After months of experimenting with creating the best handmade soaps, I finally got enough courage to open my own Etsy shop today. YAY (and it’s 90210 today, which makes remembering the anniversary a little easier)! It is called Lavender and Olive to pay respect to two of my favorite ingredients, both to lather up and to eat! I especially love the fact that there is the word “LOVE” in the name. I will be selling handmade soaps here, and I’m hoping to expand to sell some handmade accessories and bags in the future.
To celebrate the grand opening, I would like to share some of these soaps with you! Please leave me a comment on this blog post from now until Sunday, September 19, 2010, and the winner will receive four of my favorite soaps made by yours truly. Feel free to enter if you are a regular reader of this blog (all five of you!), or even if you just happened to stumble onto it for the first time today! Don’t be shy! And please only enter once.
The winner will be selected by random drawing and I will announce the lucky recipient on Monday, September 20, 2010! Thank you and happy lathering!
Lavender and OliVE 
I’m so glad you started an Etsy shop! Long overdue with all of your talents! Best wishes!!
I totally agree!
I love it! You are amazing!
Congratulations! They’re SO amazing I can’t use any other store bought brands anymore! They’re gentle for your skin, but strong enough to take all the chlorine off my body after swimming, and all the sweat after running in the sun. Great for your skin & environment too. Keep makin’ them and make a world a better (and cleaner) place!
Your biggest fan,
xoxo!
p.s. i think Cynthia deserves a winning drawing with 2 posts! lol
got a recommendation from saori on facebook =D she makes it sound really interesting so i might try it out
I bet the citrus one smells amazing! best of luck in your etsy career!!
I love soap!! Especially handmade stuff. \(^o^)/
Debbie: Thank you so much! You’re been such a wonderful cheerleader for my crafty adventures from the start, and I really appreciate your support! You are the best!
Love,
Hirono
Hi Cynthia! Aaah, my first ever soap customer! Thanks for your love and continuous support! Cheers to many more soaps to come your way! 🙂
Love,
Hirono
Hi Brian! Thank you for stopping by and leaving me a comment! isn’t Saori such a great sales woman? LOL. I hope you get to try the handmade soaps … they are sooooo wonderful!
Hirono
Hi Jordan! Thank you so much for stopping by and leaving me a comment! It took a while for me to get my butt off the couch to start the Etsy shop but I’m definitely excited! I look forward to sharing soapy goodness with everyone! 🙂
Hirono
Hi Himawari! Thanks for stopping by and leaving me a comment! I love your name. Himawari, or sunflower, is one of my favorite flowers! Sooo cute! 🙂 Oh my, aren’t homemade stuff amazing? They are so good for us, inside and out. Looking forward to sharing handmade goodness with you!
Hirono
Hi Saori! YAY, my shop is finally up and running! And it opened on September 2, 2010 … 90210! LOL. Thanks for spreading the soapy love to your friends! It was so nice to see your friend, Brian, to stop by from your Facebook page! You are the best sister ever!
Love,
Hirono
Hi Hirono,
I wish you that each every way and time you explore the many trivial things in life, the experience will enrich your life in all aspects – career, family, friends, and so on.
Best regards,
Joy
Hi Joy! Thank you so much for stopping by! And thank you so much for befriending me on Facebook! Your baby’s photos bring smiles to my face! Thanks for the kind words.
Hirono
Congratulations on your new Etsy shop! I’m pleased to see some options without synthetic fragrance oils.
Hi ikkinlala!
Thank you so much for visiting my blog and leaving me a comment! I am so excited that my shop is up and running! I love the all-natural soaps too. What they do to our skin is just amazing!
Hirono
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I just got my soaps and they are wonderful!! I can’t wait to try them all! The packaging is so cute, simple and creative. I just used the peach soap and I think i’m addicted!! These would be awesome gifts too!! HIRONO RULES!!
really good need to try