Garden Party

This Wordless Wednesday, we're also linking up with Modern Country Style's English Garden Party!

Thank You Friends and Followers!

Woo Hoo!  We hit 300 followers this week on the Bean Street Market Blog!

I have so enjoyed sharing our bath and body creations here with you each week.  I've been a little scarce around here lately, getting ready for the holidays, but we've got a special treat (and sale!!)  prepared for all our friends and fans!  Check back here tomorrow to see... meanwhile, here's a sneak peek...

Candy Corn Soap Features

Our Candy Corn Soap has been attracting some attention!

Julie featured them on her blog, Etsy Stalkers...


and Carrie from carriedawaybags also put us in her Candy Corn Obsession Treasury!

Thanks for the shout outs girls!

Perfect Posies Etsy Treasury

Take a peek at this pretty Etsy Treasury!

IssyB created it- it includes our Passionfruit Rosebud Soaps!  Thanks for the shout out-

Lemony Etsy Treasury!

We've been featured in another Etsy Treasury!  Etsy seller mudandtwig created an Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy treasury (love the name!) and included our Lemon Sugar Cube Scrubs-

So go check out the treasury, and all the other lovely lemony goodness she found as well!

Cold Springs Studio

Look at these lovelies that showed up on my doorstep last week!

These are tumblers from Cold Springs Studio Pottery in New York- aren't they  pretty?  The glazes are beautiful, rich colors.  I found Alex and Cold Springs Studio last year on his blog.

 
They go with my Fiesta Ware quite nicely... love them!  Thanks Alex and Nancy!

I'm Tickled Pink!

Hey guess what?  I'm Tickled Pink!

On Fridays, Holly at 504 Main finds someone or something cool in the blogosphere and shares with her readers... and today, she's talking about Bean Street Market!  If you're here from 504 Main, welcome!  Get to know us better- browse through our Soapy Inspirations, or see our line of handmade bath and body products on our website (pssst- you can get a coupon code here!)

504 Main is one of my *favorite* blogs.  When I stop by, I feel like I'm popping in at a friend's house for a cup of tea.  There's always something interesting going on...

• Look at this cool Birthday Chandelier...
• Just this week, she was a SITS featured blogger...
• And check out the new DIY Club that she's hosting with Tatertots and Jello, WhisperWood Cottage, Its So Very Cheri, and Under the Table and Dreaming...

So yeah, cool stuff.  That's why we're so...well... tickled pink about being Tickled Pink!  Hop over and say hi- and be sure and enter the Bean Street Market Giveaway she's hosting for us!

Shout Out to Jujacrafts

Look at these lovelies!

I won these from JujaCrafts over at The Frosted Button!  They're made with a nice, strong bobby pin, to hold even my fine hair... and the hubby loves them!  Thank you, thank you! 

So check out JujaCrafts on Etsy, and then head over to The Frosted Button, too- she's doing a great Mother's Day gift guide!

Spa Day Etsy Treasury!

We've been included in another Etsy Treasury!  This one is called Spa Day, created by Denise from Joyful D*sign!  She chose our Lavender Mint Bath Salts:

What lovely lavender things!  But I think she should have included one of her pieces:  these beautiful Lavender  Dragonfly earrings!

Thanks for including us, Denise!

Shout Out- Fredericksburg Guide on Design Sponge

One of our neighbors has a guest post on Design*Sponge today!

 Pics via Fredericksburg, Texas Website

Lara of Enid posted her Fredericksburg, Texas Guide to some of our great brick and mortar stores and restaurants here in our little corner of the Texas Hill Country... she touched on almost all of my favorites!

I Won! I Won!

*beaming*  I just have to share a little bit of sunshine-  I won a blog giveaway over at By Hand Giveaways!  (If you've never been there, you really need to go- lots of super cool stuff...) It was for a gift certificate to Joyful D*sign 's Etsy shop!  I chose this lovely seaglass pendant:

And then I couldn't resist some matching earrings:

Aren't they pretty?  All of her pieces are made with real sea glass- one of my favorite things.  So be sure and stop by her Etsy shop and take a look around!

And thanks again to By Hand Giveaways and Joyful D*sign!

Featured in an Etsy Treasury!

Check out this great Etsy Treasury of Valentine goodies!  Each of these are handmade by Etsy Texas Crafters, which includes our candy hearts soaps. 

And for more Texas goodness, search on "teametsytx" at Etsy.com.

Shout Out- The Fresh Picked Blog & The Handmade Movement

I found a neat blog the other day- Fresh Picked!

Fresh Picked finds great handmade and vintage products all over the web. Their shop directory features sellers with less than 300 sales, giving new sellers a little boost to get going!

They are also members of the Etsy S.N.E.A.K. Attack team over at The Handmade Movement. They describe the Sneak Attack like this:

"It's a way to support independant artisans who are trying to sell their wares
online. Three days a week at an appointed time, an Etsy shop with few
or no sales is announced. As many people as possible then buy items from
that shop, resulting in a frenzy of surprise business to the unsuspecting
shop!"

Pretty cool, huh? It's also fun to read the Sneak Reports from the shops who have been "attacked" on their blog. They've got an attack planned for Monday, so check it out!

Shout Out- Texas Wineries

Take a look at this interesting research from Texas:

Texas A&M AgriLife
JUNE 15, 2009

It's happy hour for Texas wineries. Research now shows that wines produced in the Lone Star State share the anti-cancer traits known to exist in wines from other producing regions. Extracts from two Texas red wines decreased cancer cell growth in a comparable magnitude as other wines previously studied, according to Dr. Susanne Talcott, Texas AgriLife Research food and nutrition scientist. Her study, which concluded in May, showed decreased growth of colon and breast cancer cells treated with port and syrah (or shiraz) wine. It was the first such study of the health components of Texas wines, she said.

photo courtesy of freedigitalphotos.net

"These results could definitely be projected to all Texas wines containing similar amounts of bioactive compounds," Talcott said. "And this will be the basis for a continued intensive study of all the health benefits of wines made in this state."

Okay, so this has nothing to do with bath or body products... But these Texas wineries are some of our neighbors here in the Hill Country, and we thought they deserved a shout out! They offer tours, tastings and weekend entertainment. For more info, visit Texas Wine Trail and Go Texas Wine.