Until fairly recently, I honestly never gave much though to product packaging. I've been researching and looking at my options and wow...just wow...there are a ton of options out there. It's just about enough to make your head spin, but I've been slowly narrowing the list down and I'm really excited about the stuff I'm looking at now.
I love Distant Village, both the look and the philosophy, and I'm really leaning toward using some of their packaging. I also have some samples of biodegradable bubble wrap and packing peanuts (both are compostable) on the way. I really like the idea of my packaging generating as little trash and mess as possible, so I've enjoyed shopping around and contacting some of the suppliers to find out more about the sustainable and biodegradable alternatives.
That's the news for today, it's almost time for me to visit our lovely Saturday Morning Market downtown, so I'll leave you with a bit of soap trivia. In the year 1668, politician Jean-Baptiste Colbert under Louis XIV issued an edict making it illegal to make soap with anything other than pure olive oil. The Edict of Colbert explicitly forbids the use of animal fat and also doesn't allow soap making to be performed in June, July or August. Hey, an enforced summer vacation actually doesn't sound like a bad idea.
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