Dot & Lil Blog

pretty little guest soaps

One of the popular Dot & Lil purchases this season has been our new guest soaps. We are only offering them for the holidays, and only at shows ...

video beauty

Enjoy this gorgeous little video put together by Les Grands Ballets Canadiens that introduces the Nutcracker Market, which Dot & Lil is showi...

new pictures are here

This year, just like last year, I asked the fabulous and talented Élise Hogberg to take some pictures of all the Dot & Lil offerings for the...

how could i not

Seth Godin's blog post today starts with a question from someone he refers to as JK, who asks: "It's like, how does anyone start their own business...

how David Suzuki broke my heart

At the end of my last postI mentioned that I was going to tackle how David Suzuki broke my heart recently. I've talked about it on twitter, too. Y...

quest for the truth

I get very frustrated by the amount of misinformation flying around about personal care products and the supposedly toxic things that my industry p...

sneak peek

So, please forgive the sub-par pictures. There's a reason I get them done professionally usually! The pro pics will be ready soon, but until then I...

body butters

Over the past few weeks body butters have been the best-sellers at any show I've done. I guess it's the change in weather in this lovely cold count...

puces pop neighbours

Just like the blog features I did on my market neighbours during the summer at Marché la Récré, which you can read here and here, I want to take a ...

for as long as I live

This was a long weekend for me. Mad dash of preparing for a show. All weekend on my feet talking, selling, meeting people. Dragging boxes of ridicu...