Our Adventure

We recently took a family vacation, or as our boys like to call "an adventure". We took a 3 and half and 5 year old on a 21 hour road trip to upstate NY. So as you can imagine it was a REAL adventure! It was great to go back home and visit our families. It was also nice to just be able to spend time with one another. It made us realize how much we miss home and how much we want to raise our two little guys there.


Being away from the everyday stresses of life gave me time to think about what else, but SOAP!


We have about 20 new soaps that will be coming out in the next few months. We also are going to be releasing some new bath products that we're REALLY excited about. We hope to have most of it done by mid - September. I'll try to do my best to post about them as we add them to our shop. I'll also try to do better about our monthly giveaways. I still hope to do one this month, so check back to sign up so you don't miss out!

SHIPPING SALE!!!

We are having our $1.00 shipping sale again. Each item ships anywhere in the US for only $1.00. There's also great discounts on international shipping as well. Any shipping overages over $1.00 will be credited to your paypal account. The sale ends midnight July 25th.

MARCH GIVEAWAY WINNER

Thank you to all who participated in our March giveaway! We received A LOT of great ideas for lip balms, many of which you will see in the future.

The winner of the lip balm gift set is Karen from Mrs. Kitty's Cottage!

She has a great shop on Etsy! Here's a picture of one of my favorite items in her shop. When you get a second you should check it out. Just click on the picture and it will send you to her wonderful shop!

Look for our April giveaway this week!

MARCH GIVEAWAY!!!!

Starting this month we will be doing monthly giveaways. This month we will be giving away one of our lip balm gift sets.

Our lip balms are handmade and made in small batches, so your always assured a fresh product! We add only the best ingredients to make for a silky, smooth lip balm that your lips will love you for! For those who may be bothered by shea butter (those who have latex allergies) or have had the experience of a gritty lip balm, there's no worries. All our new lip balms are shea butter free.

Our lip balm gift set includes 4 lip balms of your choice. It comes in a cute, little reusable muslin bag, perfect for yourself or to give as a gift.

To enter to win :

For 1 entry visit our shop http://www.simpletraditionsbnb.com/ and leave a comment telling us your favorite item.

For 1 entry follow our blog.

For 2 entries blog about our giveaway. Leave a link to your post in your comments.

For 1 entry leave us a comment with an idea for a lip balm.

Please be sure to leave your contact information, so we can reach you if your the winner!

Giveaway ends midnight, March 31st. A winner will be picked and contacted on April1st. The winner will have 48 hours to respond, otherwise I will pick a new winner.

Time For Change

One of my favorite animals is the orangutan. I love going to a zoo and watching them, especially when there's a new baby. I could sit there all day and just admire them.

I recently read something pertaining to palm oil and orangutans. What I found was shocking. Thousands of orangutans are losing their lives each year for the cultivation of palm oil. As the forest is cleared the orangutans are either shot on site, tortured before being killed or kept as pets.

Since we use palm oil in all of our soap recipes, we decided to do some additional research and found a new supplier that carries sustainable palm oil. From this point forward you can be sure that the products you receive from us are not contributing to these horrific crimes.

To learn more about the extinction of orangutans and what you can do see please visit these websites.

http://www.orangutan.org.au/assets/images/palmoil/BOSPalm_Oil_Report.pdf

I will warn you, that some of the pictures are graphic. I know a couple of them made me cry.

http://www.orangutans-sos.org/

This awesome picture was done by weeping camel. You can find more of his work at

http://www.flickr.com/people/weepingcamel/

Whipped Soap Give Away

Hi! Just wanted to let you know that we're participating in a give away. I was contacted by a really sweet women, Jes who asked if I'd be interested in doing a giving away on her blog. The winner of the give away receives a 4 oz whipped soap in their flavor of choice. I say flavor cause some of them smell good enough to eat! So take a minute and sign up for the give away!

http://serenitysgivaways.blogspot.com/2009/10/serenitys-simple-traditions-homemade.html

Thanks everyone. Have a great day!

ANOTHER SALE!!!

Hi! I just wanted to let everyone know we are having another sale. Everything in our shop is 15% off. Prices have already been marked down, so you don't need to wait for a revised invoice or listing. We are in the process of getting an all new look. We are working with a graphic designer on etsy to redo our logo and labels. We are so excited!!! But we don't want to waste the labels we already have made, so that's why we're having a sale. The faster we sell, the faster I get to use our new labels!

Thanks and I hope you have a great weekend!