New and Exciting to come in 2009...

Why not make a party out of it? In 2009, I will be starting Home Parties. This will be a fun and exciting new venture...

Coming soon....

Soon our 4oz package of Fizzing Snow Bath will be available. Add fragrance and fun during this holiday season with our Limited edition fizzing bath powder. Just sprinkle the desired amount in your warm bath and watch the fun begin. Scented in a wonderful combination of fresh peppermint leaves and sweet ripened strawberries, on a dry down of vanilla.

Thank you to all...

Thanks to all of you who attended Sacttered Seeds this year. It was alot of fun and I met so many nice crafters there.

Also , I am being featured in Wickedly Chic, so stop by the site and check it out!http://www.wickedlychic.com/category/Fresh+and+Chic/

Ill be there!

Im in a Treasury!!

Check it out!
http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=13106

Mulberry Soap

Mulberry is now in stock!

Mistletoe Kisses in Stock

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Mistletoe Kisses

Today I am making Mistletoe Kisses, a top selling Christmas scent. I usually layer red white and green, then top it with whipped cream soap, finally kissed with some gold body safe glitter.

Yesterday, I made Cookie Dough Soap, ready to go!

Getting Ready for The Scattered Seeds Fall/Christmas Show

Hello! Long time no hear....I have been working away at getting my soaps made and packaged for the big Scattered Seeds Winnipeg Craft Show. It is a 4 day show and I am very excited. Here are a few pics of what I am doing. The piggy soaps and hedgehog soaps all wrapped beautifully and ready to go. Also, Every year I make a soap sampler. They look different every year...This year I stacked 3 different soaps and wrapped them with dot ribbon and attached my business card to them .. CUTE!! I have alot of work to do....I am bringing 1o different scented loaves this year, along with the soapscicles and most likely will do small gift baskets...

New Soap

Here is 1 of 2 super cute soaps that I made today. Here we have Penelope Porcupine scented Soothing Lavender. Made from goats milk, 100 % natural ingredients . This soap would make a perfect gift for yourself or for any occasion. Each soap is 4oz and presented in a organza gift bag . She will be listed later today..

Lollishops!!!

I have just been accepted into Lollishops. It is a juried online store, that specializes in all things whimsical . It is super sweet! For example, Just take alook at these beauties . These Betsey Ornaments are made by the founder of Lollishops, Sadie Lou! Sounds like a sweet gal from Whoville doesnt it?

Check out her site, where it also has a link to Lollishops .

http://craftilyeverafter.blogspot.com

Black Licorice Poscicles

Today, I made some black licorice pops . I added cosmetic glitter for an added bit of wowness. It is dead on smell black licorice. Not a fan of this candy , but my husband loves it. I also made some chocolate bits for my cookie dough loaves.

Ahhhh....Christmas Memories

So today I was thinking back to my childhood years, Christmas time to be exact. A few things that I enjoyed being around, that my mom brought out every year is a wind up Santa that played music. I loved this thing .

As a child I would pick at the little sack that Santa was carrying. It had a small wrapped foiled present in his tulle looking sack...I thought there was a real present inside. Eventually , I teared a hole in it trying to get in it. Now I know what little kids are thinking when they "destroy" our things. Now I see that sometimes are kids aren't intentionally being destructive.

I found my Santa today on Ebay, and will purchase him. I cant wait to bring him back home.

Another item I am looking for is the Plastic Church that my mom always was proud to display every year. I loved this this thing too, I actually thought there could be people in it when she lit it. It was musical too and I plan to find one and have it out for this year.

Another 2 Birthdays Under my Belt...

Yesterday we threw Olivia's 2nd birthday and Emma's 7th birthday together. We had 37 family members come, it was a great party. The Night before I stayed up until 2 am making 2 birthday cakes, 2 mini birthday cakes (one for my Aunt nad one for my hubby mike), and 24 cupcakes. They turned out fantastic..I must say I am very proud of myself. It was the first time making birthday cakes. Emma was feeling under the weather and missed most of her birthday, poor thing. She was up for presents and cake. They both recieved so many beautiful clothes and toys. Today is Olivia's real birthday..We have no plans realy. It is a holiday today, nothing is open , and it is super gloomy outside. It is raining all day today, :(

School starts up again Wednesday, so I will be getting ready for that . It will be somewhat quiet again but I will still have the 2 youngest at home and my neice Hanna.

A Surprising Call

I received a phone call early evening of a best friend of mine, Judy,whom I haven't seen or spoken in years. I was thrilled to hear from her and so relieved that she found me. I tried a few times to find her . She was unlisted and not registered in Facebook (yes, I tried Facebook)

Anyway, we talked for about a half hour and I found out she is getting married and actually lives like minutes from me. We are practically neighbours! Her finance sounds very nice and we are inviting them over sometime next week. I am very happy to have reconnected with her!

The Big 40!

Happy Birthday to my husband Mike who turn 40 today! Hes not so excited about this milestone, but he looks yummy good nontheless!

I havent seen hime this morning, he snuck out of bed early to head to work. He had a week off, and during that time we headed to Fargo, North Dakota for 3 days of shopping bliss. Yes, Fargo...It is 2.5 -3 hours away from Winnipeg and they have Target. I love Target!

We also put in our grass during that time too! We have a yard!!! Yeah! We are working on the fence details now, and perhaps get a deck built. The playhouse that I so dream of for the kids, is sort of on hold. I did buy a plan at Lowes when we were in Fargo. I may have it built this year but not sure. It is 4 feet deep, 8 feet wide and 8 feet tall. It is super cute!

Anyway...Happy Birthday to the greatest, cutest daddy and hubby. XOXO

Cookie Dough Soap

Today I made some Cookie Dough Soap. The top is a creamy whipped oatmeal topping, and inside are hand cut chunks of "chocolate". My home was filled with the sweet smell of cookies.

It is a beautiful bar of oh so good soap!

Making Bars and and Enjoying the Sun

Ok, so I had a busy weekend. Sunday, we all went to my husband's Aunty Betty's cottage in Petersfield. It is a year round home that is not your typical cottage. Very modern and beautiful. Gorgeous lakefront, glorious views. It was a warm sunny day and we had so much fun. The kids didn't want to leave. They were playing in the sand from 2pm until we left which was about 8:30 pm. Long time!!

I also made some whipped lemon bars this past weekend. They are tdf. I

don't know if I will be selling them on etsy, but they may appear during my shows this fall. I have been adding my bar shapes again, but nothing compares to my loaves . Over the years, my loaves always out sell my bars. People just like the idea of hand cut bar maybe?? I would hand cut right in front of them, but over time I switched to displaying on cake plates so people can see and smell, then have everything prepackaged. It got too busy to do the cutting in front and then packaging.

I have been recently including in my orders as a thank you, the chocolate mint parfait bars. It kind of reminds me when you go to a restaurant, you get a mint as a "thank you"..or when you go to a nice hotel ,they put a chocolate on your pillow as a thank you...

Friday..Yeah!!

Well, its Friday, yippie! This weekend I plan to figure out which craft shows Ill be in. I know Ill be in the juried Scattered Seeds Show in October, I plan on being in The Festival of Lights Show and waiting to hear if I'm in another big show. I think Ive figured out what soaps will be in this Christmas. I am going to choose 8 -10 scents in the loaves. So far I am certain that pumpkin souffle,mistletoe kisses, chocolate chip cookie dough will be in.

For the Popsicles, I choose 3 different ones.

This year decided to do a Christmas sampler. Those samplers bags always sell out. They are cute and reasonably priced.

The photo that is posted here, is a custom order . This "shoe" soap was custom made for a lady who had a tea room/gift shop in the States. So cute, it smelled glorious. It turned out so darn cute I had to share.

Zombies Love Soap!

Didn't you that that zombies love soap?? Ive been featured! Check it out here http://www.zombiefactory.blogspot.com:80/

Playhouse crazy

So all I have been thinking of besides soaps is a playhouse. I have been wanting one for my kids for a long time now. Mind you , I have a Step 2 Sweetheart playhouse ,but Im talking about a outdoor wooden outdoor one with a porch. A new one would cost in the thousands.

I have also been searching for used ones , maybe something that has good bones that I can turn into a dream playhouse. I recently came across this playhouse that I posted here in the classifieds, that I have been thinking about. I feel it has good bones, it is structurely sound. It is an ugly duckling of playhouses. I think it has great potential. I also have the kidkraft kitchen that I also posted,I was planning to move that in . My husband could have his den back!

I have begun my sketches on this. Gingerbread trim, porch pickets, a door, window grilles, yikes! Its a looker! Asking amount is $250 which I feel is still too much to ask, but I could talk him down. I have 2 big concerns:

1- How the hell would I get it from his yard to mine? 8 people and a flatbed truck I do not have.

2- It is u-g-l-y..What would the neighbours think! I have a newly constructed home, the yard is a mess because we are landscaping ect... If I plopped this puppy in the yard for all to see ,they would have a heart attack. What they wouldnt know is I would be working on it...

What do you think I should do??? Consider it or leave it??

Mint Chocolate Parfait Bars

I made some mint chocolate bars today. They smell sooooo yummy. So real!

It is a custom fragrance , each layer is scented individually.

Etsy Buy

Here is the latest buy from Etsy... http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5083888

It is absolutely gorgeous. It is a gift for my neices's baptism this weekend. It is sterling silver and swarovski crystals. If you need a special gift for a little girl, this is the place to buy.

How Wonderful....

Today, I have been included in a new series on the TransCanada Team blog titled 'Gift Giving through the Zodiac' http://transcanadaetsyteam.blogspot.com/2008/07/gift-giving-through-zodiac-leo.html

Check it out! What a great article!

Vanilla Coffee Cream Soap ...Not Dolce Latte

Well, I changed the name because it smelled more Vanilla coffee Cream to me...Still smells yummy!!! Great for the kitchen or a pick me u in the shower. Leaves skin smelling like a light vanilla.

Cinnamon Dolce Latte

Ok..So my double double is now being called Cinnammon Dolce Latte Soap. As I was making it , all the smells reminded me of my "regular" coffee choice when I go to Starbucks or anywhere where they have it. Its my fave! The soap turned out great. Good smell, and eye pleasing...Yum

Yes, Thats my soap at the top!