Starting November 2022 we will be open on Thursdayβs for the first time since mid March 2020. Masks required to keep our immune compromised community safe. We canβt wait to see you all! It is so exciting to be able to give six more hours a week to come shop with us. Now open:
Thursday 11am-5pm
Friday 11am-5pm
Saturday 11am-5pm
Sunday 11am-5pm
1501 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix
My dear parents, aka Original Gnomie and Mama Hedgehog, came by the factory to help me wrap up a very special batch of soap shipping out today to our Strawberry Hedgehog Soap Club members. π August marks our 14th year of the Soap Club!! π₯² π How time flies!!! Thatβs 168 unique scents I have had the honor to craft and send out monthly to the amazingly supportive, and great smelling folks that make up the club!
In honor of this milestone I am opening up the Monthly Soap Club payment option! This month-to-month payment option opens up about once yearly so this is your chance! Head to the top right link on StrawberryHedgehog.com while supplies last π or sign up for our 3, 6, or 12 month pay up front Soap Club option.
Thank you for the years of support!! I love the Soap Club!! It is a constant source of inspiration and joy and I love being able to share with such amazing Soapie friends! π₯Ή
New book and plants I am loving π₯° βGrowing Joy: The Plant Loverβs Guide to Cultivating Happiness (and plants)β by Maria Failla aka @bloomandgrowmaria π₯°π₯°π₯° The writing style is so informal and fun. I love plants and mindfulness practices, as you know, and I have my own methods but I also have a major phone addiction π± β οΈ π This book has been super helpful in actually motivating me to make some changes first thing in the morning. It has been a few good days and I can say this made a difference. I am hoping I can also put into practice some better habits for houseplant relations. πππ
New plant babies put into friendly earth this morning as part of my new practice - yarrow, elacampane, motherwort.. #CharlieTheDoggy helping by gobbling up soil π .. skullcap, valerian, and a couple of break offs I am trying to root in water β skullcap and spilanthes. Cheersies!
I am hoping to get some copies to carry and share in the Strawberry Hedgehog Soap Shop but you can preorder yours at https://read.macmillan.com/lp/growing-joy/
This Saturday !! π π Our monthly Vegan Mini Maker Market is a bit later in the month to celebrate the Full Moon π It is indoors, masks required π· π with free veg to share the prosperity and some fun diy goodies to help tune into the Supermoon in Libra energies β the moon goes full at 11:54am AZ time, join us for some intention setting right around noon then getting a little crafty so if youβre into make-and-take show up around then. We are hosting on a Saturday, April 16. I hope youβll swing by between 11am-5pm. πππ 10% of all money spent with us on Saturday will be donated to a local charity TBA.
We are proud to be hosting fellow Makers:
We are now open all weekend! Please stop by to see us Saturday and Sunday 11am-5pm. We are still requiring masks for anyone entering the space. We have extra if you forget yours. Canβt wait to see you!!
The Strawberry Hedgehog Soap Shop & Vegan Boutique is open every Saturday from 11am-5pm and one Sunday monthly for our Vegan Mini Maker Markets where we invite some artists we carry in the shop to join us for a day. This month it will be March 13 from 11am-5pm and we are excited to bring in the Fluffy Vegans, Carla Yeatts, and Melissa Waddell!
Dates for the rest of 2022βs Vegan Mini Maker Markets are:
April 10
May 22
June 12
July 17
August 28
September 18
October 23
November 27
December 18
WE ARE CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAYS!
All orders placed by 12/20 are being processed as quickly as possible to ship or for scheduled pick ups 12/23. .
All orders placed after 12/20 will be shipped out in the new year.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND KINDNESS! Without your purchases, sharing, showing up and caring we would not have made it through another tough year.
We will be back with Soap Shop hours, curbside pick up, and frequent shipping of online orders in 2022. Sending you our deepest gratitude and best wishes for a safe and loving holiday season. Smell ya later!
Mark your calendars, November 28 11am-5pm and December 19 11am-5pm at 1501 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, for our Vegan Holiday Mini Maker Markets with 10% of our sales supporting @farmsanctuary
* Please consider sponsoring a turkey through Farm Sanctuary and keeping turkeys (and all creatures) off your plate this Thanksgiving and holiday season https://www.farmsanctuary.org/adopt/
Safety first for our indoor event at the Soap Shop & Vegan Boutique! Masks required for entry. All vendors, performers, service providers and Gnomies working the shop have been vaccinated or will have a negative Covid test within 72 hours of our event. Hand washing station at the door along with sanitizer option. Door open with fans and filters whirling.
More soon, I canβt wait to see you all! Talk about the opposite of Black Friday and last minute holiday chaos Thatβs what we are going for. This is an excellent way to support local artists and treat yourself at the same time!
Nov 28 Makers
Hauspanther
Fluffy Vegans
Lila Jo Accessories
Spoonsenforksen jewelry
Dec 19 Makers
Hauspanther
Fluffy Vegans
Lila Jo Accessories
Positively Frosted
Hi there! Long time no blogging. Just thought I would take a moment to share a little self-care recipe with you. Iβve just about had it with social media app filters artificially plumping my lips up so hereβs a natural way to plump and exfoliate your precious kisser.
Circulation-Boosting Lip Scrub by Strawberry Hedgehog
~1/2oz plant based oil (almond, jojoba, etc)
1/2 Tsp powdered ginger
1Tbsp exfoliant (fine raw sugar - smaller crystals are better)
1 drop each spearmint & carrot seed essential oils
Drop your essential oils into a 1oz jar. Carefully pour oil into jar half way. Alternate adding the powders and sugar to the oil and tap the side so it distributes evenly. After washing face with Strawberry Hedgehog tea tree rosemary soap for combination to oily skin types or almond oatmeal soap for combination to dry skin types apply a dollop of your scrub to damp lips and delicately scrub in circular motions until your sugar has dissolved and your lips are smooth as can be. Rinse off and pat dry, apply Strawberry Hedgehog Balancing Facial Toner followed by Lavender Tea Tree Facial Moisturizer for combination to oily skin or our whipped body creme if combination to dry. Follow up through the day by slathering on some Crazy Rumors vegan lip balm.
Hope you enjoy it!
Smell ya later,
Tracy the Soap Maker
If you follow us on social media you may have noticed I am obsessed with plants, medicinal plants to be specific and particularly with our garden. When I moved into my home in 2011 I started planting herbs and now, 10 years later, the yard has seen many plants come and go but it is at its peak, for sure. The area we typically plant in is getting wonderfully crowded and we are starting to venture out. We have a small area on the west side of our house that is shaded by a juniper and mesquite tree. It is too shady for most things to grow, though a spindly and resourceful lantana managed to grow the height of the house to reach sun!
I have been continuing my herbal education and recently joined the United Plant Savers, an organization committed to preservation of medicinal plants and their habitats. With the ever growing urban sprawl, climate change and increased interest in wildcrafting herbs there are many plants that are threatened in the wild. With this in mind I decided to make use of our little shady spot to try our hand at creating a simulated forest garden.
I bought some organic root stock of American ginseng, black and blue cohosh, goldenseal, and bloodroot. The goldenseal didnβt survive the shipping process but the rest were good to go when they arrived in the mail. They need 75% shade, great drainage, and loose fluffy goodness to grow in to develop those roots, the part of the plant that is used for medicine. We decided to build up rather than dig down since there are undoubtedly precious roots for the shade trees we did not want to cut into and having a raised bed would allow optimal drainage..
With 6 cinder blocks notched for 2x4 boards and scrap wood we built the structure for the planter. We did a layer of washed sand on the bottom for optimal drainage, topped with organic βraised bed soil.β I then dug holes just large enough for the roots to have an inch or two of good soil over them. I arranged them in the planter with the blue cohosh in the back left, black cohosh in back right as they are the tallest growing of what was planted then ginseng through the middle of the planter and bloodroot up against the front. Lastly we covered the bed with red cedar bark mulch to protect the root babies from our scorching heat and hold in moisture. The final step was to protect the bed from our garden helpers, the doggies, and especially from the neighborhood kitties from using it as a litter box. Serendipitously, we had a piece of chicken wire just the right size to fit over the planter and keep any curious critters from getting nosy.
Now we water and wait! This planter is just outside my bathroom and I had high hopes I could use gray water from my shower and bath for this planter, but as it is the root we would be harvesting we decided against taxing them with any extra burden from biodegradable soap, etc. I have no idea what to expect but will update at some point. This is a many year endeavor and if at first I donβt succeed I will try again. This is round one and it feels like a wonderful addition to our medicine garden!
