New products!!! Yep, more! (I got busy during all of my after-Christmas downtime) Facial dry brushes, facial toner, facial oil, and jade rollers... to add to our face scrubbies, face mist, and clay face mask! Here's my fun (and educational?) breakdown... >>>MORNING ROUTINE<<< My morning routine happens after I drop the middle schooler off at school, during the couple of hours I have to care…
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For a steamy, spa-like, aromatherapy, effervescent shower. With peppermint and eucalyptus essential oils, to help with cough, congestion, and breathing. For relief during cold, flu, and allergy seasons. Made with the same base as our bath bombs. Just tweaked with different essential oils (to focus on a vapor rub-ish aromatherapy experience), a slight adjustment in the amount of coconut oil (to hold them together in the new molds), and made…
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I've been so excited about our body butter release! Light, fluffy, moisturizing, airy, hydrating, whipped goodness in a jar! Right now, we do have some Limited Edition Milk Chocolate jars left, since Chocolate Walk didn't happen last Saturday. But I do expect to sell those out soon. For everyday, we'll have Soothing Lavender on the shelves. I'm hoping everyone loves and enjoys them! And that everyone's skin benefits from these nourishing ingredients. …
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I'm ready! And even though it's way fewer than what I should be participating in at this time of year.... let's do this! Friday, August 21st THE POP-UP St. Paul's Square from 6:oo to 9:00 Free outdoor market, with some of the best pop-ups from the area. https://www.instagram.com/thepopupsatx/ Sunday, August 30th 8/30 IN THE 830 Handmade on Main from 4:00 to 9:00 4:00 to 6:00. Learn the…
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I want moms to pamper themselves! I want the public to get chemicals out of their homes! I want more people to care about shopping small! I want everyone to crave natural ingredients! I want women to support handmade! I want y'all to take time for self-care! Want to help me spread the gospel?! ;) I'm looking for a handful of brand reps for our new affiliate program...…
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I loved being contacted by Vendors of the World! I loved being asked to be featured. I love that their mission is to share the stories of the faces behind small businesses everywhere. Brilliant! And so appreciated! After learning a little bit more about me, their caption with my feature read: I am Amy Bierstedt from Boerne, Texas, the founder of @thefromscratchchick and I am a #vendoroftheworld. , I am most afraid of…
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I created a national holiday, y'all! Me! I proposed my idea, made its case, paid the processing fee, and waited. It was so exciting to hear back from them, that from now on, the first Saturday in April will always be National Handmade Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Because our time, sewing, pouring, sanding, making, our love, mixing, formulating, quilting, soldering, dreaming, our dedication, and our blood, sweat, and tears all needs to be…
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Just wrapped up the inaugural Hill Country Handmade Market! Organized by the ladies that run my favorite Boerne Handmade Market, this was a little branch off from that. Their idea is that this market will be in a different location each year. This year was just down the road in Comfort. Since we were in the back yard of the 8th Street Market, unloading and set-up was so easy and…
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I am still sore this morning. And still SO thrilled. Wanna shout from the rooftops how wonderful it was to see so many friendly faces and meet so many new people, to have sales like never before, to have a little helper who really wanted to be there with me! I guess the whole story of Boerne Handmade Market started for us in October of 2013, just three months after…
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As long as I can remember, my dad has always had the Texas Highways Magazine in his stash. These days, I'm following them (and their online shop) on instagram. What better way to know what's going on in our beautiful state, find out about the coolest stops, see what new businesses are popping up, and learn about Texas makers?! The even cooler thing is- we've partnered with their online shop…
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