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BUSINESS Wallowa County Chieftain A6 Wednesday, December 8, 2021 Soap made from ‘love, art, herbalism’ BIZZ BUZZ PEAK FUSION STUDIO What: Bath and body business By Bill Bradshaw Who: Terra Snyder Imnaha woman off ers unique bath and body products Where: P.O. Box 45, Imna- ha, OR 97842 Phones: 541-577-3079 Email: peakfusionstu- dio@gmail.com Instagram: peakfusion- studio I MNAHA — Do you like bath and body prod- ucts with a distinct aroma derived from naturally occur- ring products in Wallowa County? Well, Peak Fusion Studio of Imnaha has what you’re looking for. “I predominately make handcrafted soap. I also make bath bombs, perfume, lotion bars and salve,” said busi- ness owner Terra Snyder, who runs the business out of her Imnaha Canyon home. “My motto is we create in the spirit of love, art and herbalism.” And she’s not alone in the venture. “It’s a family-run business, for sure,” she said. “Every- body helps out.” The family includes hus- band Jason, who runs Jason Snyder Construction, and their four children, ranging in age from 15-25. The Snyders have been living in the canyon for 21 years come June. “We both moved back after being gone from home for years,’ she said. “We both were really in love with the Imnaha area, the people, the river, the life style.” Special ingredients “What makes my products Bill Bradshaw/Wallowa County Chieftain Terra Snyder, of Peak Fusion Studio, shows some of the soaps and other products her Imnaha-based business produces. She was displaying them during the Holiday Bazaar at the Joseph Community Events Center on Friday, Nov. 26, 2021. special are a few diff erent things,” Snyder said. “Every bar of soap has hand-ren- dered lard in it.” She said she gets the lard from pigs raised at Square Mile Ranch in Lostine. Soap also can contain beef tallow, which she may use in the future, but for now, she sticks with lard. “I can do vegan soap and will make it if asked,” she said. The family also keeps bees, which go into the mix. “We raise bees and put our own honey and hand-ren- dered beeswax in our soaps,” she said. “It’s really special stuff . It’s really good quality.” Then there’s the plants and herbal ingredients. “We love to wild-harvest. I predominantly will wild-har- vest invasive species,” she said, emphasizing that she avoids native species. “I do not wild-harvest any indige- nous food sources for profi t.” These may include bis- cuitroot, camas root or huckleberries. “I may harvest them for my own use, but I will not profi t from it,” she said. “It’s a way of showing respect for the Nez Perce people of this land.” Snyder also infuses her products with botanicals. “I wild-harvest and grow fl owers and herbs that I then infuse oils with and then I make my products from those oils,” she said. Infusion is the process of pouring an oil over plant mat- ter and waiting anywhere from four to six weeks to a year for the oil to soak up the essence of the plant matter. “The oil will smell like that plant matter,” she said. “If I infuse olive oil with lav- ender, that olive oil will smell like lavender.” She also adds cocoa but- ter and shea butter she gets from a company in Northern Ghana that uses the proceeds to help women and children. “Those are wonderful but- ters to have in soap,” she said. “They’re very moisturizing.” She keeps busy Much of Snyder’s busi- & Skylight Gallery ness is online, although she does off er her wares at var- ious outlets in Wallowa County and she recently was at the Holiday Bazaar at the Joseph Community Events Center. She said that right now, she’s making about 30 bars of soap a day, fi ve days a week. Fall and spring are the busy seasons for production, while she devotes winter and sum- mer to sales. Beyond Wallowa County, Snyder said she has custom- ers from New York to Los Angeles. But it’s not all about mak- ing money, she said, adding that 10% of her proceeds go for “indigenous reparations,” which goes along with her love for the original inhabi- tants of the county. “I have very much a heart for the indigenous commu- nity,” she said. ——— Bill Bradshaw is a reporter for the Wallowa County Chieftain. Have a business tip? Contact him at 541-398-5503 or bbrad- shaw@wallowa.com. Church Directory Finding books is our specialty CLUES ACROSS 1. They’re above abs 5. Event with deep-fried food 9. Dishonest person 14. Sentry’s order 15. Gladys Knight’s range 16. Spew lava 17. Ideal piece of pasta, e.g., informally? 19. Gets together 20. “Seriously!” 21. Thing for walking the dog? 23. Type of sauce in teriyaki dishes 24. Tickled doll 26. Skirts with a pancake variety 28. Query 31. “I’ve never heard that song sung in two keys simulta- neously,” for one? 35. Bit of kindling 37. Ready 38. Switch topics 39. Thing to keep your eye on 40. “Bear” related to a wombat 43. Go on a tirade 44. One with many world views? 46. ___ the groundwork 47. Confessional confessions 48. Complicated network of relationships at Buckingham Palace? 52. BOS rival, in baseball 53. Postpone 54. “Table” or “sea” follower 56. Do something 58. Strongly against 60. Lift 63. Prickly plant 65. “My life has been reduced to these few sentences on a dust jacket!”? 68. Feature of 70-Across’s clue 69. Male deer 70. Peter, Paul and Marry, for one 71. Project details, briefly 72. Feature of 70-Across’s clue 73. Tidbit of vanilla Joseph United Methodist Church Grace Lutheran Church 3rd & Lake St. • Joseph 409 West Main - Enterprise 10 AM Worship Online AND In Person SUNDAY WORSHIP For More Info 541-432-3102 JosephUMC.ORG at 9am Pastor Cherie Dearth Pastor John B. King Jr phone (message): 541-426-4633 web: gracelutheranenterprise.com Enterprise Christian Church St. St. Patrick’s Patrick’s Episcopal Episcopal Church Church 85035 Joseph Hwy • (541) 426-3449 We have ‘In-person worship” @ 9:00 am (Guidelines observed) Sunday School at 10:30 Parking Lot Radio/Facebook @ 9:00 100 NE 3rd St, Enterprise NE 3rd & Main St 541-426-3439 Worship Service Sunday 9:30am David Bruce Pastor, Enterprise Christian Church Lostine Presbyterian Church Summit Church Discussion Group 9:30 AM Worship Service 11:00 AM at the Cloverleaf Hall in Enterprise Childrens program during service Blog: dancingforth.blogspot.com CLUES DOWN 1. Tammy Duckworth’s deg. 2. Bring in, as money 3. Activist and poet Wade 4. Not fresh 5. One might have a nose wire 6. Apple pie ___ mode 7. Modest response to praise 8. “Mr. ___” (Styx song) 9. Show stoppers? 10. Mine cart cargo 11. “Nope, try once more” 12. No more than 13. Site for handmade goods 18. Breast ___ (baby-feeding option) 22. Loud laugh sound 25. Cookie that can be personalized 27. Lyft alternatives 28. Chance to hit 29. Mowed path 30. Did a crossword in the waiting room, say 32. Even a little 33. Like eggs over easy 34. “Heavens to ___!” 36. What polarized lenses reduce 41. What bills might become 42. 12 months before now 45. To the extent that 49. Longing 50. One who creates 51. Chatter indiscreetly 55. Charges, as at windmills 56. Alphabet 57. Corn or barley 59. Wee, cutesily 61. Certain 62. Lake by Toledo 64. Theater chain 66. Tree’s “blood” 67. Weightlifter’s pride, briefly 107 E. Main • Enterprise • 541-426-3351 www.bookloftoregon.com Sundays at 10 am Pastor: David Pendleton 541.398.0597 Hwy 82, Lostine www.summitchurchoregon.org Stephen Kliewer, Minister Cloverleaf Hall • 668 NW 1st St. • Enterprise, OR 97828 Wallowa Assembly of God 702 West Hwy 82 Wallowa, Oregon 541-886-8445 Sunday School • 9:am Worship Service • 10:am Pastor Tim Barton Visit Us on Christ Covenant Church Pastor Terry Tollefson Church Office: 541-263-0505 Family Prayer - 9 AM Sunday School - 9:30 AM Worship - 10:30 AM 723 College Street, Lostine Seventh-Day Adventist Church & School Enterprise Community Congregational Church 305 Wagner (near the Cemetery) P.O. Box N. Enterprise, OR 97828 Church 541-426-3751 School 541-426-8339 Pastor David Ballard 503-810-9886 Join us at the BIG BROWN CHURCH Worship Hour 10:30 a.m. - Noon Sunday Worship 11:00 am Bible Studies: Sundays 9:30 am 301 NE First St. • Enterprise, OR Find us on Facebook! 541.426.3044