Off White Indie Wedding Weekend

Photo courtesy of Brea Photography

The wedding show was wonderful!  There were so many lovely vendors and beautiful brides to be that it seemed surreal at times.  The weather was perfect here in St. Louis on the event day, and crowds of people piled in the Third Degree Glass Factory for their peek at the hottest wedding trends and free goodie give-aways.  

Photo courtesy of Brea Photography

The three Shenandoah Soap gals (Me, Megan, and Renee) made new friends, sipped on some cocktails, and presented our new wedding favor and gift set line.  Thanks to everyone who stopped by the table to test products and chat with us.

Photo courtesy of Brea Photography

Photo courtesy of Brea Photography

Our biggest success from the show is that Off White is writing a feature article for St. Louis Bride and Groom magazine and will be using the new groom's  shaving kits as a highlight in the article. Woo hoo!  Look for us in the May issue.  If you would like to see more lovely photos from the grand 2011 Off White Indie Wedding Show event, click here.

Clone Ranger Homebrew Beer Soap and Harvest.

Clone Ranger and Harvest are the newest original creations by Shenandoah Soaps.  They are listed on the Etsy shop with lots of juicy details. 

Clone Ranger Homebrew Beer in it's lovely wrapping.

Clone Ranger

Harvest

Harvest, all wrapped up.

Preparation for the Off-White Indie Wedding Show

I have been astonished by good news lately.  One wonderful thing is that I recently got engaged, and I'm working on planning my wedding.  Coincidentally, I am also participating in the upcoming Off White Indie Wedding Show on March 20th from 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. at the Third Degree Glass Factory.

I'm so excited about it all!  Off White will be showcasing vintage bridal boutiques, fashion shows, yummy gourmet cakes, sustainable catering services, stationery, attire and accessories, and all kinds of goodies with class and a bit of edge to them.

Shenandoah Soaps will be a vendor!  Look we're listed!

Yesterday, I had a meeting with my friend Megan who is part of my marketing team for Shenandoah Soaps.   We are going to be marketing Shenandoah Soaps as wedding favors and bridal party gifts in a couple months.  She gave me some wise advice and ideas for wedding show products.  I take her advice seriously because she threw a totally kick-butt wedding a few years back that we all still talk about when we get together.  

This is going to be a lot of work creating new products and giving the table a crafty allure.  I've been spending hours upon hours getting inspiration from the different craft blogs out there.  Personally, I love 100 Layer Cake and One Pretty Wedding.   The creativity and photography on these sites are amazing.

This week, I created some new scents. . . some were good. . . some were ummm not so good.  Overall, I had fun and didn't drop anything soapy and gooey on the floor this time. (Ugh, what a mess that can be.  Don't ever do that.)  I've decided to stick with most of my current scents, but I've added two new all natural masculine soaps.  They are both woodsy and one is made with Matt's home-brew that he named "Clone Ranger."  It was designed after the New Belgium Ranger beer (I'm marrying a very clever man, eh?), so that's what we'll be calling the soap.  Clone Ranger.

My Etsy shop will be filled with new products in the next couple weeks and the basement of the house will be buzzing with ideas and hard work of the Shenandoah Soaps team!  Go team!  I'll keep you updated on the progress and will post photos as we go.