MEET GRANNY and GRANDPA B
Our Story
I didn't set out to start a shop.
I set out to get the chemicals out of my home.
It started the way most things do around here, out of necessity, and a little stubbornness. The synthetic fragrances and detergents have always caused problems. Skin flares. Headaches. That scratchy, tight feeling that never quite went away. I had a houseful of kids and a husband who never once complained about anything, Navy Corpsman, volunteer firefighter, the kind of man who runs toward the smoke, and even he noticed.
So I started making my own.
I went back to what I already knew: herbs from the garden, essential oils, simple ingredients you can actually pronounce. The first batches were rough. But they worked. And somewhere in that process of figuring it out, grinding, blending, testing on the back porch, something clicked that I hadn't expected. It wasn't just practical. It was satisfying in a way that cleaning with a store-bought product never had been. There was something in working with real things, real plants, real smells, that felt like coming home.
That was the beginning.
The Name
Granny Goodwitch was my grandmother's nickname.
My older cousin and I gave it to her, borrowed from an old TV commercial, the kind of thing kids latch onto and never let go. She was the kind of woman who made everything feel a little warmer just by being in the room.
My parents divorced when I was young, and I went to live with my grandparents. They took me in and raised me right alongside their own children, that was just family does. Her hands were never still. She sewed my clothes and quilted for the whole family, made toys, purses and Christmas ornaments out of what she had on hand. She cooked everything from scratch, and there was always something on the stove, you could smell it before you got through the door. Fish frys. Hog roasts. Long tables with more people around them than there were chairs. That house was never quiet, never empty, and nobody left it hungry.
Everything I make and every gathering I try to pull together traces back to how we lived. The brand isn't borrowed from her, it's a continuation of her. Naming the shop anything else would have felt like a lie.
The "Notions and Potions" part came later, when we were planning something bigger — a storefront, a bakery, a coffee shop, a real gathering place. Life had other plans for a while. But the name stuck, the shop is here, for now, and waiting for a time in the future when it all comes together.
Who We Are
I'm Lora. I live in rural Missouri in the kind of home that keeps you busy and keeps you honest. Grandpa B and I have been married 37 years. We raised six kids here, kept a hobby farm and learned as we went.
Everything I make is small-batch, by hand, with ingredients I trust. Non-GMO where I can source it. Real botanicals, real essential oils, real beeswax. I read labels the way some people read the news, and I don't put anything in my products that I wouldn't put on my own family.
What You'll Find in the Shop
The Shop is organized the way a well-run farmhouse is organized, by where things belong.
The Laundry Room is where it all started. Handcrafted laundry soaps, cleaning boosters, wool dryer ball scent blends, herbal sachets for drawers and closets. Practical things that work and smell like something you'd actually want in your home.
The Stillroom is for the quiet rituals. Beeswax candles, incense and resins, sacred smoke supplies, gathered herbs and stones. The stillroom was the room in an old farmhouse where things were preserved and prepared, where the serious, purposeful work of homemaking happened. I think about that whenever I stock it.
The Washroom is for rest and renewal. Cold process soaps, goat milk soaps, herbal bath teas, bath and body goods made to slow you down at the end of a long day.
The Kitchen Hearth is my favorite to fill. Simmer pot kits, seasoning blends, baking mixes, herbal teas, and the bamboo tools that belong beside them. If the kitchen is the heart of a home, and I believe it is, this is the room that feeds it.
Come Find Us
The shop is always open online, and I'm at craft shows and markets throughout the year, those in-person visits are some of my favorite days. There's nothing like watching someone smell a simmer pot kit and get that look on their face.
If you'd like to keep up with new batches, seasonal offerings, and the occasional printable page from Granny B's Hearth, I'd love to have you on the newsletter list. It goes out when something's worth saying, not every week, just when the season changes or the shop does.
Thank you for being here. It means more than you know.
— Lora (Granny B)
