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The musings of a small scale soap maker in a small town handcrafting bubbly bars of happiness.

Ironton, Missouri
Joined April 2012
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🌸Just a reminder that the soap shop is closed until Sept 4th. The website is still available for ordering.
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You can tell my health is better! I can carry the ladder and work again so I am finally washing the soap shop. You can’t be a soapmaker and not have a clean store front. I could not physically do much the last year but now, completely different. I was told I had to have a pacemaker and several stints due to advanced congestive heart failure. Nope, wasn’t gonna go that path. Decided to do the simplest things first - changed my diet, fasted, exercise, de-stress and removed an infected tooth. Slowly losing weight and no stints needed now it seems…..thank you all for your patience! Cleaning today as the outside is so dirty and hopefully scrap & repaint on Sunday.
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Humid enough? It’s summer and Spa Lady is front and center! Restock of Sea Glass, Coconut Sorbet and Pineapple Mango to bring the tropics to Missouri 🏝️ Bath bombs in those 3 plus Black Raspberry Vanilla, Lavender, Johnson Shut Ins and Strawberry with more on the way by Saturday. The soap shop is open today until 5, Friday from 10 to 5 but closed for a few hours in the afternoon as buildings require my attention, then Saturday 10 to 4.
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🌸Going to sneak out early today and will see you tomorrow, Saturday 10am to 4pm 🍍🥭Pineapple Mango is in the shop to welcome summer ☀️. Please support the 🫧soap makers at the Iron County 🎡 Fair or at the Iron Co 👩🏻‍🌾Farmers Market this weekend if you are out and about. They are enduring some icky humidity and heat that I just can’t do! Last time I did a County Fair it was in Lincoln Co 20 yrs ago and it was 110 degrees in the shade. 👵🏻Nope, don’t have that stamina or drive anymore. So please support those who do! 😍
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😕Closed this morning as my washing machine just belched non-stop water all over the floor… The shop will be open tomorrow, 4th of July 10am to 5pm
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Closed until next week June 26th. I had hoped to squeeze in a day, but unfortunately, that will not be possible. I apologize for the inconsistency at the shop. Jim remains 🏥hospitalized and may be released tomorrow, pending further testing.
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🌸Closed Thursday, June 19th🌸 The 🧼🫧soap shop is closed today as I am helping Jim. He had an issue yesterday evening and was admitted to 🚑Parkland’s ER in Farmington. They will be doing tests this morning and I have to go back up later. Jim is in good spirits now as he has been calling me since 6am 🤣 after coming home at 1am. A big THANK YOU to the 🔥Fredricktown 🚒Fire Dept for taking such good care of him and Rusty 🐶 yesterday. 🫩I plan on being open Friday but not promising anything right now. 🌸.
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🙂Open Friday, June 13th 10am to 5pm ⛈️ Currently, I have Johnson Shut Ins and 1805 restocked but SOLD OUT of the following soaps: 🌸AVS #119 Drive Around The Lake Honeysuckle Elephant Rocks Mina Sauk Sea Glass Cool Mint Suit &Tie Sandalwood Brown Lye All the pine tars pretty much Garage Soap 🌸 I would hate to have you make a trip and then be disappointed. I hope to have most restocked next week. Thank you all for your patience and the online orders!
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So sorry but I need to be out of the soap shop this weekend. I’m fine but need to help family. The shop should reopen next Thursday June 12th.
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🙂Want to see how Small Business and Shop Local works? 🌳The Maples buys our Old Plank Road and other travel 🧼soaps to add to their guest cabins. Guests come and shop in my soap store. AVSoap buys Arcadia Valley Coffee Company ‘s 🫘beans for infusing into our Coffee Lip Balm and decorating our wax melts. Customers also can smell their beans to reset their smellers after too many soap scents. The soapmaker buys ☕️cappuccino to power thru soaping! So all in all, when you shop Main Street that gives the merchants the ability to support each other. Money stays in town as much as possible and sales tax adds up for our little town by supporting local. Nothing huge on these transactions, but like all investing , slow and steady usually wins the race. Thanks my wonderful soapy friends for being so kind liking, sharing and spreading the word for small business!😍
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Do you have an Arcadia Valley Soap Co Gift Card that expired in 2024 or this year 2025? I am STILL HONORING them as I had to take time off. It’s not fair if you didn’t have a chance to use them so I have extended all gift cards from 2024/25 to expire 2027.
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🌸Valley in Bloom available this weekend. Shop hours are Thursday & Friday 10am to 5pm Saturday 10am to 4pm
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Anything new when the shop reopens? Cute new tea towels, lovely scented candles and a few more additions for next week on the way! See you starting Thursday, May 1st 🌸
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In 1 month, the Arcadia Valley Spring Mountain Music Festival takes place! The 🧼 shop reopens in 2 weeks from today, then the festival 2 weeks later. See you soon! 🌸🌿🌸🌿
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Re-opening in 4 weeks! 🌸
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About another month until the shop reopens. I haven’t even removed Christmas yet! Between taxes and cleaning out the new building along with tearing down another one- I haven’t even pondered soap!
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Going to keep the online store closed until the shop reopens until Feb 28th. Just can’t seem to have everything done, so going to delay some more.
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The 🧼soap shop is closed until Feb 27th while I take some time off, clean and repaint the shop, and work on the buildings next door.
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