The Green Pad Blog

2011-12-25T19:59:00.000-08:00

As we bring in the new year of 2012, we are anticipating the many changes that are upon Mother Earth. The year 2012 is what numerology considers to be a "5" year - a year of growth, expansion, and adventure! Buckle up for new beginnings, and be sure to exercise your flexibility this year, as change can occur in an instant. Make your intention lists upon the evening of the new moon and watch your dreams flow into reality. This is the time to manifest all that you've been working towards for so many years, so be clear about what you want, and go for it with your full heart's intent!

Summer is upon us!

2011-07-07T16:55:00.000-07:00

As we welcome summer, we are also enjoying a new home! We recently moved into a new manufacturing location in Kimberton, PA. We are excited to have a larger space on a beautiful piece of land surrounded by lavish gardens and the peaceful serenity of nature’s bounty. The wildlife, greens, and floral backdrop offer outstanding inspiration for the eco-friendly products that we produce. In the coming weeks we will be opening for retail business in our new location and we look forward to meeting our customers in our own location!

When the retail store opens in Kimberton we will be offering a salt bar where customers can scent their own salts. We hope the eco-friendly experience of creating your own soothing products will bring continued satisfaction to your homes! We look forward to introducing various new scents in the coming months as well as gift packages of bath salts and soaps.

We hope that you will enjoy our featured summer products including: Coconut Milk Soap, a delicate sweet scent leaving skin feeling soothed and moisturized clean; Coconut Sugar Scrub, an extravagant exfoliation with a silky summery scent; and Olive Oil Soap, a very gentle and soothing clean feel, great for babies and for sunburn!

We hope to see you on July 23rd for our Mini- Grand Opening!

Josie Moore
Green Pad Marketing

Picture by Dina Rose Photography

Whole Foods Market, White Flint

2011-04-07T22:06:00.000-07:00

We just finished installing some displays and products in the brand new Whole Foods Market -White Flint store in Rockville, MD. A beautiful store set to open on April 12th. We were lucky enough to create some cupboards for their endcaps, one for our products and one for a rotating stock of their own products. Also we made a set of nesting round tables (pictures to come) for another display. The cupboards were built from salvaged oak for the slats, reclaimed Philadelphia factory beams for the legs and the table top sections were made from a beautiful fallen white oak tree. All paint used was eco-friendly containing No VOC's. Jackie also introduced her new spring line of products including a Coconut Sugar Scrub as well as a Coconut Milk Soap, an Organic Oatmeal Recovery Bath soak and a Jojoba Moisturizing Body Bar. The line will soon hit many of the stores we're carried in so look out for them. Check out the slideshow of the building process of the cupboards and let us know what you think. A very happy spring to everyone! Next up for us-displays and products in Whole Foods Markets in Cincinnati, Ohio, Gaithersburg, Maryland and South Street-Philadelphia, PA.

Fall and Winter Flurry

2011-01-21T18:47:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year to all of our readers! We've been busy bees this fall and winter so far. Since November first, we've installed our products and displays in 10 Whole Foods Market stores from Devon, Pennsylvania down to Richmond, Virginia. We continue to be vendors in many smaller local stores and spas such as Green Aisle Grocery and Little Herban Spa both in Philadelphia as well as The Yellow Button in Harrisonburg, Virginia. We've grown so much in the size of our operation, but more so in our goals as to where we want to be by this time next year. We've introduced many successful products such as our Tea Tree and Neem Shea Butter and our 100% Castile Soap. We've refined so much of our manufacturing process, our Shea Butter is as smooth and rich as ever, our soaps are as pure as they've ever been.

Our displays and furniture are now part of the story our product line tells inside the stores that carry us. We continue to find and salvage wood for every project and have been successful in making each one with 100% reclaimed and salvaged wood. Earth friendly paint is our passion and it is the only option for us in our work. Look out for us in new Whole Foods Market stores upcoming in North Wales, PA - Mason, Ohio and Gaithersburg, Maryland in the coming month and check back here for our finished displays. Below are some recent installations. All the best!

Marlton, NJ Whole Foods Market

2010-09-07T20:25:00.000-07:00

We've launched our line at the beautiful Marlton, NJ Whole Foods Market. We built our biggest table yet, spanning 8 feet, from reclaimed Ash wood. The store leaders chose Orange as the color and it definitely brightens up the store. We've added some salvaged chairs and a salvaged coffee table and everything is painted with Eco-Friendly paints then hand distressed.

We introduced new scents to our 100% local Beeswax Candles, a Sage with Cedarwood and a Tangerine with Clove. You can find them in 4 oz. tins or votives. As with all of our products, we never add fragrance or chemicals, all our scents come from Essential oils. So check it out if you're in the area!

Jenkintown Complete

2010-08-20T19:50:00.000-07:00

Today we installed our 4th custom display for a Whole Foods Market store at the Jenkintown, PA store. As always, the main tables were constructed from 100% salvaged wood and painted with Eco-Friendly paint, then hand distressed. The back splash for both tables were made from salvaged shutters. The top pieces were salvaged and refinished with Eco-Friendly paint as well.

At the store you'll find our bulk and packaged soap. We're introducing two new scents...a French Clay with a hint of Lavender and a 100% Pure Olive Oil Castile Soap. Down the table you'll find our bulk Bath Salts and our full line of Raw Shea Butters in all 4 scents. Look our for other local vendors' products on the table soon.

Check out the pictures of the process below and look out for our next display at the Marlton, NJ store on September 6th!

Whole Foods Market - Jenkintown

2010-08-12T21:41:00.000-07:00

Coming up on August 20th, we'll install our 4th Whole Foods Market display at the Jenkintown, PA store. It will hold our products among many other local vendors' products as well. This display will consist of two matching 6 foot tables, made from 100% reclaimed materials. The wood used is hard wood salvaged from architectural beams. Below is the beginning of the building process, we're straying from our usual green color and are going to paint it turquoise. More updates to come!

Princeton Complete

2010-04-02T18:24:00.000-07:00

Happy to report we've completed our 3rd display for a Whole Foods Market, which is in Princeton, NJ. Check out the display as well as our products which include our custom soap and bulk Himalayan Bath Salts. Our display pictured was created using 100% salvaged items and Eco-Friendly, No-VOC paint.

Please check out the slide show below to view pics from start to finish.

WFM Philly...finished

2010-03-30T17:16:00.000-07:00

Come check out our display and products currently at Whole Foods Market in Philadelphia, PA! Just loaded it all in today! Stocked with Bath Salts, our soaps, Raw Shea Butter, and beeswax candles in new scents! Our display tables were created using 100% salvaged materials and No VOC Paints. Thursday we load in our next display at WFM, Princeton, check back for progress!

Whole Foods Market, Princeton

2010-03-22T19:59:00.000-07:00

Along with the display for Philadelphia, we're also creating one for Whole Foods Market in Princeton, NJ. Check out the pictures below, we salvaged an old sewing machine desk (we plan to cover the hole) and sanded the chipped and cracked paint off in order to repaint it with Eco-Friendly Paints. The top piece, which will hold shelving for the packaged products is made from salvaged oak. Check back this week for updated pics after we paint.

Whole Foods Market, Philadelphia, PA

2010-03-16T18:45:00.000-07:00

In the coming weeks, we'll load in our product line at Whole Foods Market in Philadelphia, PA. We're currently in the process of cutting and packaging our soap, whipping our Shea Butter and pouring our beeswax candles. Also we're creating another display for the line, which we're very appreciative of. Below are pictures of our progress so far. The table is constructed from 100% salvaged and reclaimed wood. We used salvaged beams for the legs and the same beams have been cut down to create the table top, which we were lucky enough to find at Atlas Wood Products.

In the coming week, the table will be painted with Eco-Friendly, No-VOC paint and hand distressed. We'll the add a top piece for more display levels. Check back for updates!

Welcome

2010-02-28T19:29:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the new Green Pad Living Blog. We've moved over to Blogger.com. This is where we'll continue to update you with our current Green pad projects. Blogger allows us to streamline our picture presentations of our before and after Green Pad projects. Below is a slide show of our recent project for Plymouth Meeting Whole Foods. Check back here as we make headway on our upcoming displays for Whole Foods Markets in Princeton, NJ and Philadelphia, PA. To browse our former blog posts, please click here.