Blue Cottage Farmstead

10/15/2026

OPEN!

10/15/2026

🛍️ It's market week! Did you know Molalla Farmers Market is a year round market? That's right, we keep going October - April twice a month on the 1st & 3rd weeks. Same venue, but we move indoors!

🫧 I will be there with all of my handmade products. Come stock up on your favorite Blue Cottage goat milk soap and check out my other bath & body products. I've also got a few tins of cast iron seasoning in stock and I'm making raw beeswax candles again for the season.

🍂 We have several amazing vendors coming this week with fresh picked fruits & veggies, local raw honey, sourdough bread & baked goods, handmade fruit pies, locally roasted coffee, organic herbal teas, jams, pickles, and much more!

👻 OH!!! We are also giving out prizes for best costumes and handing out candy... so come dressed up.

🍻 Of course the tap room + food trucks will be open, as well.

Thurs 10/15 from 3-7pm @ Molalla River Brewing Company (180 Industrial Way)

10/13/2026

There is something precious about the transition from Summer to Fall... darkness chases us indoors earlier, the wood stove is fired up for the first time in 6 months, candles are lit around the house, the crockpot is dusted off, and my hands become re-acquainted with the feel of a crochet hook while I decide which show to binge watch first. It's not just the weather that changes with the season, but things inside rearrange themselves in a way that demands stillness from us. We don't fight it, we collapse into it... we are ready for it. 🍂

10/10/2026

Come have some good old fashioned country fun with us today!

🌾🤠 IT’S ALMOST TIME TO GET YOUR COUNTRY ON! 🤠🌾

Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 10th | 12–5 PM because Forever Country Fest is bringing a whole day of country fun to Colton! 🎶

And the best part? SO MUCH IS FREE! 🙌

🎸 Free live country concert
🍗 Free fried chicken lunch + corn on the cob
🍿 Free cotton candy, popcorn & caramel apple bites
🚜 Tractor hayride
🎨 Face painting
💃 Line dancing
🎪 Bounce house + carnival games
🛍️ Local market vendors
❤️ And a whole lot of good old-fashioned country fun!

Plus, this year’s event benefits Estacada High School Performing Arts! 🎭

👇 Tell us in the comments:
What are you coming for FIRST?
🍗 The food
🎶 The music
🚜 The hayride
💃 The line dancing
🎪 The carnival games

Tag your country crew & make a day of it! 🤠🌾

📍 24232 S. Upper Highland Rd., Colton, OR
🗓️ October 10, 2026 | 12–5 PM
🎟️ FREE ADMISSION

❤️

10/07/2026

Yum! Grab some of our goat milk soap while you're there, too! 😉

10/06/2026

Celebrate the rustic spirit of the west with our Rodeo Queen Goat Milk Soap...
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This signature scent is earthy and sweet at the same time, featuring a blend of sandalwood and vanilla paired with rugged notes of leather, to***co, and even dirt!

Handcrafted in small batches using old-fashioned methods, all of our bars retain their natural, skin-softening glycerin to gently cleanse without stripping away moisture. In addition to luxury saponified fats and creamy farm fresh goat milk, we use mindful additions like french green clay for gentle exfoliation and source quality fragrance oils only from trusted suppliers with high safety standards.

Rodeo Queen has been a farmers market favorite since launching it several years ago. This is our own recipe and scent blend that you won't find anywhere else, so be sure to grab a bar from us if you gravitate towards those earthy, but sweet scent profiles.

Bentley Feed Store had 4 bars of this on their shelf when I stopped by earlier this week, so feel free to pop in there to grab yourself a bar or two.

Other "earthy & sweet" scents in our line include Dragon's Blood, To***co Vanilla, and Bourbon Wood.

10/06/2026

We've had so many people let us know they LOVE our tallow & beeswax lip balms! The jumbos were on a break while we worked out more practical packaging for them in response to customer feedback. These hold 3x the amount of product as the standard lip balm tubes and are currently available in Vanilla Coffee flavor! More flavors coming soon.

Order online (pickup/shipping) or at our in-person markets.

P.S. If ordering online for shipping and not combining with other products, reach out so we can arrange a different shipping option for you. Our website currently offers flat rate shipping, which makes sense for lots of soap, but not for lip balm. 😉

10/05/2026

🤠 Calling all dudes...

I was just glancing at the stats for my page. Of my 951 followers, 88% are women and 12% are men. Makes total sense for my product line, but I do have quite a few market customers who are men. I have learned that it's not just women who care about what they put on their skin, nor is it just women who want a good smelling soap!

So where are my guys at? I know you're out there! If you see this and you're not already following me, let's bump up that 12% and show the world that men have good hygiene and self-care, too! 🤣

Existing customers, leave a comment below with your favorite soap!

10/05/2026

As a full-time parent-caregiver I have to get creative with my self-care routines and I've learned to take a hot bath whenever I have a window for it because my nervous system is almost always on high. Naturally this means I'm always looking for ways to improve my soaks and get the most out of my time in the tub. One of my favorite things to do is add different types of salts, essential oils, and freeze dried goat milk to the water. The salts provide trace minerals, the essential oils awaken my senses, and the milk nourishes and softens my skin. In fact, I don't even need to moisturize when I get out of a milk bath, but I do anyway just to lock in that moisture. My baths have become a very important part of taking care of myself as I care for my family and particularly my son who is disabled. That's how Milk & Mineral Bath Soaks became a part of my product line. Everything I make to sell, I use myself. I wouldn't share it with you if I didn't love it! If you find that your body appreciates a good hot soak once in a while, too, be sure to pick up some of our milk bath. Currently available in Lavender, but it will be coming in more scents (when I get a chance. Haha!).

*Also pictured is our Coco Cream bath bombs featuring pink salt, which do not contain goat milk

10/03/2026

Earlier this week I pulled out my stash of local raw beeswax to make some of my drippy candles for Fall & Winter. This wax is about as natural as it gets! It comes from a local apiary (and by local I mean some of their hives are literally on my road) and it's simply been poured and strained. It's so raw that it still has hive debris in it when I receive it and I have to further filter it with cotton cheesecloth to use it. Anyway, I threw a few big chunks in the melting pot and opened up my nook windows since we're having such a warm October. As I stood there prepping, suddenly I noticed a loud buzzing sound and turned around to find at least 20 honey bees working their damndest to get through the screen behind me. The wax had only been melting a couple minutes, but it had such a strong, natural throw that the bees foraging nearby mimmediately tracked it to my kitchen! Thankfully there were no holes for them to fit through, but they tried for a long time. I just went back to making candles, listening to them buzz and bump up against the screen. By the time I was finished, they had given up and went back to sourcing pollen. I've made dozens of candles with this wax and I'm not sure if I've done it with the windows open, but this was the first time the bees came to visit. I thought it was interesting that they flew in like Seagulls at the beach when they smell french fries!

If you want to purchase candles, let me know! They're typically about 13oz (4"x3") and sell for $20. I have some smaller ones for $12/$15 right now. I'm not sure how many hours they burn, I need to track that. They are 100% pure raw wax with no added scent whatsoever. They simply smell like honey. I use wooden wicks that I try to get as centered as possible. You will need to place the candle on a plate because if the wick is off center even the slightest bit or the candle burns too long (4+ hrs) , it will spill over.

By the way, beeswax candles are a natural air purifier, pulling positive ions (toxins) out of the air.