Saskatchewan – Kolby Clunas

Coffee Talk with Reflexology and More by Karla

Reflexology and More by Karla is a new small business out of Langenberg, SK. Karla offers a variety of services including nails, waxing, messages, and reflexology in a very private and peaceful studio.

Products that Karla Carries

One of Karla’s goals was to have the products in her shop that range on their prices. Personally, I never bother to look at products in studios since the prices are usually too high for my budget. But Karla carries higher end more expensive products and very affordable Manitoba made products – that’s only a few dollars off from any product you can buy at the big box store – except the products Karla stocks are not filled with unneeded chemicals. She actively searches for Canadian products that are well made.

Top Row: Pure Anada (Made in Manitoba)| Bottom Row: Imagine Skin Care

Another one of my favourite things she carries are her Improper teas – these are vegan, ethically sourced, gluten and sugar free, and have no artificial colours. The goofy names make perfect unserious gifts – and the tea is packaged and shipped out of Toronto, Ontario. Chai me a river – is my personal favourite. Calm the F down – is a green tea with lemon and sage (perfect for the winter cold season) and Men are morons – a black tea with notes of toasted caramel.

Since I’ve seen the many bars of colourful soap stocked in her studio – I’ve really been tempted to grab one, but for any homemade bar of soap I’ve boughten has always been over $15 – so it’s definitely a splurge item for me. But these big bars of soap sell for $7 (which is a total steal!) Below are a few bars that I didn’t take home, but was really tempted too.

Old Soul Soap Company is a company out of Ontario that creates small batch soaps in a wide variety of scents. Lemongrass, cedarwood, coffee Scrub, himalayan Salt, lavender, and vanilla bean are just a few scents that Karla carries.

I’ve been going to Karla to get my nails done for a few months – and every month she has discounts on different services, which makes her services even more affordable and really opens the door to try new services at an extremely well price.

Full List Of Karla’s Services

Click the link below for Karla’s booking link which includes her full list of services.

Book With Karla

Interview with Karla

What inspired you to start your business?

Reflexology I have to say started the dream. I had a shoulder injury that was so pain ful no one could massage it so I started looking into alternative therapy to help with it by relaxing my body thru Reflexology I was able to start my healing journey with the addition to my physio it made a huge difference in helping my body relax I wanted to help others. The way it helped me.

What are your businesses core values?

I want to provide a safe and relaxing environment for my clients as well as affordable treatments and products.

What is your most popular service? Which is your favorite to do?

Waxing and pedicures are probably the most popular, and reflexology and hot stone massage are my favorite things to do.

What’s your most rewarding moment you’ve had since you’ve opened your doors?

The most rewarding was probably when I did a group booking out at the lake for a retreat so many of them had never heard of Reflexology and it was amazing to bring it into their lives.

How do you handle stress or setbacks in your business?

Growing up on the farm was a great way of showing how to deal with set backs if you get bucked off you got to get back on that horse and try again.

What’s a big, bold goal you have that excites (or scares) you a little? What’s next for your small business?

Given up a part time job is a goal i have but is so frightening as the part time jobs keeps the house going so I can put everything the business brings in back into growing the business

What’s a small ritual or detail in your services that most people don’t notice — but you love?

I try greeting my clients at the door that way they feel like they’re coming to a friend’s house not just for a service or treatment.

How do you show appreciation for your clients?

Currently I offer free art for your nails I’m also bringing in a loyalty program where if you refer a client to me you get 10% off your next appointment. I also like to do promos once a month and giveaways on my Facebook page.

How do you hope your clients feel when they leave your studio?

I hope my clients leave relaxed and happy. If there is something that I can do that would make it more relaxing or comfortable for a client I strive to make that happen for them. I always say it’s your time and appointment let me know how I can make it the best.

What is your personal favourite product to use that you sell in your shop?

My favorite product right know is the sandalwood and vanilla bushbalm ingrown oil the smell is amazing.

An upcoming event in Karla’s Studio…

Karla was so gracious to host an event I’m planning in her studio. My first pop up art gallery, featuring Langenberg, SK’s own Hazel Werle. The first 12 people who stop by get a goodie bag (and trust me you want to take one of these home).

Coffee Talk Sessions are a series of interviews about lovely folks Kolby’s ran into, from small businesses to musicians to any nontraditional careers – anything that perks Kolby’s interest.

Sunny Sask Tour

Four shows – Four towns – 7 hours of playing.

Before we left home

There was so much packing and organizing to do (I am pro at procrastinating laundry, so laundry day). Top priority was getting my nails done.

Done by Karla (Reflexology by Karla, Langenberg, SK)

Day One: Starting close to home; Music in the Park, Binscarth, MB

A lovely little set in front of a listening crowd. It felt like I haven’t been onstage for awhile so it was nice to have this crowd to start this weekend. These little shows really help put into perspective on what I’ve accomplished in this past year. This time last year I played here and sang The Mountain Lion Song for the first time. We did another photo like the one from last year.

2024 (the album cover of the first live performance of the mountain lion song).

Day Two: The Road Trip Out

The road trip mainly consisted of behind of the scenes work, making posters for shows, doing updates on my website, last minute set list changes, all that fun stuff. I added a piece of Merch this time around (that I plan on continuing) called Pocket Poems. They’re very small (four page) poem books that I hand sewn the spines too. I’m bringing two different issues out – Self Reflections of Twenty-One and The Garden Gnomes Smoke When The Streetlights Turn On. So excited to see how they do in the merch trunk.

We stopped in Moose Jaw to check out the world’s largest moose. On the way here I read through the history of this moose loosing and regaining his title. The information building was cool, I picked up a sticker for my guitar case, and looked at some local art.

We kept driving and hit Chaplin, we explored a little nature center on the side of the road. This was one of the coolest side of the road attractions I’ve hit, it’s right near a salty pond so all the shorebirds hit it on the migrations path for the shrimp that live there.

The amount of taxidermy birds found in this area is astounding.

Morse Museum – Morse, SK

When we got to Morse we hit a little bar to play some pool to kill some time. We got a private tour of one of the graduates from the Morse Museum (it previously was a school until 2009). One of my favorite parts of doing shows is the special opportunities I get to do like having a private tour of this museum. Performance wise this summer has been a lot of first time running into issues (breaking strings, technical difficulties, ect) in Morse when they were setting up the lights once it got dark – the lights blew a breaker. So, it made it extra interesting, but I think I played it off smoothly. I love a classic trailer stage but the cat tails behind me was one of my favorite stage set ups.

They let me jump the fence to get this picture

Another stuffed seagull (this was the 7th I saw in a day)

Day Three: SWT Theatre – Gull Lake, SK

We woke up in Swift Current and started the drive out to Gull Lake, once we got there, we had three hours to kill so we headed to the Eastend Dinosaur Museum. It was cool to see all the casts, and I ended up learning a lot about the history of Sask (never would have guessed there was crocs here at one point). I learnt about Scotty the Dino years ago in school, so it was kind of nice to see him in person. We passed through a small town full of murals, Shaunavon, that had a little coffee shop with the best coffee I’ve ever tasted there.

A little creek we stopped at on our way to the museum.

We headed back to Gull Lake, and it was a pretty quick getting set up and sound check until the show. This was my first theatre I got to play on my own and having my name on the sign was crazy. I discovered a Swift Current movie production company (Dead Prairies Production) which has a movie called “Gorephers”, a horror movie about killer gophers, which is on my list of things I need to watch this winter.

The crowd was smaller than ideal but a vibrant night, and I believe the folks who were there enjoyed it.

Day Four: Cypress Hills Winery – Maple Creek, SK

We started the day in Gull Lake and had a few hours to venture since I wanted to hit the little bookstore, The Yellow Canary, before we left. We hit a little cafe and found an ice fishing shack in someone’s yard that dad wanted to ask some questions about the build of it. Afterwards we did hit the bookstore. Lovely little place, really love the small-town businesses. I bought a book that’s been on my read list for a while and then we hit the road again. We found a little church that turned into an antique store, and I found a throw blanket by Laurel Burch (covered in cats). Had to grab it.

Maple Creek itself was such an old timey cute town. People were so friendly here, like anyone on the street would start chatting. We checked out the two busy streets with all the shops, someone told us that one of the toy stores has the largest collection of puzzles in western Canada – so we had to go and check that out.

The Cypress Hills Winery itself was the cutest little place – a long curvy pathway that bring you to the front doors (where two wooden bear statues greet you). The artwork in the winery was all oil paintings of livestock and wild animals which I always appreciate. I believe this winery is ran mainly by a mother-daughter duo – it was such an experience getting the behind the scenes of how the wine is made and of course trying as many wines as I could in a night. One of the waitresses hoped onstage and sang while I strummed along with her (which is something I want to start doing more, I love when other people take the mic for a while).

What was SO cool was someone from the Cypress Hills Grasslands Area organization came out and took a few videos.

It was a busy weekend, and an even longer drive home the next day but overall Western Sask is such a nice place to be.

July / August Shows ’25

I had two goals this year, which in January, were pretty ambitious goals. The first was to play in all the western provinces and finish in Manitoba. And the second was to hit three locations; lake side, in front of mountains, and to play music in a garden. I can proudly say that both of those goals I accomplished this year. These are my July and August shows, minus the final little tour of MB/SK at the end of August.

~ July ~

Carlton Trail Golf Course – Langenberg, SK

Unfortunately, I didn’t get any pictures or videos of me preforming but this was a tiring day – I got off work and raced to the golf course to play for an hour. It was a good turnout.

Brandon, MB – Lady of the Lake

I have been excited to play at Lady of the Lake for about a year there’s been chitter chatter about it. The photo above is my favourite of me onstage. The staff here were amazing friendly; the atmosphere was so casual and welcoming. I was just coming off of a few weeks of heavy artistic burn out and this show swept my attention back to why I love doing this.

This was the first show I played with my Green Trunk, which holds everything I sell at shows (my music, merch and poems). It felt very fitting for this atmosphere too. Plus, this mosaic truck is the coolest thing.

Russell, MB – The Asessippi Inn

This show was so special because I was playing it with Sam Diores and Shae Rose. It was Shae’s first time performing in 8 years, which after a few weeks of not being on stage I can feel the nerves coming back, and she did wonderful. Sam was belting Adele songs beautifully, she’s always one of my favourite local artists that I look forward to seeing.

Winnipeg, MB

Before I headed to the bar to open for this little karaoke night for “Sip N Bitch” I had a few hours in Winnipeg to kill some time. I started with the Human Rights Muesum (the Cloud Cafe’s dirty chai was great). Once I got to the very top of the building, I noticed the yellow river boats making their way up the river.

I headed down to The Forks (with the intention of going on a boat tour), but I ended up strolling into an art gallery than into a psychic shop. I found a cigar shop, and I happily bought my first Cuban.

Lakeside Grill and Lounge – Round Lake, SK

Round Lake is lovely as always, last year I played at the end of the year summer bash in front of the little ice cream shop, and it was nice to come back. Chris Godwin played right after I did and seeing his stage skills with the audience was refreshing – that’s something I’m still working towards. It was a sweet night. I played the banjo here for the first time in a while.

Spear Lake Art Day – Russell, MB

Spear Lake Art Day was an intense day of running around for me – lots of chatting, lots of new folks, and lots of fun. My dear friend’s daughter, Raya, came up onstage and freestyled while I accompanied her. This chick was rhyming better than I can. I bought a painting by a local artist and had such a blast.

We raised about $150 but the great news is there will be a Spear Lake Art Day 2026. The woman who was one of the organizers for Regina Folk Festival attended and she pulled me aside and made it a point to tell me that when the folk festival started it was four people in the park – so having the smaller turnout we did for the first little art day at Spear Lake, it was successful.

~ August ~

Music in the Garden (Pollinators Paradise) – Saskatoon, SK

One my goals this year was to play music in a garden, which I thought would be an easier goal, but it proved not to be. Until I found Pollinators Paradise YXE. It’s an amazing non-profit group that encourages bringing back Sask’s native plants. Making the poster for this event (all the way back in March) I learnt so much, with the committee’s expertise, about native plants and I’m continuously learning more. I made sure to get my nails done with little lady bugs and bees for my two garden shows I have this year.

Photo Karla (nail tech) took of my nails.

This was also my first sold out show I believe – which was amazing to hear that news. One thing I’ve learnt from last year is I love the smaller intimate venues and this fit right in. So, to celebrate my first sold out show I booked a tattoo.

We got to the city pretty late the day before but I had the opportunity to see some friends I haven’t seen in awhile (pictured is Kyla the dog, who you can see we missed each other a lot).

The day of the show, the location switched to another Pollinators Paradise members garden (incase it started to rain). Jay’s garden had a lovely deck in the backyard and a big fluffy dog, named Bear.

One of the members, brought some Black Eye’d Susans to give away. I found out afterwards she owns a native plant nursery, A Prairie Bouquet – Native Plant Nursery. Afterwards we headed over to another members garden to get a little tour of her garden.

After the garden tour, we started to hit the road home because later that night I was playing in Otthon, SK. It was about a four hour drive from Saskatoon to Otthon.

Otthon Hall Fundraiser – Otthon, SK

Dad and I love this little town, I played here last year, and it was so sweet to see the community come together, for a very small village there was an amazing turn out. Having two shows in one day with a five-hour drive in-between is exhausting but we made it a point to hit Otthon again if we could this year. The old vintage sign with a few overgrown tree’s advertising perogies really sets the tone for the environment you’re walking into – such friendly people.

The plaid & printed skirt was not a planned outfit.

White City Gardening Club – White City, SK

This day trip was packed with exciting stuff. We drove into the city early to do some video shoots for one of my songs (by the lovely Ashdynn Bradley). We stopped in Fort Qu’Appelle on the way to get a photo with the turtle.

Later in the evening we headed to Emerald Park for the show – it was a little private event hosted by the White City Gardening Club for volunteer appreciation. The host (Joy) was amazing kind. This is my first show that I snapped a guitar string when I was playing, which made me a little flustered but the show continued smoothly. I made sure Dad recorded one song to get a live version out on streaming services.

Next week I hit the road to a little Saskatchewan tour, 5 shows in 5 days!