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I love honey for many reasons! 

We grew up with honey bees on our acreage in eastern Ontario and enjoyed having fresh honey on hand for eating and baking. My favourite kind was probably clover honey. As you might have guessed, I grew up eating a lot of honey and as I got older I learned more about its unique properties, beyond being a delicious, anti-inflammatory food, that were beneficial for healthy skin. 

[caption id="attachment_1941" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo credit: Brick & Bubble[/caption] We are excited to announce that our company is changing names!! We have chosen a new name that we hope will better reflect the work that we do. We wanted a name and logo that captures our desire to promote the power of plants in healing and nourishing the skin. Our products are FULL of plant-based ingredients, such as our own herbal-infused oils, wild herbs, locally grown oats, and more. We have always strived to include as many locally grown ingredients as possible and will continue to do so. As part...

My dear husband Mike was a superstar helper on Saturday at Etsy Made in Canada and spent most of the day at my booth for me selling my soaps, scrubs, felted soaps, and deodorant was a popular item. I had a terrible cold as did our wee one Iris so it made more sense for the two sickies to stick together and not cough on our customers. Mike has become an integral part of the Ameya Studio team: coming to craft shows, helping me label, giving me ideas, advice, reminding me to spend time on the less exciting parts of...