Spa Conference and Expo

Couple of weeks ago I was at a spa conference and expo in Chicago.  Let me tell you, it was pure heaven!  Everything a girl could ask for: a little bit of shopping therapy, tons of demos, free samples and many, many cool beauty products and tools! Oh, and lets not forget about special night out with my hubby in one of the coolest cities in the world!
It was so great to feel the energy, to see some of the most famous movers and shakers of the industry, to pick up a few ideas for my business and to get inspired! Here are a few pictures from the event, hope you like it!

Till next time,
Liana.

Renegade Chicago 2010 Report, Raffle and such

Less than two weeks ago my friend Sofia and I drove to Chicago to participate in 8th Annual Renegade Craft Fair. I had high expectations about the show and OH MY! where they exceeded! We got lucky with beautiful weather and an awesome corner spot, right behind the Prick Cushion (heard lots of funny comments over those two days, ha-ha!). The fair was amazing! The atmosphere was so relaxed and fun for people to shop and enjoy sunshine. Ice cold sangria, beer and wine were sold right on the street. The food along the Division street was delicious, I can still taste it in my mouth! The crowds were flowing non-stop through our booth, we were demonstrating our massage candles, people were friendly and we had barely enough time to run to the restrooms. It was great! Here are a few pictures of Sofia and I.
We started driving at 3AM and met sunrise somewhere on I-94... It was drizzling in the morning but the sky cleared as soon as we set up our booth.


Breakfast from Alliance Bakery was just amazing! Morning breakfast was the only time of rest after the opening it was just go, go, go. We had an awesome time and I just wish I had more time to shop for myself as there were so many talented artists! I LOVE my Etsy peeps!

NEWSLETTER: As some of you may already know, we have a raffle sheet sign up on every show and Renegade Chicago was no exception. I will contact all the participants about the raffle once. Only those who have checked the box for receiving updates in the future will be automatically signed up for our Newsletter and receive 15% off their next online order. Just mention RENEGADENEWS10 in notes to seller at checkout and difference will be refunded to you after your payment clears. If I have added you accidentally to our newsletter emailing list, no worries it is very easy to unsubscribe.

RAFFLE: I have 30 email addresses in our sign up sheets. I have numbered all the participants as they were added to the list and here it is as follows:
1-Aubrey N; 2-Allison F; 3-Jennifer Bon; 4-Keeley C; 5-Sarah C; 6-Christina I; 7-Anna A; 8-Janina W; 9-Carmen A; 10-Amanda G; 11-Jennifer Bos; 12-Mary H; 13-Kendall; 14-Emily L; 15-Victoria S; 16-Diana T; 17-Kerry L; 18-Jill H; 19-Dan B; 20-Meg R; 21-Beth H; 22-Kenyatta M-E; 23-Dorothy B; 24-Suzi W; 25-Pat S; 26-Ripal S; 27-Patricia C; 28-Jamie L; 29-Cwynar; 30-Miriam S.
The lucky winner will be getting 2 oz Ultimate Body Butter of your choice! And our Rose Hip Oil Lip Balm of your choice! With these items you will be ready to fight back brutal winter cold and dry skin! Good luck!

Drum roll please...


Congratulations Emily!! Please contact me at liana(at)marmaladehills(dot)com to provide me with your shipping address.

Thank you CHICAGO!♥♥♥ We will be back!♥♥♥

Till next time,
Liana.

Renegade Craft Fair in Chicago

I am extremely excited to announce that out of a thousand+ applications Marmalade Hills was accepted as a vendor at the 8th Annual Renegade craft Fair in Chicago.
It is a top notch craft fair featuring 300 finest indie artists from all over the nation! It will be held on September 11 through September 12 from 11:00am to 7:00pm along the Division Street between Damen and Paulina. The Renegade Craft Fairs have become a cornerstone of the blossoming DIY craft world and a pioneer of indie craft shows across the land. Renegade Craft Fair was originated in Chicago in 2003 and since then added couple of other popular locations to their list: Austin TX, Brooklyn NY, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Marmalade Hills team is so delighted to be selected for such a fine event and we are looking forward to participate in many more Renegade Craft Fairs all over the country!

Hope to see you there!

Till next time,
Liana.

Back to work!

I had a few minutes today for myself before my older one returns from school and while my youngest enjoyed his jumper. So I finally was able to return to blogging. It was a long and busy summer but it was planned to be this way. I am glad to be back to work! An opportunity to get back to business kept me on my toes all summer long! I just couldn’t wait to get back to my studio, make new products and search for new scents and ingredients! However, I am very happy with our summer and the progress we made. We have finished remodeling 1/3 of our house, what at one time used to be Marmalade Hills studio is now a home office and a family room. My husband had supervised his first project at work, and even though it took him out of the country for three weeks, it was an important step in his career. And finally we had a fun family trip to Chicago. The most memorable part of the trip for me was Cloud Gate sculpture in downtown Chicago or The Bean. It is so simple, yet unique, modern, engaging, fun and absolutely breathtaking! Check out for yourself…

Unfortunately it was too crowded to capture true beauty of it, but found many gorgeous pictures of Cloud Gate here.

Here are some night pictures of Chicago

Now the summer is officially over (today we had first frost overnight!); schedule for Fall/Winter season is set; new products and scents are finalized; and I am back to work at my studio! Because all of Marmalade Hills’ soaps have to cure for 6 weeks I am whipping new batches of soap every other day to make sure that I have enough fresh and yummy smelling soaps this holiday season! As far as new products go, you will be able to try new Bath Truffles and completely new Lotion formula, which is divine in texture and extremely beneficial for skin. I am so excited about new products that I will have to blog about each one of them individually!



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