Showing posts with label soaping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label soaping. Show all posts

Monday, December 7, 2015

Snippets. Ramblings. Thoughts rolling around my head.


December has such specific traditions and rituals and we are happily partaking in them all. The town Christmas parade. Procuring a tree. Stringing lights. Making lists. Which includes a grocery shopping list that has me thinking about what kinds of cookies and treats to make this year. I always make sugar cookies and molasses cookies. Everything else changes year to year and I'm open to suggestions.


The sale continues over at Old Red Barn Co. and will remain in effect until we sell out. Remember that soaps are on sale nine bars for $25 (usually they are $4 each) and the sugar scrubs are three for $20 (usually $10 each.) It's a strange feeling to know that this is it for our soap business. 

We grew a ton of Candy Roaster Squash this summer and I've decided that I'm going to roast it all up and freeze it. With an oven on and roasting squash from about 10am-3pm each day, it is probably going to take me four or five days to complete. It makes delicious soup and even more amazing pie. And I don't think it's any secret that #weeatalotofpie. 


My oldest is close to getting her driver's license. You guys. This is tough for me. It's a scary world out there and she's about to be out driving around in it.

Here's to a happy week of December-ing.

-dana

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

All sorts of sales at Old Red Barn Co!


Several things to tell you about today. First off, I've hinted over the past several months that at the end of 2015 I will be closing the Old Red Barn Co. shop.



Since I started making and selling soap under the Old Red Barn Co. name, so many things have changed. Old Red Barn Co. began in my kitchen and became a way for our family to have a little extra income. It grew steadily and helped us during some very lean years. Alone and as a family, I've traveled and participated in countless craft shows. My customers are loyal and have kept our internet business brisk. It's hard because in many ways I feel like I'm letting those amazing customers down. But over the years, Old Red Barn Co. has morphed and changed and stretched and grown. What started as me selling my handmade goat milk soap at my local farmer's market one Saturday, has changed into a quilt related business that occupies more and more of my time. Add two busy teenage daughters to the mix and something just has to give.

As a thank you to you, whether you've been a customer from the beginning or have never tried our products before, we are having a blow out sale that will last until the end of the year or when we are sold out. Soaps are normally $4 each or three bars for $10 but the sale price is now $4 each or nine bars for $25. Scrubs are normally $10 each but are now three for $20.  The website does NOT reflect these sale prices as I'm having a booger of a time getting the drop down menus to do what I want them to do and reflect the correct sale price. This means that for every order that comes through from now until closing, I will adjust and refund the overages.  Sorry for the hassle of the whole buy-at-regular-price-and-then-have-the-overages-refunded-to-you thing.  It saves me from hiring someone to fix the website and I promise you'll get the sale prices!



Also, you might have noticed a slight change to the Imagine Quilts graphic up in top of the right side bar here on the blog.


I have a final shipment of books now in stock and I have signed copies on sale for $15 + $2.50 media mail shipping. I won't be ordering any more so if you've ever considered buying one (thank you!! ::blushing::) now's the time.  Just click on that icon in the upper right hand sidebar of my blog. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

'Kay. I think that's all for now.

-dana

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Pony club quilt progress. And a sale.


I finished all 90 blocks and am now working on putting the quilt top together. Soon. Very soon. And then I will fret on how to quilt it. As of this second I'm leaning towards an all over design. That, of course, probably will may change.


This weekend I'll be in Knoxville, Tennessee teaching local Modern Quilt Guild members how to make Posy Patrol from my book Imagine Quilts. AND, since I just got more books in for the event, I thought I'd run a little sale on them. I'm offering them 25% off for a bit. You can use the link in the right hand sidebar to purchase one for $17.25 plus shipping. Thanks for your support.

Have any thoughts on how I should quilt my sampler quilt?

-dana


Monday, December 2, 2013

Coupon Code for Shop


From now through December 31, 2013, please use voucher code XMAS at checkout for 20% off your order total at Old Red Barn Co.  The code is reusable too!


Happy Holidays!

-dana

Monday, November 26, 2012

Sale Reminder. And a plan.


A reminder on this lovely Cyber Monday.  Coupon code valid in both my handmade goat milk soap shop and my quilt shop

A plan for December.  A photo a day with little to no words to accompany it.  My hope is that the photo a day keeps me in the moment of the celebratory task at hand.  And not fretting about all that needs done.

xo,
dana

Monday, November 19, 2012

Why wait 'till Black Friday?



From now through December 31, 2012, use promo code SALE15 to save 15% off your entire order at Old Red Barn Co. and Old Red Barn Co. Quilt Shop!  Either shop is filled with handmade  . . . one with my handmade goat milk soaps and sugar scrubs and the other with handmade quilts. 

No need to wait for Black Friday or Cyber-Monday.

Happy Holidays!

-dana

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Annual Fall Festival



This past weekend was the annual Fall Festival in my neck of the woods.  It's always a busy weekend for our family since I set up shop there and the girls clog on the big stage both days.  Though it's busy, it's also one of our favorite happenings all year long.

And knowing us, we'll talk about this one for several months and then start talking about the next in anticipation.

-dana

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Holiday Shop Sale


The holiday season is upon us (yikes!) and Old Red Barn Co. would love to be your choice for holiday gift giving.  These two offers are available for US orders only.  And there is a limited supply of the three sugar scrub set.  I'm only making these offers available to blog readers, Facebook folks and Twitter followers... so if you'd like to take advantage of either, send me an email at dana at oldredbarnco dot com and I will send you an invoice.  Orders will begin shipping Monday, November 28, 2011 and must be purchased before midnight on December 15, 2011 in order to ensure delivery.

Happy Holidays!

-dana

Friday, September 30, 2011

On this Friday


--  I'm deciding which project(s) to take with me to The Sewing Summit.   I'll probably take both and then end up buying something new at the shop hop to start instead.  That's just how I roll.



--  And this weekend is my largest craft/art festival of the year.  I'll be glad to get the stacks of supplies/wares/soaps/scrubs out of my living room.  As will my family I'm sure.  Especially Licious who has had her room turned into a soap curing station for the last several months. 


Finally, I'm debating just doing photo posts for the next several weeks.  And maybe turning off comments.  Between the travels, commitments, and regular autumn busy-ness it just seems like that would be more doable for me right now.  I wonder if I'd be diligent enough to post at least one photo a day for all of October?  That would be a dandy way to look at my life in October 2011.  Or maybe not.

Still debating.

-dana

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Filling the days


Much of this 


and this


and this are filling my days.

Next week the girls head to horse camp where any blogging I do will be done via camera phone and laptop.

It is summer after all.

-dana

Monday, November 29, 2010

**Cyber-Monday**



Today from 10:00 am EST till 10:00 pm EST flat $4.95 shipping from our family soap company Old Red Barn Co.  Open to US and Canada only.  (Sorry international peeps!  How can I make it up to you?)

Just tell us in your comments/notes at checkout that you heard about it on my blog and we'll be sure to refund your shipping difference.

Happy Holidays!

-dana

Monday, October 4, 2010

Sites and sounds of fall

This weekend marked the true beginning of fall. And it was such a welcome relief. A welcome ritual.  A welcome distraction.  And really, a welcoming welcome.  Summer was such a long and hot one this year.  And this weekend felt, sounded, looked and tasted like fall.  





Cornbread Ted & the Butterbeans.  I'm kind of turning into a groupie.






Fall at last.

-dana


Monday, April 26, 2010

Flying by



Life seems to be screaming ahead at break neck speed. Between gardening, running the kids to clogging, or Girl Scouts, or May pole dancing practice, housework, making soap, pulling weeds, watering in the greenhouses, walking the dogs and folding laundry I have nary a second to sew. I haven't worked on my pinwheel quilt in weeks.

I did, however, manage to go through my fabric stash last night and make a stack of fabric I either need to swap or sell as there are a few new fabric lines that I am dying to get my hands on. (I have Moda Roman Holiday. Anyone? How about a few bits of Flea Market Fancy? Other good stuff too.)

This weekend was my first craft show of the season. Soap, sugar scrub and more soap. I don't know if my mind and body are ready for another season. Guess they haven't checked the date on the calender.

These were for a baby shower a few weeks ago. For a soon to be Xavier. Can't wait to meet him.

-dana

Monday, November 9, 2009

Good training



Over the weekend we took a road trip to deliver and finally meet one of our wholesale buyers for Old Red Barn Co. Kate and her uber-cool dog Bella own and operate a gift shop in Black Mountain, North Carolina called Mountain Spirit Gifts. We've been doing business with each other for awhile and figured it was time we met in person.




The girls loved Bella. She could do the most amazing tricks and the entire drive home was spent with talk and plans on how they were going to train Harpo and Scout to do the same cool stuff.

Kids think that puppies should sit when you say sit. Because they should just know what that means. And if they don't sit when you ask them then maybe it is because they didn't hear you. So they yell it. Sit!

Razor explained that you have to show them what to do. You have to teach them the command. Razor said, "Licious, you have to show them what lay down means."

So, Licious fell to the ground and said "Lay down! Like this!!"

Something tells me it'll be awhile before our puppies know all the tricks that Bella does. Call it a hunch.

-dana

Monday, October 5, 2009

Fall festival

You know it is fall around these parts when our local fall festival comes to town.

It means a little of this . . .












And a whole lotta this . . .




-dana

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Just for my blog reader dudes.

(There was a glitch the other day when many of you tried to order this. So, I'm posting it again.)




You guys have helped me grow my business in 2008 and so this is my thanks to you!

The set includes one sugar scrub and one goat milk soap in the cutest red and white polka dotted box with white, green and red snowflake tissue paper and red curling ribbon. You may choose either Chestnuts & Brown Sugar or Peppermint Creme. All cutely packaged and ready for gift giving!

Chestnut & Brown Sugar is a sweet buttery accord with nuances of nuts and a heart of vanilla backed up by maple notes. An Old Red Barn Co. holiday favorite for years.

Peppermint Creme is new this holiday season and has been my favorite for months. Refreshing peppermint surrounded by smooth, creamy vanilla. Dude. I cannot get enough of this stuff.

I'm only making 100 of these special edition holiday gift sets. They are $20.00 each plus a flat rate US Priority Mail shipping rate of $9.80. Available for US shipping locations only. PayPal payments only.

Oh, and it will include the cutest little Old Red Barn Co. 1 inch round magnet.

Email us at mail@oldredbarnco.com to order.

-dana

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Get 'em while the gettin's good



This amazing gift set is only available to my blog readers. You guys have helped me grow my business in 2008 and so this is my thanks to you!

The set includes one sugar scrub and one goat milk soap in the cutest red and white polka dotted box with white, green and red snowflake tissue paper and red curling ribbon. You may choose either Chestnuts & Brown Sugar or Peppermint Creme. All cutely packaged and ready for gift giving!

Chestnut & Brown Sugar is a sweet buttery accord with nuances of nuts and a heart of vanilla backed up by maple notes. An Old Red Barn Co. holiday favorite for years.

Peppermint Creme is new this holiday season and has been my favorite for months. Refreshing peppermint surrounded by smooth, creamy vanilla. Dude. I cannot get enough of this stuff.

I'm only making 100 of these special edition holiday gift sets. They are $20.00 each plus a flat rate US Priority Mail shipping rate of $9.80. Available for US shipping locations only. PayPal payments only.

Oh, and it will include the cutest little Old Red Barn Co. 1 inch round magnet.

Email us at mail@oldredbarnco.com to order.

-dana

ETA: Sorry so many of you had problems emailing us. Something about a full inbox or something. Pa-leeeease!

Anyhow, I think that is fixed and we are back in business!

Friday, August 22, 2008

Exciting and nerve wracking

This week has been exciting for me. And nerve wracking too.




I had a crew of people in my home on Tuesday filming a podcast. I know!!! How cool is that?!! It will be edited and made into a segment all about Old Red Barn Co. I was so incredibly nervous about this. I couldn't sleep the night before. I couldn't eat breakfast. Dude, I was nervous. I was more nervous about this than I ever was about arguing a criminal case before a circuit court judge.

Whew. I'm so glad that it's over and I can eat and sleep again.

Also, this week Gina Halladay featured my headband tutorial at Quilters Buzz. Whoa Nelly. First of all, GINA HALLADAY. And secondly, QUILTERS BUZZ. Wanna talk about a buzz? Try getting news of this in your inbox.





Next week is sure to be a real let down.



Especially since the girls go back to school on Monday.

-dana

Monday, August 4, 2008

I found my inner lazy



We took a road trip this weekend in search of our inner lazy. We stayed at a favorite historic inn.



And skipped-to-my-lou'ed on the porch.




Well, the girls skipped-to-my-lou'ed. Razor and I sat and watched.






We searched for quilt blocks all around the square and found other nostalgic sites along the way.








Of course we managed to find some good eats.




We did have a reason for traveling to our favorite lazy summer place.



And it involved me pedaling my wares.



But we definitely found our inner lazy.



-dana