New Look

I know, it's been a long time since we posted anything! But, we've been busy. And we've had to rethink our business a little bit. We're currently shifting from focusing on our on-line sales to building a brick and mortar presence here in the Valley. We're streamlining our product line and yet adding a few new items, too.

Some of the cool new things we'll have in-stock soon are baby slings, baby wraps, kids' cloth napkins, and reusable quick-mop covers. The salves that are the best-liked with our customers will stay, like Skin Salve, Plantain, Comfrey, Tame That Tushie!, and Breathe In. We'll hopefully be adding Stiff and Sore to our on-line offerings as it's been a huge hit with our customers here at home. Teas? They'll be the same. And, of course, we'll still have our scouring powder in several fragrances and laundry powder available. All in all, it's a move in the right direction as we remember that this is a HOME based business. No sense in neglecting the "home" part, right? This way we will still be able to offer great customer service but won't feel guilty if a week goes by without grating soap....

Do you love the new look? A good friend who is a graphic designer put the new logo together for us. Our packaging will slowly be changing to include it, and it'll be featured on our sewn products as soon as possible. If you'd like information on good design work, please email us for his details.

We've had a good summer taking it easy, but hope to be posting here more often. Of course, no posting means someone is busy grating soap and grinding herbs!

New Update in the Card Shop!

Hey!  There's a new update in my card shop! I know this is our Baileys Basics blog, but one shop kind of keeps the other running, you know?  Or rather, they keep each other running.  Head on over and pick up Mother's day cards and cards for all your Spring sending needs.  Here's a sampling of what you'll find.......

We have a stalker...

But it's the fun kind!!  Our Headache Relief Tea got stalked this past week.  Check it out and leave some love for Beatrice and Violet of Etsy Stalker.  

We're honored to be stalked, and glad that searching for headache relief led to our tea.  I was thinking a few weeks ago about making eye masks....I see one here and may have to rethink my idea to avoid stepping on others.  I'm always so hyper-worried about infringing, you know? Anyhoo, very cool stalker moment.  We're adding the badge to the sidebar, too, since we rock!

Important Things on the Homefront

There is a very important post on our personal blog.  Please go read it when you have a chance.  It's not business-related, but it's important business.  We now return you to your Entrecard dropping and business-related clicking!

Been a while

I know it's been a while since I've posted.  Trust me, we've been busy.  New products are brewing, I'm sewing my little heart out, and we're working on producing enough inventory to put in our new brick-and-mortar location.  Since new products means buying new herbs and containers, that leads to being a bit busier than usual.  

In the meantime, I'd invite you to visit my new store and check out what else I've been working on. It's just a hobby, but I enjoy it!  Here you go: 3 Cats Cards.  

Link'd up

Okay, folks.  The Twitter follow-me button is ready to roll again.  I think.  And I even know what I did wrong. 

Next question -- when I update my blog or store, does it show up on your Twitter?  'Cause it's not showing up for me.  Of course, Tweetdeck has stopped opening on my computer and has made it clear that it hates me.  I think we may break up. So, help a girl out - am I tweeting out there?!

It's freezing in here.  If only I had some manner of warm bag of...rice, or something.  *brrr* ;)

Bad Link Luck

Hello, everyone!  I just wanted to let you know that someone sweet has let me know that my Twitter link doesn't work. I've been having trouble with Twitterfeed not tweeting when I've updated either the shop or the blog.  So, I'll be looking into this and trying to make sure all my links are up and working in the (very!) near future.  I'll let you know when I've fixed it, and if you find anything else that's broken, please do let me know! Thanks so much to Work At Home Mom for letting me know.

Other cool news around the shop is that we'll soon be offering a muscle rub for sore muscles.  We swear by it around here since we're both decrepit, so I know you'll love it.  

In addition, we have Mullein Oil bottled up and ready to go, Comfrey Oil ready to be bottled, and new washcloths and cleaning cloths that will be for sale shortly.

The coolest thing I have to report is that we'll be offering our products for sale in a brick-and-morter shop here in the Valley very soon.  My cousin owns a local flower shop, and they're branching out to offer cool natural products as well.  Today I met with Jade and introduced her to our products (hooked her, basically...), and she invited us to offer our products in their stores as soon as we're ready.  We are both totally excited about this, so give some love to Blakemore's Flowers as a big thank you and to encourage them to continue offering this great opportunity to local companies!

We're hanging out at home tonight, and tomorrow I fully intend to spend all day in front of the sewing machine. Have a great weekend!