Behind the Booth: Our Last Farmers Market of the Season
There is a particular feeling that comes with the last farmers market of the season.
The table looks familiar. The products are arranged in their usual places. The same linen cloth may be folded beneath the bars, and the same wooden trays may hold the small details that make a booth feel like ours. But there is also a quiet awareness that this gathering carries a little more meaning.
On Tuesday, September 29, 2026, from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m., Lita’s Artisan will be at the Yadkin Farmers Market, located at 1141 Tennessee Street in Yadkinville, North Carolina, for the final market day of the season.
If you are nearby, I would love for you to stop by and see us one more time this year.
You can find the market’s seasonal details through the Yadkin County Cooperative Extension market page. And whether you visit before or after September 29, I hope this small look behind the booth gives you a sense of what these market days have meant to me.
A season built one market at a time
Farmers markets have a rhythm of their own.
There is the early preparation, the gathering of boxes, the careful packing of bars, and the small decisions about what to bring. There is setting up the table and making sure everything is easy to see. There are conversations that begin with a question about scent, ingredients, or how to care for a bar between uses.
Then, before you know it, the afternoon has passed.
Selling at the market has given me the chance to share more than a product. It has allowed me to explain how our handcrafted soap bars are made, why I choose certain ingredients, and what small-batch production looks like in real life.
A bar of soap can seem simple when it is sitting on a shelf. Behind it are many thoughtful steps: choosing ingredients, preparing a batch, pouring and cutting the soap, allowing it time to cure, wrapping it, and bringing it to the table. The market gives me a chance to share that process in a personal way.
What happens behind the booth
A market booth is not a storefront in the usual sense. It is more open, more conversational, and more connected to the people who visit.
Someone may pick up a bar and notice its texture. Someone else may ask about a botanical ingredient or wonder whether a bar would be a good fit for their daily routine. Some visitors already know what they like. Others are simply curious and want to take their time.
I appreciate all of those moments.
As a small-batch soap maker in the North Carolina foothills, I have learned that people value being able to slow down and ask questions. They want to know who made something, where the idea came from, and how it might fit into their own home.
That is one of the reasons I continue to make small batch soap. Each batch allows me to work carefully and remain connected to the product from beginning to end. It also allows me to keep learning, adjusting, and paying attention to the details that matter.
Our approach is uncomplicated. We create handmade natural soap, hair care, and skin care products with thoughtfully selected ingredients and a focus on simple, nourishing routines. Every bar is made by hand, but it is also made with the hope that it will become a useful and comforting part of someone’s day.
The people who make the market meaningful
The best part of a market day is the human connection.
It may be a returning customer looking for a favorite bar. It may be someone discovering Lita’s Artisan for the first time. It may be a brief conversation about gardening, local life, changing seasons, or the small ways we care for ourselves at home.
These exchanges stay with me.
When I started making soap, my motivation came from home. I wanted to create products I could trust for my family, especially after struggling to find gentle options that worked well for my husband’s eczema and my son’s acne. That experience led me to research natural ingredients and develop products with a more thoughtful approach.
Over time, that personal project grew into Lita’s Artisan.
The market has helped me understand that many people are looking for the same qualities I was looking for: clean and simple care, ingredients they can recognize, and products made with attention. Not everyone has the same needs, of course. But many of us appreciate knowing that a real person cared about what went into something before it reached our hands.
That is what I hope people feel when they visit our booth.
A natural connection to the foothills
Lita’s Artisan is inspired by the natural beauty around us.
The North Carolina foothills have a quiet character. There are gardens, wooded paths, changing light, and herbs growing close to home. Those surroundings continue to influence the colors, scents, and ingredients I choose for our products.
Oatmeal, lemon balm, rosemary, roses, lavender, and calendula are among the botanicals that have inspired my work. I enjoy the connection between the ingredients and the place where we live. It keeps the process grounded.
Our natural artisan soap is not meant to make a complicated promise. It is simply created to support everyday cleansing with a careful formula and a handmade touch. The same is true of our broader line of artisanal body care. I want each product to feel approachable, useful, and easy to bring into a daily routine.
The market reflects that same spirit. It brings local makers, growers, neighbors, and families together in one place. It reminds me that small businesses are built through relationships as much as through products.
Come see us on September 29
If you are in the Yadkinville area, please come by the Yadkin Farmers Market on Tuesday, September 29, from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.
You will find us at 1141 Tennessee Street, along with local farmers and artisans. We will have our handcrafted soap bars and other small-batch self-care products available, and I would be glad to talk with you about the ingredients, the process, or choosing a bar for your home.
This will be our last scheduled market day of the 2026 season, so it will be a meaningful afternoon for us. Whether you come specifically to visit Lita’s Artisan or simply spend time supporting local makers, your presence matters.
If you are reading this after the market, thank you for being part of the season in whatever way you could. Perhaps you stopped by the booth, shared a kind word, followed along from home, or introduced someone else to our work. Small moments like those help a handmade business continue.
Looking ahead with gratitude
The end of market season does not mean the end of making.
There will still be soap to plan, batches to prepare, bars to cure, labels to organize, and new ideas to explore. I will continue creating in the same thoughtful way, guided by natural ingredients, simple formulations, and the belief that self-care can be both useful and comforting.
You can learn more about how Lita’s Artisan began on our About page, or visit litasartisan.com to stay connected with our work.
More ways to bring our bars home are coming soon. For now, I am grateful for this season, for the people who visited our booth, and for the community that continues to make these market days special.
I hope to see you on September 29.
With care,
Mariela