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Sweetbrier Farms {giveaway}

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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!

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  4. I love using natural products and and eating organic foods! I only wish I was better at being able to grow/make them myself.

  9. I would dearly love to be in for a chance to win these beautiful gifts, thank you for giving me the opportunity 🙂
    Jacky ? I’m in the UK but my FIL is at present staying in his house in Florida, so if I was the ‘lucky one’, the parcel could be sent to him xx

  14. Just found your blog recently and thank you for a chance to win some amazing products!

  16. ~ The feather spoon rest is sooooo pretty. Its all nourishing, the products, the colors, ….. WOW.
    Thank you for featuring Ginny. I’m jumping to their blog right away ~
    I went to a boarding high school in southern MA, ( art scholarship student) …. wonder if their farm is near there ??
    Its so exciting to find new wonderful family farms to support !!
    Best,
    Shell ~

  19. oh my goodness, those yarn bowls look amazing. and that spoon rest!

    thank you for such an amazing giveaway!!!

  25. What lovely products. I’m always looking for natural skin care. Thanks for the opportunity.

  28. another excellent giveaway! Thank you for introducing us to all sorts of wonderful creators.

  29. I’ve followed along with Stephinie for quite a few years at her blog. It’s been fun to see her explore these new passions and it seems like everything she makes is made with such care and intention.

  31. Love it all! I have a bag of hers that she made and I get compliments all the time ! Beautiful and top quality work!

  32. Stephinie your new offerings are just lovely, best wishes to you. And of course I would love to win this beautiful package!!!

  35. I was just looking at Sweetbriers website through their link on the right side of your blog Ginny. However, I hesitated because of my health issue knowing which are suitable. With getting migraine headaches from strong scent I wanted to try but not waste my money since Mark is laid off. Maybe sometime I will email and ask for suggestions. Their pottery is quite beautiful as well. Thanks for having them post about their products Ginny.

    • Hi Barbara – feel free to drop us a line! We’re happy to answer questions about any of our products. Our soaps are all very softly scented with essential oils which usually does not trigger migraines. (We have migraine sufferers in our family too!)

  36. Such pretty products. I’ve been wanting a yarn bowl. I’ll have to drop my family some hints. Thank you for a chance to win such lovely products!

  43. I am in love with your lemon thyme soap and dream salve. I would love to try more of your products and the leaf pottery is just lovely.

  47. Ooh! I love stuff like this! The knitting bowls are neat! I keep trying to convince my husband that I can’t be a legitimate blogger until he starts keeping bees.

  48. Thank you to both you and Stephamie for offering such a nice giveaway. These kinds of handmade items are favorites of mine.

  50. Hi Stephinie, I just came across your blog through Small Things blog. Love it! I have very sensitive skin so I am excited to find you. I also love pottery! The giveaway is so kind…thank you for a chance to win! Hope your day is going great! Smiles, Deborah. 🙂

    • Hi Deborah – we have sensitive skin in our house too, which inspired many of our products. I am happy to answer any questions you have 🙂