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Black Friday and Small Business Saturday are always my 2 busiest days of the year.  But this year...

With lots of family and friends coming to the Valley, people have asked if I could be open this w...

As the temperatures start to dip, and the leaves turn to warm fiery hues, we know that autumn is ...

Last week ended Buy Missouri Week, which happens every year around the middle of October.  It's a...

The colorful array of fall foliage is beginning here in Arcadia Valley, and it's time to embrace ...

I have been blessed with an amazing summer of in store and online sales, and well I am tired.  It...

Hello, soap lovers! I hope this blog post finds you well. I am facing a situation that made me fe...

As the leaves start changing color and the air gets a little bit crispier, I'm excited to introdu...

As a lover of handmade soap, you know the benefits of using natural ingredients and how it can no...

 Thank you to all that voted for the Arcadia Valley Soap Co. shop as best boutique in Arcadia Val...

Welcome Spring with a splash of color! Our Spring and Early Summer Collections of florals are her...

You can certainly tell Spring is here with the warmer temps and flowers everywhere here in Ironto...

For all my soap fans that shop in the store and here online at ArcadiaValleySoap.com, I am now ab...

    They say Spring is the time for new beginnings, and I have to say, 2023 is shaping up for lot...

When it's chilly and warm, raining and sleeting all in the same day, you know Spring is close at ...

Here's our hours for the next two weeks.

Starting this holiday season, I had the best laid plans for being organized and prepared for the ...

Check out our Winter Wonderland Holiday Soap Collection!   

I'll be direct - it's rare that we do sales.  Our business plan is more about steady sales throug...

Holiday 2022 Schedule of events!

Two new fragrance collections are out for this fall, Autumn Sunshine and Spiced Pumpkin!  Startin...

With fall in the air, one of our favorite stress relief outings is simply driving around the She...

As we work on fixing the shop at 119 S Main, I am also starting to pull together some of my displ...

We were very excited this last Thursday to learn that the Arcadia Valley Soap Company was added t...

2021 marks my 20th anniversary for making soap professionally in Missouri. Had I known the eff...

So what really is “handmade soap” or “handcrafted soap”? I can only give you my definition as man...

Originally published November 24th, 2014 For those asking, and placing on-line orders for loca...

Originally published on July 15th, 2014 One hundred and twenty years ago today, this photograph w...

First published April 29th, 2014 The first soap business I started almost 15 years ago was Bot...

A couple of weeks back, I mentioned that I had made the new Dorothy Reese Soap and here it is! ...

It’s the first day of spring. Anyone that follows me on facebook knows I have been looking for...

It’s March.  It’s finally sunny.  It’s time to start fresh. My tulips are beginning to poke their...