to a wonderful couple, Stuart and Tracey who are continuing with the excellence that is that store. This gives us more time to concentrate on the Soap Gallery and making more products.
On that note we were pleasantly surprised to see three of our newest products sell like gangbusters at the craft fair as well as at Christmas. Those were the Lavender (repair) eye gel...the Cucumber/seaweed (help me!) eye gel and our amazing Night moisturizer with Co-enzyme Q10 and natural amber extract.....a stellar firming and hydrating treatment.
We are poised to create our online sales this spring and we will be offering other retail establishments an edited menu of our products.........great news!
Also......and finally!! our own line of natural shampoos, conditioners, leave in hair hydrators, bath bubbles and body wash is coming in February.
We are very excited!
There is also a few questions about our address as it seems that both google and a couple of other online sites have it wrong. I can assume they shared the info.......that happens.
The actual address of The Granville Island Soap Gallery is:
#104-1535 Johnston St
Vancouver BC
v6h 3r9
604-669-3649
more news coming.........see you at the gallery!
Friday, August 10, 2012
Summ..sum.SUMMERTIME!!!
Eh mag GAWD!!! busy busy at the Granville Island Soap Gallery this summer to say the least.
Hi everybody...hope you are having a nice summer. I have been pretty bad as usual in doing my blog entries but that is the nature of summer time I guess.
More soaps have been made as well as a few more products.........the lastest:
Peppermint-Talc Foot Gel
a soothing and cooling foot gel to soften and refresh even the tiredest of feet.
sounds yummy doesn't it?!
it is.
mah tired feets can attest to it.
How can ones feet get so crispy and gross by working in a store and manufacturing area??
perhaps if we were running on rocks and sand the dry areas would slough off?
regardless I do love making products that work for me and people come back touting the virtues of such...........maybe it makes me feel slightly empowered heehee.
People have as always, been asking about SOAP MAKING CLASSES..........well they are on hold until January 2013. Then we will be going great guns in that department.
This summer we will be running around being the busiest soap shop in Vancouver and then we are doing the Circle craft Christmas Fair http://www.circlecraft.net/Christmas-Market/
upcoming in November which should be a blast!!
It always makes me feel a wee bit nostalgic and Christmassy by kicking off the season with this show.
ok more later
Cheers and bubbles!
Darren
oh!! PS thanks to Gayle Wallace from Australia (a fellow soaper who watches my youtube videos) for stopping by and simply being delighful and charming! we took a pic to send to our pal Karen in Cumbria England.
Hi everybody...hope you are having a nice summer. I have been pretty bad as usual in doing my blog entries but that is the nature of summer time I guess.
More soaps have been made as well as a few more products.........the lastest:
Peppermint-Talc Foot Gel
a soothing and cooling foot gel to soften and refresh even the tiredest of feet.
sounds yummy doesn't it?!
it is.
mah tired feets can attest to it.
How can ones feet get so crispy and gross by working in a store and manufacturing area??
perhaps if we were running on rocks and sand the dry areas would slough off?
regardless I do love making products that work for me and people come back touting the virtues of such...........maybe it makes me feel slightly empowered heehee.
People have as always, been asking about SOAP MAKING CLASSES..........well they are on hold until January 2013. Then we will be going great guns in that department.
This summer we will be running around being the busiest soap shop in Vancouver and then we are doing the Circle craft Christmas Fair http://www.circlecraft.net/Christmas-Market/
upcoming in November which should be a blast!!
It always makes me feel a wee bit nostalgic and Christmassy by kicking off the season with this show.
ok more later
Cheers and bubbles!
Darren
oh!! PS thanks to Gayle Wallace from Australia (a fellow soaper who watches my youtube videos) for stopping by and simply being delighful and charming! we took a pic to send to our pal Karen in Cumbria England.
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