The Most Beautiful Soaps I’ve Met Yet
Just Good Stuff | Posted by Jannie on 29 March 2011 @ 12:02 PM 37 Comments
I order 4 Aventine Hill All Natural & Organic Handcrafted Soaps, and receive 5.
Plus, a cute little basket,
3 soaps in a “keeper” bag as a surprise for my daughter,
and a note, with lovely penmanship!!
Is that FREAKING AWESOME, or what!??!
The Child says “Oh, they’re so beautiful, I’ll never use them. I’ll just keep them to look at.”
I say “I can’t fully bask in the glory of these new soaps until we completely remodel the bathroom!!”
(But I will bask in them, starting today, now that the photos are taken.)
Yes, Sheila of the fabulous Ma Vie Folle blog and her equally wonderful Zensational Living site and I have been blogging buddies for quite a while now, so she’s extra nice to me,
but friends, — I gotta tell ya,
these soaps make me want to…
dance on cruise ship decks to the tune of her “Sun Salutation,”
roll every inch of me on the satin sheets of her “Lotus Blossom,”
warm myself by the bonfire glow of her Dune Grass,
welcome the first greening of spring on a dusting of her “Misty Moss,”
and cavort in fields of her “Oatmeal & Honey Goatmilk.”
I am NOT kidding on the exquisteness of Aventine Hill soaps.
When I’m an old lady, somebody please keep a basket of these by my e-z-up chair next to my computer, so their aroma will remind me of all the joys of my youth, okay? (Thank you.)
And of course, a big part of my soul wishes to keep her Namaste yoga collection forever on our dining room corner shelf, because the labels match so well.
But I like them in the bath best!
Sheila of Aventine Hill Bath Emporium also hand crafts additional bath and body products.
Now… the Misty Moss with a whisper of pink cedarwood is calling my name.
So gentle my face loves it too.
Posted with love by Jannie, who likes you and your blog.
xoxoxoxoxo
On 29 March 2011 at 12:09 pm
Vered | Blogger for Hire said,
They do look amazing.
On 29 March 2011 at 12:17 pm
Mama Zen said,
I was totally absorbed in coveting your soaps until I noticed that we have the same china!
On 29 March 2011 at 12:19 pm
Olivia said,
I hear ya girl. You lurrrrrrved these soaps!
Awrite Jannie,
Here’s the thing-
1) I too love soaps n aromas.. boy, was I a Hindu God or some?
2) Those purple flowers are mind blowing!!
3) The way you have photographed them made me laugh. This is exactly how I do it! Jazzing it all up for the snap- shot- lolss
4) Those purple flowers are mind blowing!!
5) I too own a huge shell collection. The one displayed in today’s post; I have a few of those too!!!
4) Those purple flowers are mind blowing!!
So now you know I am a weird one 😀 I love myself the way I am.. (self obsessed) and I lovest you the most. Viewing your blog reminds me of myself!! Now my cheeks hurt- I am grinning huge.. One crazy head that I am..
Sheila sent you these- one very nice n wise girl.. You rock lady!!
wooohooo I love this images- sigh!!
On 29 March 2011 at 12:25 pm
aimee said,
~Wonderful~ Enjoy your baths
On 29 March 2011 at 12:33 pm
Lynn said,
Sounds like you are a fan!
On 29 March 2011 at 12:38 pm
Eric 'Bubba' Alder said,
They’re very nice and are packaged quite nicely, but I’ve seen far prettier ones than those, Jannie, ones far too beautiful to actually use – more like decorations than actual soaps. (I’d use these soaps, no problem)
Just sayin’
On 29 March 2011 at 12:43 pm
Eric 'Bubba' Alder said,
But the basket is very cute! 😀
On 29 March 2011 at 12:46 pm
sheila said,
Oh my goodness Jannie! My heart tis all aflutter! Geez, I just sent you your order and I get this wonderful post? Well thank you! And I hope Kelly enjoys her goodies!
On 29 March 2011 at 12:47 pm
sheila said,
p.s. would you mind if I used that first pic on my soap site?
On 29 March 2011 at 12:52 pm
Jannie said,
just a quick additional thought for the moment…
they ARE exquisitely beautiful too, a magical fest for the eyes when the wrappers are off. I look forward to showcasing that in a future post, one to be photographed by an ocean, on the moon — or in our Botanical Garden. (which are all as lovely.)
off to walk along the Trail with Kalyani now…
xooxoxox
On 29 March 2011 at 1:27 pm
Glenn Buttkus said,
Nice to see that you have emerged
safe from your camping excursion,
and that now you are obsessed with
the need to clean up your act.
Loved your prior post on being
the lady in red, and trouble.
Where did you shoot the collage,
in the ladies room at Denny’s?
On 29 March 2011 at 1:53 pm
Daisy said,
Oh, I bet they smell divine!! 😀
On 29 March 2011 at 2:35 pm
Hilary said,
Hi Jannie .. heavens above! great soapy bubbles will be a-bubbling .. those little verbena plants – brilliant royal purple .. but the pics in toto are amazing .. congratulazione …
Great friends give .. that’s what’s so wonderful .. love the post – fun and so cheerful … remodel the bathroom .. has Jim put his foot down????? Mind you he wouldn’t to his little daughter would he now?!
Cheers and love from us .. Hilree xoxoxo
On 29 March 2011 at 4:34 pm
Jannie said,
Dearest Vered, and looks do not deceive with these luscious treasures! And the fragrances really give me a lift.
Dearest Mama Z — no WAY, that is so cool. Can I come visit and see yours and we’ll eat petit fours off it!! 😉
Dearest Olivia, your comment is fantabulous!!
And how lovely these flowers are in bloom at the same time as your sidebar button is still up top. They’ are called verbena. They can take a LOT of heat and drought and keep coming back in our climate. I took those pix last week outside the library the SAME day of my “Trouble in Red” photos!! Your current post and shell collection sound very intriguing and uplifting, even tho I’ve not yet seen your post! Sheila is some one I have a great deal of admiration and respect for as a human, as well as being in love with her Aventine Hill products. Oh, shoot it’s hard not to be a bit self-obsessed with blogging, eh? We do tend to spend a lot of time on it, if we wish to. I LOVE it tho, blogging!
Dearest Aimee — I am not actually totally kidding about the bathroom remodel. I’d love to take a sledgehammer to the old tile, but another area of our sphere in the state of undone would probably not behoove my best zen energy at this point.
Dearest Lynn, yes, as much as I am a fan of you and your blog, I am a fan of Sheila, and her lovely wares made with rays of sunshine and laughter!
Dearest Eric, So much beautiful art exists to see and enjoy in this world! I shall have to also show you the exquisite visual feast of the soaps without their wrappers. So pretty, Kelly and I like to just sit them on pretty plates and breathe in their beauty with our eyes. Yes, the basket is so cute! Wasn’t expecting that cute little thing. So happy!
Dearest Sheila, yes, please use any photo. I could also photoshop the basket and soaps in the first pic onto most any background you would like, say, mountains, beach, forest, savannah, tundra, waterfalls, more flowers, or a sweeping herd of wildebeast. beest?
Dearest Glenn, nope, it was in the bathroom at our beautiful new library. In retrospect — I could’ve used a more beautiful mirror locale. But anyway… the post is up. yes, camping was the BEST one yet. Fun, fun, fun. We had a 15-minute rain and hail storm on Saturday afternoon, which livened things up a lot. I slept in my SUV this time, instead of pitching a tent, and actually had a bit of decent sleep. And Kelly honored her promise to help me with the setup, and clean-up, that boosted my mood beautifully.
Hi Dearest Daisy — yes, the fragrances are most transportational, if that’s even a word.
Sheila has hair soap too, I’d like to try that.
Dearest Hilary, Oh, thanks, on the nice words on the photos. It was my second photo shoot, actually 3rd if you count the one with the iPhone in the corner cabinet when I first opened the box. My good camera, which I had just gotten was having a bit of a battery charge was temporarily out of commission. But the iPhone did not a bad job — and funny thing — once I got the camera charged up I never could get the soaps to stand up again!
Nope, Jim talks about remodeling the bathroom, which we actually remodeled about 10 years ago. 
But other projects await! 
Speaking of which, I want to make a bit of a to-do list for Jim on that respect, boards needing replacing and such. That’s the thing about wood… Oh, and I did get it to 55 words!! The post that may be of special interest to you. Love and cheers to YOU too!! And to your mom, and the gang.
xooxoxxoxoxo
On 29 March 2011 at 7:45 pm
Alice Audrey said,
Those soaps are just calling out to be used. I love the photoshopping on the field of wheat picture.
I got your email and replied. Let me know if the link doesn’t work.
On 29 March 2011 at 9:35 pm
G-Man said,
Jannabelle….You are ONE Clean Chick!
On 29 March 2011 at 10:51 pm
Talon said,
The soaps look lovely! Bet you and Blue Bunny smell scrumptious, Jannie!
xxx
On 30 March 2011 at 8:55 am
Jo Miffo said,
Jannie my dear & bestest penpal – How was the camping…
Just love ya new pics & really wish that I could sniff their wiff, then sniff & wiff you after you’ve used them 😀 I’m a shower gel kinda girl myself & sanctuary is my fav
As I write I’m gobbling down some curry flavoured rice, strangely its very nice 😛 this a rule I made up myself, in other words I can, they can’t
I love my rules & I think they are the best thought out rules in this house hold & that’s, that…
I think you should know that I dislike dried fruit, its not normal & it feels strange in my mouth & I feel much better for telling you this 😛
On are next long journey in your home town I would like it if we could sing “Someone like you” by Adele… Oh how happy I will be, in fact I will be buzzing just like a buzzy bee 😀
Till next time my love …
Okie dokie xoxoxox
On 30 March 2011 at 12:11 pm
Jannie said,
Dearest Alice Audrey, if I’d a been thinking straight, I’d a made this a giveaway post for a couple of the soaps. Duh, Jannie. So, I’ll do that in the near future. Maybe next Friday. Yes, thanks on the email, I’ll be on GMail later today, I hope.
Dearest G-Man-abel, yep! I do love my baths, and soaps. Sheila has beer soap too!
Dearest Talon, BB is particularly fond of the Dune Grass and wears a little chunk of it on a string around his neck.
My Dearest PenPal Jo!! Camping was the most divine ever. It was our 8th caming trip with the school, and the best. Kelly helped me set up and clean up a bit. A lovely hail storm cooled us off from 95 degrees on the Saturday afternoon and created some excitement. Kelly was so happy with her new hammock. I drank lots of wine, one margarita and only fell over a log and got bruises on my legs once. Jim came for the Saturday potluck dinner and had fun. And the coffee was the BEST ever, love my camping morning coffees.
Now, I believe I still have a few comments to answer from my “trouble In Red” post, and maybe more comments that arrived on a couple previous posts.
xoxooxoxxoxoo
On 30 March 2011 at 2:01 pm
Sara healy said,
Jannie,
These are beautiful soaps. Too bad, blogging hasn’t reached the point of allowing a “scent” widget so we could smell them. I’ll just use my imagination.
My favorite part of this post is where you say that with these beautiful soap, you might have to remodel your bathroom. What’s another room to remodel, anyway!!
Your plates look like exactly like the plates I grew up with. We ate dinner off of them all of my childhood. Is this an old pattern?
On 30 March 2011 at 3:55 pm
Dot said,
I love soaps, too, and those sound and look fabulous!
On 30 March 2011 at 5:34 pm
Andy said,
Hey you got some nice things going on here
Just thought I’d drop by and say hi after your nice comment over at mine..thanks for visiting, glad you liked it.
I’d rather go to the pub than tesco’s any day
On 30 March 2011 at 6:11 pm
brian said,
wow. i feel unclean just being in their pressence they are so beautiful…smiles.
On 30 March 2011 at 6:28 pm
SnaggleTooth said,
Beautiful project ad-
Makes me wish I wasn’t allergic to soap n fragrance.
Are there any products suited to men’s preferences? just wondering.
On 30 March 2011 at 7:19 pm
secret agent woman said,
That is one enthusiastic post about soap!
On 30 March 2011 at 7:23 pm
Patricia said,
Oh I love yummy soaps and I do need hostess gifts quite often these days and friends are starting to invite me to their book groups, birthday parties, and gatherings – my friend Ada always brings candles from a the Farmer’s Market…I think these lovely soaps would be a great addition.
Makes me want to take a bath! Loved the deep verbena surround and Kelly’s nice remarks.
I just took a letter from you out of the mailbox – it is lovely and covered in sparkly ladybugs…you are amazing girl! Enjoy your treats.
On 30 March 2011 at 8:48 pm
Daisy said,
Thank you for the button, Jannie! You are so generous and sweet! 😀 I hope your week is going well.
On 30 March 2011 at 9:31 pm
cloudia said,
Love the soaps, but the self portrait in the mirror of your comfort suit was the real gem for this visit!
Aloha to you
from Honolulu!
Comfort Spiral
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On 30 March 2011 at 10:55 pm
magiceye said,
sensual!
On 31 March 2011 at 1:55 am
Moondustwriter said,
I’m going to check her stuff out – always looking for organic
Love your creative marketing tools
Moonie smiles
On 31 March 2011 at 9:32 am
Jannie said,
Dearest Lovely Sara from the moonlit shores, I know! I’ve wanted a scent widget for a long time now. One for brownies baking, would be nice.
Yep, what’s one more remodel — which will actually be a remodel of the remodel!? Yes, I believe the Desert Rose IS an old pattern, but these plates were made in the early 90s. 
Dearest Lovely Dot from the cherry blossom way — soaps, scents can take us to lands far far away. I LOVE them! and these are scrumptios indeed!!
Andy!! I LOVED your swimming to Tesco / pub poem. Me too,will take a nice pub any day over the grocery store, preferably a pub with great fish and chips and lots and lots of laughs within.
Hi Dearest Snaggle, ummm, products suited to men’s preferences? You mean in Sheila’s line, or in general? So sorry you are allergic. Not fun. Allergic even to the all-natural stuff? I remember being VERY scent sensitive when I was pregnant with Kelly — it was freaking hell.
Dearest Secret Agent Gal — just tellin’ it as my heart and nose see and smell it!
And please don’t tell anyone, but I sleep with a cake of her Lotus Blossom under my pillow!
Dearest Patricia from Ladybug Lane!! Yay, you got a letter with ladybugs on it!!!!!! So glad to hear that, I was going to e-mail today to see if it had arrived. And happy to hear your social calendar is filling up, hanging with good people is one of the joys of life indeed. Yes, Kelly was so sweet. And I remember her oooing and ahhhing over the soap the first time I bought some too.
Darling Dearest Daisy, you are welcome!! And yes, my week is going fan-freaking-tastic! Doing great guitar work, exercising some and my hair looks nice and clean.
Hey Dearest Aloha Cloudia — thanks on all counts. My old red blouse and my good-used-new velour stratch pants do look not bad together.
Dearest magical Magic Eye, yes, — especially the part about rolling on the satin sheets of her Lotus Blossom, eh??
Darling, beautiful, wonderful Moonie!! yes, her stuff is amazing. I highly recommend it. And she often offers deals and such, on her already-reasonably-priced heavenly wares.
xoxoxoxooxoxooxo
On 31 March 2011 at 5:01 pm
Denise@TogetherWeSave said,
Oh wow – those soaps look awesome!!
On 31 March 2011 at 6:12 pm
Alice Audrey said,
Let me know if you have any trouble with it. I set it up that way so there would be some way to screen out the under age crowd – which I’d had some problems with early on. Once you’re in, you should be able to access all those particular episodes through the yahoo group at your leisure.
On 31 March 2011 at 7:34 pm
Ana Goncalves said,
It’s so wonderful to receive such handmade goodness!
I adored Sheela’s soap when I won that giveaway here, or was it over at hers! Well I remember I discovered it via you.
Enjoy all the yummy soaps
On 6 April 2011 at 2:00 pm
Jannie said,
Oh hi, ladies! How are my 3 sweeties? Ana, I think it was over at her place.
Alice Audrey, thanks. It’s on my fun list to get to!
xoxoxoxo
On 8 April 2011 at 9:27 am
Ana Goncalves said,
I’m very well and how have you been Jannie? xx
Regards to your family.
On 9 April 2011 at 2:51 pm
Jannie said,
Super! Thanks, Ana.
xoxo