My name is Anne and I make soap.  I grew up on a cattle ranch in northern Idaho surrounded by a family full of people who were great at making things from scratch. I learned early how much fun it was to be an industrious 'SheGyver' who could make something artful and useful out of disparate ingredients. Soapmaking had an instant allure for me.  I have been creating unique cold-process soaps since the early 1990s. I founded Seattle Sundries about ten years later, after having spent a number of happy years teaching middle school ESL to kids from all over the world.

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Seattle Sundries soaps are now handcrafted in my facilities in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington.  In early 2008 I opened an online shop on the popular handmade marketplace Etsy and have had much success as a seller there, but was pleased to open my own online store on my website in early 2009.  Sticking with my roots, the Seattle Sundries logo that I use on both sites employs the “flying S” that has been my family’s livestock brand for three generations.

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Seattle Sundries soaps have evolved over the past two decades as I have learned about various ingredients and how they improve the product, affect our bodies, and impact our world. I choose to use only natural ingredients with no synthetic fragrances or dyes. In the early 1990s I switched from using fragrance oils to using only pure essential oils and natural colorants. I also use only palm oil produced by RSPO (Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil) certified growers, because of the negative environmental impact palm oil production has had on the rainforests of southeast Asia.

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Soap is an every day product that doesn’t need to be routine.  My soap label art is a mixture of vintage images and those created specifically for my products…with a timeless “flair”. I enjoy making soaps that not only make you clean, but that spark imagination, conversation and put a smile on your face while they do it.

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Seattle Sundries soaps can currently be purchased online, at select boutiques around the country, and at arts and crafts fairs around the Pacific Northwest.