It feels like it has been quite some time since I’ve made any lotion bars, what with June and July being consumed by the wedding and honeymoon. However, it’s about to be All Sweet Sheep, All The Time around here and I got the ball rolling this past weekend whipping up a few batches of scents that had sold out.
Coconut Lime – get it while it’s hot!
I spent much of Sunday brainstorming new scents to develop for a fall lineup. I’ve decided to split the year up into three scent seasons: January – April (late winter and spring), May – August (spring and summer), and September – December (fall and winter). This means that I’ll soon be phasing out some of my more summery scents (keep an eye out for sale info soon). And I’m starting to get super excited about cooking up batches of lotion bars with names like Apple Butter, Autumn Fig, and Gingersnap (to name a few).
Vending on August 17th in Swansea, MA.
We have not one, but TWO vending opportunities this month. The first is this Sunday, August 17th, from 10 am – 4 pm at Venus de Milo in Swansea, MA. This craft fair is a fundraising benefit to help a young woman go on a mission trip. (If you wish, you can donate directly to her cause here.) I hear that kiddos will also have a chance to get their photos taken with Queen Elsa from Frozen, so that’s pretty awesome.
Logo snipped from their webpage.
Our second vending opportunity will be the following week during the Honeybee Hullaballoo at the famous Coventry Farmer’s Market. This event runs from 11 am – 2 pm on Sunday, August 24th in Coventry, CT. The Fiasco and I used to live right down the road from this market and we dearly miss it, so we’re super excited to be vending there! Please do come by and visit Sweet Sheep in the wild, we’d love the chance to meet you and help you find just the right lotion bar fragrance.
What’s your favorite autumn or winter fragrance? What scent gives you that cozy, cooler weather, holidays-on-the-horizon feeling?
Woolen Diversions 
Pumpkin pie and Cinnamon Apple. Yup I’m a traditionalist.
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Me, too! Something along those lines will definitely be making an appearance.
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Wow, you are going to be super busy!
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Looking forward to the new scents, they sound heavenly! Besides the ones you’d mentioned, I’m also into anything spicy like Cinnamon (or apple cinnamon)!
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I currently have a Cinnamon Chai and will likely be combining some apple and cinnamon scents into Apple Butter. Good to know that a spice scent on its own would be appreciated, too!
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Apple pie, pumpkin pie, chocolate anything, peppermint, I could go on and on. I can’t wait to see what you come up with ! I love my mango bar so much 🙂
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I do think I need some more chocolate-y scents… I’m thinking Hot Chocolate!
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Vanilla & peppermint!
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Together? Interesting combo!
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cinnamon pinecones. evergreen boughs. spiced apple cider. boozy egg nog. jelly doughnuts!
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Ohhh jelly donuts, I wouldn’t have thought of those! (and now I’m hungry)
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Oh, I’m so glad that the coconut lime is back! It sold so fast the first time around! Hopefully it won’t get phased out before I’ve used up my current bar…
I wonder if it would be possible to somehow capture the crispness of the air just before snow. That, more than any kind of spice or sweet treat, indicates fall and winter to me. Maybe evergreen and mint?
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I like that idea! I will have to experiment and see what fits the bill.
And don’t worry about a scent being phased out, you can always order it as a custom bar (same price), it’s just something I won’t stock regularly again until the next season.
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