My new Organic Soaps are now available at my Etsy shop

Stop by and take a look, I'll be adding more this week.  Just go to my Organic soap section in my shop to see what is listed now.  Thanks, DeShawn

~Organic Spearmint Eucalyptus Vegan Handmade Soap~

This soap starts with organic olive and coconut oils in which I add french green clay and mint leaves to. The scent is from 100% organic spearmint and eucalyptus pure essential oils. This soap smells amazing, very refreshing. It's pure, it's simple and it's wonderful!

Organic Cinnamon Bark Handmade Vegan Soap made by DeShawnMarie:
~Organic Cinnamon Bark Vegan Handmade Soap~

"This soap starts with organic olive and coconut oils in which I add ground orange peel and cinnamon to. The scent is from 100% organic cinnamon bark pure essential oil. This soap is designed specifically for exfoliation. It has a lot of texture to it and is great for those rough spots. It smells delicious!"

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Soap Opera - Get Pretty

I'm featured in Boston's Stuff Magazine this month and just wanted to share the article with all of you.

Soap Opera - Get Pretty:
"Soap maker DeShawn Marie describes her craft as 'art, science, and cooking class, all in one.' A naturally creative type who loves both dabbling in the kitchen and traveling the world, she found her calling when she stumbled upon a DIY kit while Christmas shopping in 1996; two years later, soap making became her full-time gig. 'It's like when someone is painting and they decide to put red and blue together,' she explains. 'That's how it goes for me with smell.' Now based in Brighton, she peddles her gorgeous scented soaps online at DeShawnMarie.etsy.com and her own site, DeShawnMarie.com. We chatted with the artist/chemist/chef about the inspiration behind some of the favorites in her line."

Click here to see full article: Stuff Magazine

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Brooklyn is in the house...and so is Citybitz!

From time to time I like to take a moment and introduce you all to other wonderful artists out there.  Today is one of those days.  I would like to introduce Joan Huggard of Citybitz, an NYC based artist with many talents.  Besides being an amazing friend and person, Joan is a top notch stained glass artist.  She has developed her own unique style and designs which incorporates bits of NYC into her work, this is how she came up with the name Citybitz. What makes her work so special is also her talent for photography, she takes all of her own photos and incorporates them in to her stained glass and resin work. Her pieces have won the hearts of 1,000's of New Yorkers from Coney Island to the Upper East Side.

Here is an example of some of her resin work that incorporates a picture of a Brooklyn sign.

Joan's studio is in Brooklyn so a lot of her work features some of Brooklyn's amazing architecture too. Like the fascinating Brooklyn Bridge shown in the card case below.

Now I bet you are all wondering why I call her a stained glass artist at this point right?  Well Joan's Citybitz line is quite extensive.  Everything from mirrors, to pendants, to card cases, compacts, money clips and more! One of her new stained glass mirrors features pictures of graffiti in NYC, which is pictured below.

 Besides participating in the Brooklyn Flea every week you can also find Citybitz online at citybitz.com and on Etsy at citybitz.etsy.com    There you will find the full Citybitz collection including this Williamsburg Savings Bank Mirror.

You will also find an assortment of money clips, card cases and pendants.  Here are a few more pictures to show the wide range of products Joan creates.

Pictured above is the reversible Coney Island Cyclone Pendant

and below is the popular Gramery Park Gate Compact.

Well I hope you all take the time to drop by and visit Citybitz online and please give Joan some Etsy love by hearting her Etsy shop at Citybitz on Etsy 

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL EASTER WEEKEND!

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SALE!! HANDMADE SOAP 6 PACK FOR $25 PLUS FREE SHIPPING IN USA

SOAP 6 PACK FOR 25 PLUS FREE SHIPPING IN USA by DeShawnMarie:
"This is a Spring Cleaning Sale!! DON'T MISS OUT ON THIS AMAZING DEAL TO TRY 6 OF MY HANDMADE SOAPS FOR ONLY $25 and FREE SHIPPING IN THE USA!

I am in the process of creating a new organic line and will also be discontinuing a few soaps at the same time. So I've decided to create this sale to smooth out the process and make room for the new goodies!! I also have a few not so perfect soaps that are either the wrong color or cut a little off that will be included in this super bargain too.

Included in this sale will be an assortment of 6 of my handmade soap. It's some what of a grab bag sale as I will pick 6 of these soaps and send them off via priority shipping and yes you read right....you even get FREE SHIPPING! There will be absolutely nothing wrong with the soaps, they will either be some that I am discontinuing or some that the color is not right or the cut is a little off. So my mistakes are your savings :-)"

THIS IS NOT AN APRIL FOOL'S JOKE :-)

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