Happy New Year- it's 40 Below !!!

This has been a cold week and looks like it will continue on into the next week also.

We are keeping warm here in the Interior of Alaska with our Potbelly Coal/Wood Burning Stove. Keeping a home warm here in Alaska can be very costly if you are using Oil. This year we have our new stove and it heats the whole house up nicely.

Who would have thought a few years ago, I'd be living in Alaska, close to Denali National Park and Mt. McKinley and stoking a fire.
Yes, it's true, using a sledge hammer and pounding large pieces of frozen coal in order to get a few pieces that would fit in the door of our stove.

Even Gertie, the dog has to put on booties so that her paws wouldn't freeze when she's outside.

Hopefully we'll be able to see the Northern Lights tonight, making it a special New Year and a great way to start 2009. There are many Japanese Tourist that have come into Fairbanks this past Saturday for that purpose alone.

Wishing all of you a prosperous and Happy New Years Eve from the Interior of Alaska.

Give someone a Hickey-New Product Launch

Feb. 1st, 2009 Introducing Hickey Sticks organic lip balm, and Hickey Balm, organic lip balm.
This is a very exciting launch. The lip balms are made with some incredible oils and butters.

Winter Solstice-Dec. 21st

Today is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. Sunrise is at 10:45am in the interior of Alaska and the Sunset is at 2:50pm. 4hrs 5min. of daylight. Two hours north in Fairbanks they loose a little bit more of their day then we do here. It's about another half hour difference....

There are no shortages of festivals and parties this evening.......and here in Alaska where we have a shortage of daylight hours, we are now looking forward to the days getting longer....
I have been invited to go dog mushing, and will post that experience if and when that happens. I may even post some pics....
Make it a good one.........

Bathhouse Twins, Belle and Tallulah

I'm always asked which ones are the most popular scents. This one is overlooked a lot, but, if you give it a go, you won't be disappointed.

As I promised, without further delay, here is another story which is on the back of every soap and candle.

Here's their Story:
The Bathhouse Twins arrived in Dawson City, Yukon in the Spring of 1898. Both stylishly attired, one sweet, the other brassen and dangerous. Together they operated the Back Parlor Bathhouse a block away from the "Cribs" on Paradise Alley, where the real working girls operated.

The Twins were known as the "Wild Flowers", not only for the great flowers they grew but for their special talents in the bedroom. After making their fortune off the miners they moved and settled as law abiding citizens in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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scent: Heather and Hyacinth
This soap is so under raided. It always amazes me how wonderful the fragrance comes to life again in the shower. Wow it's worthwhile giving the Bathhouse Twins a try.
If you like a floral, it's a really unusual combination of Heather and Hyacinth....

Trade Shows ,Craft Shows and New Products

It's been a very exciting Christmas Season. I've been going from Fairbanks to Palmer, AK to attend a number of craft shows this season. We had a great season, and thank you so much to everyone.

I test marketed a new product last weekend. Massage/Lotion Bars. These all sold out within one hour. So, needless to say, we will start to carry them in our regular lineup in the new year, from Feb.'09 onward.

Massage and Lotion Bar description: These are all made with Shea Butter, Bee's Wax, Sweet Almond Oil and fragrance. We tested 4 scents: 1-Dick's Hairy Goat, 2- Rosehip, Jasmine and Pommegranate, #3- Vanilla, Lavender and Patchulli #4- Spearmint and Eucaluptus

They are a hard bar that soften and melt on contact with your skin. Wonderful to massage with or use as a hard lotion Bar. Just rub it on your skin and it will moisturize the driest of skin. Very very nice, you'll love it.

UPCOMING TRADE SHOW:
JAN. 24-27TH 2009 LOCATION: WASHINGTON TRADE AND CONVENTION CENTER IN SEATTLE
SHOW NAME: SEATTLE GIFT WHOLESALE SHOW

See you at the show........