The 29th Annual Bowen Island Community School Association (CSA)Christmas Craft Fair is set to showcase an abundance of creative, decorative, delicious and delightful local fare on December 7!
The vendors are polishing and preparing their wares for this island tradition which is the feature fundraiser for the CSA in providing financial support to Bowen community initiatives as well as supporting PAC and BICS related projects. The fun meter is set for ‘fantastic’ with the return of the Cake Walk, the Craft Fair Raffle baskets, and over fifty vendors offering plenty of variety this year. There will also be loads of treats to tempt your taste buds at the CSA concession served direct from the BICS kitchen.
As the preparations continue, we checked-in with long standing vendor, “Tiny Bubbles Soap Works,” to see what magical homemade crafts they have earmarked for the event this year - here’s what we found out:
Tiny Bubbles Soap Works has been producing quality handmade soaps on Bowen Island since 2003, and is the beloved product of the Rose Family - Katrina, Kevin, and their three daughters Gemma, Charlie, and Ginger Rose. The original recipe was the brainchild of Amanda Rose many years prior, who passed on to her sister Katrina to perfect. The result are the beautiful vegetable-based bars available today. The technical chemistry of soap creation is fabled to be a finicky, fickle friend as the cooking process requires a safety protocol with temperatures reaching higher than 200 degrees Fahrenheit – the process is involved, particular, and can be dangerous so this business is not for the faint-hearted; it is however a labor of love and joy as Katrina regales her love of turning out a batch with comparison to opening gifts on Christmas morning.
Tiny Bubbles Soap Works has a proud line of products that boasts a veritable smorgasbord of sudsy delight with over 20 different fragrances that range from the popular Lavender, to the sharp fragrant notes of ‘Citrus Serenade’ and Lemongrass, then sweeping onto the sweet treat bars of ‘Vanilla Pudding’, ‘Ginger Snap’, and ‘Wicked Licorice’.
Without a doubt, this reporter’s favorite bar in this range is the Tiny Bubbles Soapworks ‘Gardeners Bar’ which has all the aromatic notes you would experience from dancing in your herb garden after a warm summer sun-shower. The addition of other scents such as ‘Bengal Spice’ and ‘Coffee bar’ will have any soap aficionado in agreement that it is hard to choose a single bar for every occasion and easy to choose an assortment to place beside the tub for the next scrub-a-dub-dub or candlelit soak session.
Be sure to come out for this year’s CSA Christmas Craft Fair at BICS on Sunday, December 7th between 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. The beauty of being a part of this island community is that events like this really do become tradition!
