Friday, November 03, 2006

The Wren's Den

A long-time customer came in recently to purchase some of our handcrafted Wren's Den soaps. When he comes in he buys them in quantity for his wife, who just loves them. We've even made soap-filled gift baskets for him. When we were located downtown, some of our customers came in just to smell The Wren's Den soaps...that really made us smile! Seems as if it was a form of aromatherapy, and customers always left feeling better.

What and where exactly is The Wren's Den? New customers are usually surprised to hear that all of our bath and body products are made locally in Marcellus by our long-time friend Mary Carlic. (She is sometimes also assisted by her husband, whom she affectionately refers to as "The Soap Slave".) We've used Mary's products from the beginning, when her only product was soap. Her line has since expanded, and her products can be found in gift shops around the Northeast. While we've experimented with some nationally made bath lines in the past, we decided a few years ago to use The Wren's Den products exclusively. Why? Anyone who has received one of our pamper/spa gifts knows just how unique these products are. Carefully handcrafted with quality ingredients, The Wren's Den line is available in the most delicious scents...traditional lavender, cucumber, oatmeal and honey, and raspberry are our favorites, as well as Mary's original Yuzu and Day at the Beach. We tuck Mary's Tubby Time soap in our baby gifts, and offer her whimsical Tickle Toes foot care online and in our store. She also creates special seasonal soaps, which we include in some of our Syracuse-themed gifts for the holidays. Besides the fact that we prefer her products, we've always felt it was important to support fellow women entreprenuers.

The other great thing you may notice about Mary's products are the beautiful labels. Every design is an original piece of artwork, created expressly for each of her scents. Why would anyone be that fussy about labels? Mary believes as we do, that her products should always be something special. We LOVE that !!!

For gifts that feature Mary's products, you can click on our company link, then "Gifts for Her".

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Blogger Marcia said...

I neglected to mention that Mary is participating in The Junior League's Holiday Shoppes at the NYS Fairgrounds this weekend, November 10-12. If anyone in our area is interested in meeting Mary and checking out her line of products, you can stop by her booth at The Holiday Shoppes.

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