Water Water Everywhere, and not a drop to drink.

or something like that.

In our case it was supplies supplies everywhere, and not an organization in sight! Or at least, that's how it felt. So I fixed that today. Welcome to the new office/assembly line/storage facility of Heathens Hearth! (aka, what used to be the formal dining room...its still under construction, but this is most of it).

This is the postal area (you know, where we go postal!). All of our shipping and packaging supplies are stored here...along with business cards, promos, etc.

Temporary Storage, until I can get shelves for all our ready made stock. :) Also miscellaneous supplies like herbal tea bags, jars, and buckets of pre cut soap.

The staging area (aka the dining room table). This is where pictures will be done (great afternoon sunlight), baskets created, gift boxes stored, and etc.

A slightly wider angle showing off my antique china hutch :-) I'm so proud of that thing. I got it for a steal! Especially for a Duncan Fife (Phyfe)!

That's all for now! More later :)

Contests, Gifts, and Give-Aways

Contests:

We recently sponsored 2 contests in other blogs. 1 in Bath, Body, Candle for 2 bars of soap (Apple Crisp and Orange Pomander) and another at The Giveaway (for our Spiced Cranberry Mini-Set).

Congratulations to the winners of those contests!

Gifts!:

We recieved an unexpected gift today, from HolidayPrimitives over on etsy. She is including 2 of our Tiny Gift Sets as a gift for someone in her life, and included a link back to our shop so people could find us if they were curious about our products. :-) How great is that? And its a cute holiday tote as well! Check it out here: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=17930001

So thank you HolidayPrimitives! We sincerely appreciate the gesture.

and finally...

Give-aways!

I have yet to determine exactly what we should be doing as a give-away for the last holiday of the year, so I thought maybe I'd leave it up to you, our readers! A *choose your own give-away*, kind of like those old "choose the ending" books.

Between now and December 15th (that's 2 weeks from now), go check out our shop, come back here, and tell us what 1 item (max value $10) you would like to recieve as a give-away prize.

Winner will be chosen at Midnight December 15th and posted here in our blog the next morning.

*Bonus!* (Because, what's a contest without a bonus?) Anyone who makes a purchase from our store between now and then, *and* enters our contest via this post, will get 1 additional entry for every $10 spent. So, pick your prize, and get your holiday shopping completed soon!

good luck!

Amy

Hope Everyone Had a Happy Thanksgiving

(Frosted Snowdrops Tiny Gift Set) (Yuletide Tiny Gift Set)

We had a relatively quiet day around here. Lots of drama with our turkey, and a *very* late dinner, but overall, it was quiet; though with only 3 of us here at home, it couldn't have gotten too rambunctious.

I've decided to run a Black Friday to Cyber Monday Sale. I know that the internet can be dreadfully slow over this weekend, because everyone is traditionally out running around doing holiday shopping in the big box stores with all the really big sales, so I decided I'd offer a "reward" for those intrepid shoppers who chose instead to brave the internet, risking wallet and wrists (to carpel tunnel syndrome), to give quality handmade goodness for gifts this holiday season.

(Peppermint Frosting Tiny Gift Set)

So in honor of those brave souls, we are offering the following sale (as seen in our shop announcement here: http://www.heathenshearth.etsy.com/):

*All amounts listed are before shipping*

Spend $10 in our shop and recieve a free Tiny Gift set in any of our holiday scents (Pictured throughout this post - a $5 retail value). You may pick the scent you'd like, while supplies last, by leaving a message in the "notes to seller" section. If you do not leave us a message, we will choose one at random.

Spend $25 in our shop and you will not only recieve the free gift, but also get 10% of your purchase price refunded to you through paypal.

Spend $55 in our shop, and you will recieve the free gift, 10% off your order, *and* FREE shipping! This could be as much as an additional $14 off your total order!

This sale is valid through Midnight Monday night (Tuesday morning). Best of all, there are no coupon codes to enter, nothing to remember. Just do your shopping the way you normally do, and we'll take care of the rest!

(Gingerbread Tiny Gift Set)

Stay tuned to this spot, our Christmas and Yule-tide give away will be coming soon!

(Spiced Cranberry Tiny Gift Set)

Yay!!! We made the front page.

We made the front page! You know, I was wondering how on earth we wound up with over 400 views in the matter of a couple of hours (between one check of Majaba and another, the actual views probably took much less time than that).

Funny thing is, I am pretty sure I recognize that collection from my brief glance at the front page when hunting treasuries... but didn't even notice our soap up there.



We wound up with 27 new shop hearts and 45 new item hearts. Lets hope they all come back for the holiday sales this weekend.

Thanksgiving Weekend.

Well, Misty is officially on her way to Michigan. That leaves me with the bulk of the stuff to do for any orders that come in between now and Sunday.

I suppose its my turn, I've been leaving her to fend far to often lately.

In that vein, I spent tonight making *more* body frosting.

First, I had a special order from a friend of a friend who has severe eczema/psoriasis flares...so I custom created a soap/frosting combo for him that includes both our goats milk and shea butter in the soap, as well as Tea Tree and Peppermint Essential Oils.

Then I moved on to Lavender and blueberry (not together, separate) body butters. I finished out the night with our Cafe Mocha.

Our kitchen is a riot of scent. This is not helped the least by the fact that the new shipment had a leaky bottle, and the cardboard container/sleeve was saturated in Midsummer's Night fragrance oil. I love that smell, but my god in the wrong quantity it can be overwhelming.

Tomorrow is soap. More Pomegranite Vanilla, Strawberry Cream, Sandalwood, Blueberry Cobbler, and more.

Weee! And its not even Black Friday yet. Come on ya'll... get your orders in early. :-D

~Amy

Oh yes, and we're in a treasury! Thank you Dashery! Show it some love - pretty please :) (sorry the pic is so small... Misty usually handles that part...lol)

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=23195

YAY! and DOUBLE YAY!

Yay! I snagged a treasury this morning!!

Creme Brulee and Caramel

Double yay! We've made Chocolate Mousse Whipped Body Frosting!! This stuff smells so freaking good I was hardpressed not to lick myself after putting some on!

Now, does that not looks sinfully delicious?! Trust me...buy a jar, rub some in, and you'll be irresistable...

Ravishing Red

*YAWN!*

Another late night making Whipped Body Frosting and packaging orders....6:20AM came way too early for me today. I'm not complaining though, we have had some amazing business over the last two weeks and I hope it continues.

Not only has business been great, but we are in our 5th treasury this week! The lovely Belinda of MiaBelleJewellry chose our Christmas Candy Soap for her Ravishing Red treasury yesterday.

Such a gorgeous collection...we are honored to be included.