This weekend’s giveaway is from Stephinie of Sweetbrier Farms. I have known Stephinie in this small world of crafting, blogging mamas for many years now and have long loved her creations. She has made some exciting changes in recent months, and I am excited to have her here to share some of that with all of you. Mother’s Day is next weekend, and if you order quickly, I bet you could have a beautiful gift just in time!
In Stephinie’s words:
We are a mini-farm on the south coast of Massachusetts where we keep chickens, honeybees, rabbits and tend a garden. Stephinie (me) is the herbalist in the production and Joe (my husband) is the potter. Everything we offer is made right here on our tiny farm. Our small-batch soaps and herbal wellness products are made with organic or sustainably wildcrafted ingredients and beeswax from our own honeybees. Several of the herbs in our products in grown in our garden. Our pottery is made with stoneware clay and glazed with lead-free food safe glaze. Joe has recently been making some beautiful knitting bowls, there are several in the shop now, and more to come! (Though I must admit, it took me awhile to convince him to cut a hole in a perfectly thrown pot!)
Some of you might remember that I used to dye a lot of play silks (they are still available in our shop!) and sew up children’s goods under the name Gypsy Forest. As my own children have grown, I found myself with time to study herbs formally, even though I had dabbled in herbalism for some time. Now as a Community Herbalist, I feel like I’ve found my calling. I started to fine tune the recipes I had been making for years, friends and family began asking for more, and it seemed like a good time to start offering them in our little shop.
I think more and more people are aware of how their products are made and want to trust what is in them. I love being able to chat with someone about skin sensitivities and hand them a bar of our soap that I know is gentle enough for their skin or suggest our super salve. Our soaps are cold-process, gentle, and cured for several weeks to ensure a long lasting bar. We don’t use any synthetic ingredients – no colorants or fragrance – just plants & pure essential oils. We also carry a small line of tinctures made from locally harvested plants and a few herbal tea blends.
The biggest compliment to the shift in my work came from my youngest son last week when he was helping me with an educational event at our local children’s museum. (We brought our chickens to talk about raising hens and also a small selection of our products.) Someone asked him about our soap, which he said was the best, then they asked why and he said, “because my mom would never put any bad stuff in it.” Needless to say, the woman got a big smile on her face and bought a bar of soap from us.
We’re proud of offering goods made with ethical, sustainable and top quality ingredients. Perhaps even more important, is the honesty and genuine communication we offer to our customers. We take the time to answer questions, listen and connect in a very busy world that is often void of this. That is one of my favorite things about our work!
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Stephinie is giving one winner a feather spoon rest, a bar of soap, a tincture, and a travel size tin of super salve. (a $45 value) In addition, you can receive 15% off your order with the coupon code SMALLTHINGS15 through 5-14-16.
For your chance to win, leave a comment on this post. Comments are closed and the winner is Laurel, who commented, “What a wonderful giveaway! So many lovely things.”
Thanks, Stephinie and Sweetbrier Farms!
Anneli says
Wonderful giveaway! Thanks for the opportunity.
Emily says
Lovely presentation – I am in love with the shape of the soap dish!
BeckyM says
Lovely products!
nicole says
wow, what an amazing evolution she has made over the years! everything looks beautiful. thanks for the giveaway!
Stacey says
What a wonderful giveaway in time for Mother’s Day!
Kari C. says
Beautiful products! Would love the chance to win!
Alice says
Beautiful and inspiring products. I have enjoyed watching Stephinies growth on her website.
Sue says
Thank you so much for the chance to win!
steph says
another wonderful shop to patronize! thanks for the generous giveaway offer….off to explore the shop!!!
Angela says
Thanks for this wonderful opportunity, Stephinie! Love all the things you offer in your shop!
Roxy says
Oh, it would cheer me so to win one of these lovelies!
Becky Slack says
Would love to try your products!…. Glad you found your niche in life!…I’m sure you will love every minute of it….?…
Candace says
The soap looks so nice! Thank you so much for this chance to win.
Kim says
Such beautiful items!
Emily Wilwerding says
Aaah…the spoon rest is dreamy!
Mary says
Would love to try your products!
Susannah says
Wow! This is my dream profession. I love pottery and am currently taking lessons and I have always been super interested in herbalism and using plants to heal. I would love to win this because I have really sensitive skin and eczema so the soap and balm would be AMAZING!!!!!
Sharon says
What lovely gifts. Good luck to everyone!
Heather says
Lovely!
Jeannine says
What a lovely give away! Thanks for the chance to win!
Susan says
Good luck everyone! Your items are beautiful
Pgerharft says
Such lovely handcrafted items.
Laurel says
What a wonderful giveaway! So many lovely things.
Heidi says
Thank you so much, your soaps look so beautiful!!!
manda overturf says
Beautiful pottery.
Lemon says
What a fun giveaway! Thanks for the chance!
Libby says
What a great giveaway!
Kelli says
Thanks for the chance Sweetbrier Farms! Would love to try your products.
Imagining that feather spoon rest on my counter. 😀
Leah D says
What a great giveaway! Would love to try the Super Salve :). Thanks!
Jess says
I love this give away! What wonderful products, thank you for the chance to win them!
Luka says
These sound lovely!!
Joanna says
It all looks quite lovely, and I would be honored to try some of these products!
Linda Poteet says
Beautiful products!
Dawn says
Lovely story and lovely things! Thank you for the introduction and the opportunity.
Michelle H. says
What a lovely company with beautiful products! Thank you for sharing
Carol says
What love and creativity in your products!
Megan says
My kids love their playsilks from Stephinie. Thanks for the giveaway!
Johanna says
Oh my, what lovely products!
Adrienne says
Wow! Beautiful products. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Carol says
Handmade pottery and natural herbs what a great combo.
What a great giveaway. Thank You.
Bianca says
Always good to see more herbal products.
Dawn says
Would love this giveaway:)
olivia says
thanks for this wonderful giveaway!
Theresa says
What a nice giveaway! I would love to try your products. ?
jacque says
Would love to win the give away and will be visiting this sponsors site!
Elise Anderson says
Lovely post and hum, yes it would be nice to win- but happy to visit anyway!
Adah says
I love trying new soaps:) Thank you for the chance to win!
Yasmin Kirkwood says
Everything looks fantastic, hope I win this one!
Pam B. says
What a generous giveaway! Thank you Stephinie and Ginny!
Word Lily says
How lovely! I’d adore winning.