Merry Meridional

I'm so excited to perform a soap demo for of Hermiston!

First market of the 2026 season at Maxwell Market Hermiston Oregon

Best get to work!

Y'all, the Umatilla Saturday Market is so much fun! Come get your doodle made by Mimi next door!

I'll be at the Irrigon Library today with Gluten-Free Goodies. Come say hi!

It's go time! I'm kicking it into high gear this week preparing for markets. Here's where you can find me (and Merry Meridional) in the coming weeks!
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THIS SATURDAY, 5/2: Spring Book Fair and Craft Sale from 9am-6pm. Hosted by the Friends of Irrigon Library - FOIL at the Irrigon Library (490 NE Main Ave)
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Saturday 5/9 and Saturday 6/13: Umatilla Saturday Market & Concert Series, 4pm-8pm.
(Bonus: live music at these events from 6-9pm!) Hosted by the City of Umatilla at Village Square (820 Sixth St).

Getting ready to test this bad boy out....

I'm at the Petsense fundraiser event with a mini market table set up. I'll be here from 10-3pm today!

Last year I experimented extensively with tallow. I sourced it locally, rendered it myself, and made products to sell at the market. Tallow created some of the most nourishing soaps and creams I've ever crafted. However, keeping my product consistent was proving more and more challenging, and my tallow made a few of my soap batches seize! I was getting bogged down in the rendering/re-rendering process as well.

All this to say that I have found a reasonable source of commercial tallow and experimented with a trial batch. This stuff behaves as expected and turned out some beautiful white soap.

Stay tuned for my new line of tallow soaps!

Winter soaping-- my oils are solid and my goggles are foggy.
I'm ready for the 2026 markets!
I'll be at the Hermiston Spring Bazaar on March 28 at the community center.