Pure Nuff Stuff

Hello all, it's been quite a while, so a bit of explanation is in order I think.  We've been inCREDibly busy, we received our biggest ever order from a new stockist, they literally wiped out 90% of our stock overnight, so we had a LOT of making to do to get back to normal stock levels.  At the same time, Helen was off as she wasn't well and Dean was on holiday, so it's been a little bit manic to say the least.  Rachel, Heleena and I came at the weekends and made huge batches of everything and now Helen's back, we're back to normal again.  It's the best kind of problem in the world to have though, so we're not complaining at all, I just thought you'd like to know that I've not been ignoring the blog, I've just not got to it for a while, sorry.

But apart from that, we've been having a blast.  We've has some lovely ideas for Christmas (I know, it's awful, but we've got to start thinking about it now or we won't get it done in time...) and we've met even more of our wonderful band of internet customers.  Seems like a lot of people are holidaying in the UK this year, which is good to see.

We've also had a meeting with our new friend Kevin from the Fishermen's Mission in Newlyn (or the Fish Mish as it's referred to locally).  The process of soapmaking means that there's a little bit of waste from every batch, trimmings and so on, they're perfectly good bits of soap, just odd shapes.  So we collect them up and when the box gets full we drop them off at one of the hostels in the area - I hate waste of any kind.  This time round I contacted the Mission and when we dropped off the box of goodies, we had a chat with Kevin there.  They do amazing work for the working men of the port and most specially for the families of men lost at sea in this most dangerous of occupations.  They provide lifetime support for these families and what they manage to do there on a wing and a prayer left a very deep impression on Helen and I.  So we'd like to help them. 

We've been supporting the Precious Lives appeal for more than a year now and we're really proud of our contribution.  But we feel that the Mission is providing such a massive service to people at the worst time of thier lives and they really need help too.  So from the 1st of August 2p from every bottle and jar we sell will go to the Mission in Newlyn.  If you'd like to see for yourself what they do, have a look here.