Opening Day

All set up and ready for the 43rd Opening Day of the Carroll County Christmas and Hand Made Farmers Market. There's lots of crafter's getting ready for the crowd. It will be a great time to browse and get ideas for Christmas.....and don't forget the big indoor flea market just down the hill in the Shipley Arena. Both the market and flea market will run from 8am -2pm. Aunt B's free sample is a slice of Pumpkin Crunch Soap (while supplies last). Hope to see you.

Holiday Markets Are Here

It's the most wonderful time of the year!!  The Carroll County Christmas and Hand Made Crafts Markets are starting this weekend.  Set a date to visit the market this season. There will be a lot of great home made items that are great for one-of-a-kind Christmas gifts.  Check out the schedule and the themes.  At the end of this post I'll list the dates that Aunt B will be selling soap at the market.

**November 1--Author's Day--24 local authors will be available to sell, sign and talk about their books.  The types of books include children’s books, fantasy, inspirational, romantic, mystery, and historic. A complete list of Author’s and their books can be found on the Local Author page of the website:www.carrollcountyfarmersmarket.com.  ***Nov. 1 is also the date of the indoor flea market held in the Shipley arena...just a short stroll to the next building on the grounds.

November 8--Art Guild Show

**November 15--Open House

November 22--TBA

November 29--Santa will visit

**December 6--Greens Sale

December 13--Greens Sale

Take note the dates of November 1, November 15, and December 6 are the markets that Aunt B will be attending.  Come stock up on your soap for the winter....or plan on purchasing soap to give as gifts.  Hope to see you this season.

Two Places at Once

Tomorrow, September 6, 2014 Aunt B's Simply Homemade will be selling soap in two different venues.

Location #1  We will be selling soap at the Carroll County Farmers Market from 8am-1pm. The theme of the market is Harvest Weekend...this is the last market of the summer season.  Come stock up on your favorite soap. Our freebie this week is Apple Spice....supplies are limited so come early to get this free trial sized soap.
 There will be one market held on October 4 (Aunt B will not be there).
The Christmas Markets & Hand Made Crafts season will begin November 1st and will continue each Saturday until December 13.
Aunt B will be selling soap on the weekends of November 1, November 15, and December 6.  We will be offering soap suitable for Christmas gifts and stocking stuffers. Hope to see you there the market is always so festive for the holidays.

Location #2  This Saturday, Sept. 6 we will also be selling soap at the Urbana Flea Market. We've always done very well at the Urbana spring and fall flea market...so we'll be there for our Urbana customers.

Studying the Book of Esther

It's time for a new study.  The Good Morning Girls Bible study has gone through some reorganization.
I will not pretend to know all the details....good or bad.  I'll leave the details up to God and the ladies in leadership.  The Bible study continues now under the name of Love God Greatly http://www.lovegodgreatly.com/  and they are now enrolling for the next study which will be The Book of Esther.  The enrollment time is August 18th through the 29th. The study dates will run  for 8 weeks from September 1st through October 24th.
These studies are always challenging and they help with staying consistent with daily Biblical study and growth.  You can register at the above link in order to get the free study plan.  You can study alone or you can join one of their many email or Facebook groups in order to interact and learn along with other ladies.

Everything's just "Peachie"

After a few weeks off Aunt B is heading back to the Carroll County Farmers Market tomorrow(August 9) for the markets 19th annual Peach Festival.  I hear there's a lot of peachy things that are going to be there.  Local peaches, peach sundaes, peach ice cream, peach cobbler, peach pies.

Here at Aunt B's we've made Peach Tea and Oatmeal soap as well as Peach Lotion Bars, and peach colored crocheted wash cloths.just for this market.  Of course, we will have all our regular best selling soap,
wash cloths, herbal salve....and as requested the return of our lotion bars in little tins.

You can check out the market web site for more information at www.carrollcountyfarmersmarket.com
There are special market hours tomorrow 8am-2pm.

Come early and stop by Aunt B's table, this week we will be handing out free peach soap samples.....while supplies last (and if Ralph is handing them out they go quickly).   Hope to see you there.

Christmas in July Farmers Market

This Saturday, July 12 the Carroll County Farmers Market will be celebrating Christmas in July.  Many of the Christmas Market vendors will be there giving you a sneak peak of what they will have available during the Winter Market.

Come support local farmers by buying their farm fresh produce and enjoy shopping for crafts made by local artisans.

Aunt B will not be returning to the market until August 9th so stop by her table and buy a good supply of soap.

Here's a sample of soap we'll be bringing.....Violet, Green Tea and Peppermint, Bergamont and Jasmine, Anise and Lavender.  We have a good supply of goat milk soap.  And wait until you see our big selection of fragrance free soap....Calendula, Cafe latte, Goat Milk and Honey....just to name a few.  Of course we will have all our regular best sellers....Lemongrass Sage, Blackberry Sage, Lavender Vanilla Oatmeal,  and Patchouli.
Our crocheted washcloths and soap scrubbies have been selling very well.  We also will be bringing a limited supply of herbal salves.   Plantain/Comfrey salve a great 'go to' salve for anything from bug bites to scraps and boos.  And Black Drawing salve which is great for splinters or drawing out the toxins of bug bites.

Hope to see you this Saturday from 8am-1pm at the farmers market.

June 27--Market Day

We will be selling at the Carroll County Farmers Market tomorrow, June 28 from 8am-1pm.

Come on out and see what vendors will be there this week.  Soap, eggs, fresh produce, emu products, plants, crafts, and the theme of the day is quilts.  There will be quilts on display and ongoing quilting demonstrations.
Aunt B's will have some new soap there fresh from the curing rack.  Pictured from left to right is:  Violet soap, made with infused spring violets from our yard, No fragrance added Aloe and Calendula Tea,  Eucalyptus and Peppermint and Orange Eucalyptus.

 We will also have with us a few of the Shaving Cream Soap bowls left over from Father's Day.

 

New to our inventory is some wonderful herbal salves. On the left we have Comfrey and Plantain salve which is good to use on anything from a bug bite to a boo boo.  And on the right is our Black Drawing Salve.  Be sure to check out these items when you stop by our table.