An April "Frost"

"The sun was warm but the wind was chill.

You know how it is with an April day.

When the sun is out and the wind is still,

You're one month on in the middle of May.

But if you so much as dare to speak,

a cloud come over the sunlit arch,

And wind comes off a frozen peak,

And you're two months back in the middle of March."

~ Robert Frost, Two Tramps in Mud Time, 1926

 

It is April!  And just to avoid confusion with the dreaded April 1^st holiday, we decided to delay the blog a bit in order to make sure you know that there is absolutely no fooling going on. 

March, and the first half of April have been fantastic.  Our booth at the Port Orchard Public Market has been well received, and we have enjoyed seeing so many of you there.  But as the year blooms, so do our other locations!

Our booths at the various farmers’ markets are coming into season, and we’d like to remind you where, and when, you can see us!

 

·         Bremerton Farmer’s Market – Every Thursday from 4pm-7pm, from May 7^th through October 15^th at Evergreen Park, in Bremerton

·         Poulsbo Farmer’s Market – Every Saturday from 9am-2pm, from April through December in the parking lot of the Poulsbo Village Medical/Dental Center (Corner of NE Iverson St & 7^th Ave NE in Poulsbo)

·         Port Orchard Public Market – Every day from 11am-7pm

 

In addition to our regularly scheduled market days, we also participate in special events.  Here’s what we have coming up:

·         Port Orchard Public Market’s Oysterfest– Saturday, April 18^th from 11am to 4pm

·         Rhododendron Arts & Crafts Fair – Saturday & Sunday, May 9^th-10^th, from 10am to 5pm (Madison St & Water St – Downtown Port Townsend)

 

Stay tuned for further announcements on market openings and special events!

And finally, as we received such a great response on our last blog for the secret code-word; we’ve decided to do it again!  This time, in honor of Robert Frosts’ poem ‘Two Tramps in Mud Time,” we’ve decided that if you mention the name “Robert Frost,” at either the Poulsbo Market or the Port Orchard Market at any visit through the end of April, that we will give you a 10% discount on your purchase.

It’s our way of thanking you, our loyal customers for supporting our business, and taking the time to read these blogs.  We really appreciate it, and you.

2015 plans, a Grand Opening...and a discount!

Wow, nearly a year from our last on-site blog-update!  Unfortunately with the hustle and bustle of 2014-2015, this blog slipped through the cracks, while we continued to update our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/inkyquills ).  We’re very sorry, but we’ve arranged to have at least monthly updates here for folks who do not follow social media.

What a year!  Thanks to you, our Inky Quills customers, we have made gigantic strides in our little home-grown business!  Over the course of this past year we’ve:

Updated and streamlined the Inkyquillsllc.com website, including pictures for (nearly) all of our products.

·         Branched out into the local Kitsap farmers markets, covering Port Orchard, Poulsbo, and Bremerton on a weekly basis.

·         We’ve attended our first ever Lavender festival, as well as SCA’s Junefaire.

·         Gained several wholesale clients.

·         Added several new products, as well as have gone through an entire year cycle of seasonal products.

And that’s not all!  Inky Quills is proud to announce that we have acquired a lease at the Port Orchard Public Market for a permanent shop location as of March 1^st, 2015.   We’re open 7 days a week, from 11am through 7pm. That’s right; you now can get our soaps at the same place any day of the week!

But don’t worry Farmer’s Market fans; Inky Quills still plans to have our weekly booths open at the Poulsbo and Bremerton Farmer’s Markets on our usual days; and we’re also looking at a busy year of festivals and craft shows.  Stay tuned for more information there!

To celebrate our opening, if you come on down to our new Port Orchard location and tell us the phrase “Leaves of Grass,” we’ll give you a $0.50 discount on every bar you purchase.  This is only for the week of our grand opening (Sunday 3/1/15 – Saturday, 3/7/15); so don’t wait to get your discount!

Stay tuned for our next blog post, where we will have new and exciting stuff to tell you.  And if you want more Inky Quills news, make sure to visit us at our Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/inkyquills )!