Vintage Bee soap and gift boxes sold at the Dish gift shop in the Woerner Warehouse in Fredericksburg, Texas.

The Vintage Bee collection is inspired by the honeybees on my ranch. The soaps, candles and hand balm contain beeswax, dried herbs and flower petals from family gardens.

The Napoleonic Bee design on the box transports me back to a lovely weekend I spent in Vienna a few years ago. I was in heaven perusing soap shops, cafes, paper stores and ending the day listening to Mozart’s Requiem performed in Karlskirche.