the feto soap blog http://fetosoap.com/blog Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:24:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en 29.741878-95.389443http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/1850469http://www.feedburner.com Local Crafts Spree at the Midtown Farmers Market http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FetoSoapBlog/~3/443192620/ http://fetosoap.com/blog/2008/11/05/local-crafts-spree-at-the-midtown-farmers-market/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:24:36 +0000 Lisa Chouinard http://fetosoap.com/blog/?p=254 Midtown Farmers Market

It’s that time of the month! No, not that kind! I mean it’s time for the spree at the Midtown Farmers Market on Saturday, November 8th from 8am - Noon. The Midtown Farmers Market is located in the front of Monica Pope’s T’afia. 3701 Travis Street @ W. Alabama directions here.

Choose from 40+ kinds of soap at my booth! Come and see locally handmade cards, jewelery, clothing & pottery.

Houston Craft Mafia

If you can’t make it out this week, I’ll be back next month on December 13th and 20th, same time, same bat-channel.

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In addition to my soaps, they have dance nights on Friday - Tango and on most Saturday nights you’ll find me here .  This teahouse also has nice dinner fare - the Chicken in a Blanket is my favorite!

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Hey  ! I am back from and ready to serve you up some freshly made ! I’ll have 40 + kinds of to choose from at the Midtown Farmers Market on Saturday, November 1st from 8am - Noon. The Midtown Farmers Market is located in the front of Monica Pope’s T’afia. 3701 Travis Street @ W. Alabama directions here.

Brand new soaps are Rosemary Mint, Lavender Citrus Mint & Cool Water with Kelp.

Houston Craft Mafia

If you can’t make it out this week, I’ll be back next week on the 8th, same time, same bat-channel.

]]> http://fetosoap.com/blog/2008/10/29/midtown-farmers-market-this-weekend/feed/ http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=FetoSoapBlog&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Ffetosoap.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F10%2F29%2Fmidtown-farmers-market-this-weekend%2Fhttp://fetosoap.com/blog/2008/10/29/midtown-farmers-market-this-weekend/ Maker Faire Austin Recap http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FetoSoapBlog/~3/429886806/ http://fetosoap.com/blog/2008/10/23/maker-faire-austin-recap/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:15:49 +0000 Lisa Chouinard http://fetosoap.com/blog/?p=239 I loaded in on Friday and set up my booth. I ran to Maru, which is this Korean owned and operated Japanese restaurant for one of their famous J-Bombs (and currently my favorite thing to eat in ) and then headed back to Maker Faire. Like last year on Friday night they had an evening for the makers with food and a few exhibits set up so we could enjoy a little of before it opened the next day. I got to spend some time eating tamales with Jennifer Ramos of Textile Fetish, Claire Chauvin of Poopscape and their families.

On Saturday opened at 10am and my booth was set up right next to the life-sized mousetrap game. To give you a sense of scale - instead of a marble, they used a bowling ball to launch it. All day I was surprised by friends visiting from Dallas, & at my booth. I came to by myself this year so I’m glad I was set up next to A Punkin Card Company and her entourage. They watched my booth for me when I needed to take a break. I was interviewed a bunch of times by a bunch of people, and hopefully I didn’t embarrass myself or the mafia. I got to meet a ton of photographers - they all started taking pictures at my booth. Here are some shots that John Knox from Austin took of my at .

Cool Water with Kelp

Blackberry Sage

Sunday - I bartered with a bunch of people for cardholders, scarves, pouches, cards, earrings, sold out of a couple of scents/styles of … and Kai and Winnie (who were running around interviewing people about a new show Make: Television) convinced me to stay another night, so I ended up eating sushi off of a boat at yet another Korean owned and operated place, Korea Garden. They told me about Flipside which is something like a regional Burning Man close to . I am thinking about going next year.

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I haven’t done a in ages! I took the month of August off and at my next scheduled market in September Hurricane hit, but I’m back with 40 + kinds of to choose from.

I will be vending at the Midtown Farmers Market Spree on Saturday, October 11th from 8am - Noon. The Midtown Farmers Market is located in the front of Monica Pope’s T’afia. 3701 Travis Street @ W. Alabama directions here.

Houston Craft MafiaSECOND SATURDAY SHOPPING SPREE!! Lots of local craft vendors on the patio such as Houston Craft Mafia Members Eutectic Handcrafted Jewelry & A Punkin Card Company will be there! Shop Local and Shop Handmade!

Cheers!
Lisa Chouinard,

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I’ve also been firming up my market dates. Here’s what I have scheduled so far:

Midtown Farmers Market Upcoming Events

October 11th Midtown
3701 Travis St. , 8am-Noon
October 12th Soapmaking Class in Houston, TX
October 18/19th Maker Faire / ,
November 1st Midtown
3701 Travis St. , 8am-Noon
November 8th Midtown
3701 Travis St. , 8am-Noon
November 16th Soapmaking Class in Houston, TX
December 5-7th Winter Holiday Art Market
December 13th Midtown
3701 Travis St. , 8am-Noon
December 20th Midtown
3701 Travis St. , 8am-Noon
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yellow clay added to lye water for Lemongrass Sage

In , instead of “How are you?” people are asking “Do you have at your place yet?” I don’t. I don’t mind not having electricity personally (It’s been a week), but it’s hard to run an immersion blender (the thing I mix with) without . I might have to move the operation to another site, but I’m hoping it won’t come to that. 77006 is on the “might get power today” list. Yesterday I made a batch of lavender vanilla lotion bars on the stove. (double boiler) This afternoon I’ll be making chocolate bon bon soaps on the stove to restock the Indie Fixx Shop. Thankfully I have running water, gas and sunlight for a couple of hours when I get home from the hospital. My soapy intern Sarah doesn’t have either (77098) at her house, but she’s coming in to work with me for a couple of hours. What a trooper! I am so thankful to have help in the shop.

As soon as I can, I will have pictures up of the new soaps I have made for you! Lemongrass Sage, Coconut Lemongrass, Oakmoss Sandalwood, Pearberry, Black Forest & Frasier Fir are just a few new soaps I have made that need pictures added to the site, but are in stock and ready to ship now.

]]> http://fetosoap.com/blog/2008/09/22/224/feed/ http://api.feedburner.com/awareness/1.0/GetItemData?uri=FetoSoapBlog&itemurl=http%3A%2F%2Ffetosoap.com%2Fblog%2F2008%2F09%2F22%2F224%2Fhttp://fetosoap.com/blog/2008/09/22/224/ Post Hurricane Ike Post http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FetoSoapBlog/~3/396268580/ http://fetosoap.com/blog/2008/09/18/post-hurricane-ike-post/#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:44:40 +0000 Lisa Chouinard http://fetosoap.com/blog/?p=221 The Feto Soap workspace did not sustain any damage! We are without , but still able to process orders, so if you were thinking about holding off on your order because of Hurricane , don’t! The United States Postal Service has been running regularly since Monday so your soapy orders are still able to go out. I have a cell phone with internet and am able to charge it in the car when the battery runs low.

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