New year, new products! Plus the opportunity for Give Simple to form partnerships with some VERY cool women! It's market season, so expect lots of new finds in the next few weeks!
First up, Allison Dayton Jewelry. Give Simple needed some COLOR in the Jewels department. One day, while checking out a website sent to me by a friend, I saw a very intriguing photo. Hands in the Namaste position loaded up with colorful and interesting bracelets. So I followed the link to Allison’s website, and emailed her. I love the way she has combined her two great loves, jewelry and travel into the design of her very interesting life. And the jewelry is perfect for Give Simple: handmade, original, and delivers the pop of color I was longing for. Hurray!! The first few days of the launch confirm that my instincts are good, customers seem to be gravitating to the pieces I tagged as the future best sellers.
Monday, we launch our new spa line, Fraiche (say “fresh”). I have wanted to shop this line for a while, based on strong word of mouth buzz, and since they are based near Dallas, we were able to meet up at that market. Give Simple will launch Fraiche with a Gift with Purchase for Valentine’s Day with our best selling Pine Cone Hill robes, and continue to sample this line to our best customers. Fraiche Luxurious Handmade Soaps and fun Bath Swizzles could turn anyone in to a bath addict. Even for speedy shower girls like me, the soap works great at keeping my sensitive and dry skin soft and comfy. The ingredients are what make the difference. Organic goat’s milk from one special farm where happy goats are fed a natural diet. Organic honey wild harvested at a private farm. Organic olive oil from Spain and Italy. Coconut oil from a special grove in the Philippines. On and on, the best ingedients from around the world go into these special products made in very small batches, with love and by hand.
Fraiche was created by another very cool woman, Johnan Ratliff. Fraiche grew out of a simple love of beauty, a passion for art, and a desire to create a luxurious escape from the worries and cares of the day. Johnan raises and shows national award winning quarter horses. While at a horseshow, she met a woman selling hand crafted goat’s milk soap. After one use, the love affair that evolved into the Fraiche brand began. Johnan directed her many talents to create the beautiful, handmade and luxurious Fraiche line.
We're in New York Market now, seeing new products from our favorite partners, and scouting new products too, to make sure we always provide the best possible gifts. Stay tuned for more great new stuff (plus two more very cool women we met at Dallas market!)