Ugggggh.....sick!

Ive been sick for days now and it is hard to even lift my fingers to type! I was going to make liquid soap for the first time on Friday. I was too sick to even consider it. I even cancelled my hair appointment Thursday--you KNOW I'm ill if I can't get my curls! I am supposed to work tonight and don't know how I am going to manage it. I haven't felt this badly since I had pneumonia some years ago. I think I am going to have to break down and go see the doc because I am not improving any. On a positive note, I finally got a Flickr account so I could add photos to my new Ravelry projects! Yay me! I'll post pics of my liquid soap when I finally do get to make it. With a 3.5 hour cook time, that won't be any time soon!! :o(

Wow, it's been a while!

Busy, busy! I've been working on some bath cupcakes as well as other goodies. I am preparing the lye water tonight for my next batch of soap. It will be an essential oil blend with rose clay swirl and silk. I can't wait to see how it turns out! I will be ordering my new soap mold soon and will be able to do lots of pretty swirlies! Yay! My swirls now....well, let's say they're not so great! LOL I can't believe the weekend is already over and I will be back to work in less than 12 hrs. Where does the time go? I keep asking myself that as I watch my babies grow bigger! Peace.

Happy Birthday to me!!!

Well, today I am another year older! I had taken 4 days off of work as a sort of mini-vacation and did get a few things accomplished in that time. I was able to make my Caramel Latte HP soap. It turned out very nicely! Once cut, I stamped it with some bronze mica and a coffee mug stamp. I also made a big batch of bath bombs although that was a disaster in the making! (the workshop was soooo cold my ingredients were freezing!!) Today I made lotion from scratch! It was alot of fun, besides the many precautions you have to take so you don't end up with little beasties growing in your lotion.

We did the broke-ass restaurant crawl today for my birthday, and it was fun!! We gathered up all the gift cards from Christmases past and made a dinner of it. Hubby had Longhorn, kids had Applebee's and I had Macaroni Grill! It was yummah! (and I want to give a huuuuge recommendation for Macaroni Grill! I got 3 days worth of food for less than $20!) That's all for now....I got so used to getting up whenever I want! Six a.m. is going to roll around rather quickly! LOL g'nite all!

New candle pics!

I finally got done with the new pics for the website! (see above) My other pics were sooo outdated. I am really happy with the newer ones. I also got the Etsy store up over the weekend! Woot! I just got the link added. My birthday is coming up (January 21) and am looking forward to a 4 day weekend and hopefully busting out the sewing machine! :o) If I don't end up sewing my fingers together I will post about how it all went.

Inventory and CPHP

CHECK OUT THE CUT PICS ABOVE!! WOOOOHOOOO, I COOKED SOAP!!


Hey, I actually got started on inventory! Go, me! I absolutely loathe doing inventory and always put it off until the last minute. (Yep, then tax time becomes such a wonderful time at my house! NOT!) I bought some software that I am programming all of my inventory into and then my items I sell. When it is all set up, it will automatically deduct from my inventory every time I make a new batch of candles, soaps, etc. I am so excited! Once I get everything entered and keep up with it, my life will get a little easier. (and hey, easy is a good thing!) I also got to make soap recently using a new (to me, anyway) process. I make most of my soaps the cold process method. I stepped out of my comfort zone and tried CPHP! (Crockpot Hot Process) It was amazing to watch all of the stages the soap goes through, but I admit I still love Cold process more! The batch turned out pretty nicely, though, and I will have to post pics when I get a chance.


I would like to say, on a completely different note, that I would like to offer my prayers to the family of the four babies that were killed in AL recently. It breaks my heart to hear of such tragedies. I've been through 2 miscarriages and have two children with different health problems, but I love my babies and wouldn't think of harming them. They are my little gifts from God. So this is a note to all psychopaths out there who think killing their kids is the answer: Send them to me. I will take them in and you can go throw yourself off of a bridge, destroy yourselves with drugs or whatever it is that you people do. There is enough love in my house for all of them.

Not enough time, not enough time!!!

There are so many things I have on my list to do! I finally got my lotion ingredients so I was going to try a test batch. I also got a few new fragrances in so soaping is on the horizon! Wooot! I also get to try out my new cutter on that gorgeous smelling soap. I've got a new body spray formulation that needs testing, not to mention the knitting and sewing things I have planned. There is not enough time in the day! Ugh, why can't I just stay home and make pretty stuff? LOL

My favorite Christmas song....

My favorite Christmas song is "Oh Holy Night". There is a little story behind it, too.

I remember finally getting the courage to venture to the NICU to see my newborn daughter. I'd had her the day before, but with her having a serious health problem and me already losing a few babies to miscarriage I was afraid of getting hurt again. I spoke to my husband the next evening and he said "She's all alone up there". It was like someone jerked me out of my dreamworld and into reality. My little one needed me. The nurse got me ready and took me up to the NICU. First things first, I had to scrub my hands and arms with a scrub brush and special soap. Then I was allowed to continue inside. It was the middle of the night the lights were dimmed. Room after room we passed, with fragile little bodies full of tubes and wires lay on tiny little beds. Finally the nurse stops at a door and pushes me inside. It was dark in the room but there was a light on behind the bed. The soft light surrounded my Faith Noelle like a halo and she looked almost angelic. It was then I noticed that a radio was playing in the background and the song playing was "Oh Holy Night." The nurse left me for a moment and I was able to touch Faith's cheek. I told her "If you have any of me in you--you will FIGHT. You will fight and you will win no matter what". Her right eye opened up at the sound of my voice, and she looked at me as I looked at her. I think in that moment we understood each other: this tiny little gift from God and her stubborn and unyielding but very loving mother. Faith left the hospital December 24, 13 days after she was born. She is still a fighter and the song "Oh Holy Night" still makes me cry happy tears. Merry Christmas everyone!