Free Shipping for 110th Order!

I've had 97 sales on Etsy Woo Hoo! I love shipping my products out... it's so satisfying! :) So, if you're my 110th order, leave me a comment and I'll pick up the shipping tab! Here are some of the items you might choose:Sweet Birch Shea & Shimmer ScrubGinger Lime Artisan SoapFoaming Hand WashSweet Birch Shower Butter in Pamplemousse
Happy Girl Pedicure Kit

Whatever you do...
have fun with it!

Ginger Lime Love & a Huge Win for the A's

This is my latest swirly batch. It smells sooo good. The fragrance is Ginger Lime from BrambleBerry. It held up really well in this batch~even through a fairly hot gel phase. It also has a great lather and longevity! You can grab some from Etsy.

Peter's Little League team the A's won their second play-off game last night and earned their spot in the finals. It was a really close, well played game! Both teams played their hearts out and everyone played with great sportsmanship! It was so fun to watch.

I love the A's coaches and the attitude of the kids. They are in it to play well and play hard. They all do their best and they know that winning isn't everything. (Although it is fun!) They play with lots of guts and hustle. Good luck tomorrow in the finals, A's! No matter what you are all winners!

Birch Bonding

Sherrie Graham is a sweet, talented soapmaker from Nova Scotia, Canada. She and I discovered each other because we both named our businesses around beautiful birch trees. Sherrie owns
Birch Bark Soap and has a great blog named~yup! Birch Bark Soap! She is a master at using simplicity to highlight the purity of her product!

I feel so lucky because I've been using some of that purely delightful product for the past week! Sherrie sweetly sent down an Oatmeal, Milk & Honey bar and an Exfoliating Gardener's Bar.
Sherrie does both CP & HP soapmaking. I think these are CP, but check the comments because Sherrie may correct me! :) They are WONDERFUL soaps!

It's been a real joy to try these babies out! I've been using the Oatmeal bar in the shower for the past few days. It has a great lather, smooth as silk glide and the fragrance is sweet & soothing! I love it! I'm not much of a gardener, but I always seem to have dirt on my hands this time of year. Sherrie's Gardeners Bar uses cornmeal as the exfoliant and it works brilliantly. That coupled with the calming scent of Almond & Honey makes it a real winner!

If I were you, I'd click on over to Sherrie's Etsy shop and do some shopping! You'll be so happy you did because her soaps are a real treat!! Thanks, Sherrie~ and lots of Birch Bubble Love to you!

My Perfect Vendor Apron

Well here we are! The start of Craft Show Season is upon us! It's been so fun to read advice and tips on all of my favorite blogs (listed over there...) People have some of the smartest ideas, prettiest displays and greatest words of wisdom. Check out this post on The Soap Queen for some great advice about price resistance.

Anyhoo, my favorite embroidery friend, Whitney at Your Way Embroidery, made me this fabulous vendor apron! I'm using it at events and it's perfect! Just the right size and you can fit change, a cell phone, and some extra business cards right in there!! Here's the link to Your Way Embroidery so that you can get your own!!! Whitney is just fantastic to work with and she's quick, too!!!

Thanks for my apron, Whitney!! I love it! Happy Craft Season to y'all! :)

Soy Joy!

I have been making candles for about six months. It's hard! Each batch has been challenging and part of a big learning curve! I have so much respect for chandlers! Thank goodness for all of the fabulous forums out there! I've been reading WSP's forum which has a lot of information for trouble shooting when candle-making. There are also fabulous people on Pixie Lee's Soap Forum who are a wealth of information and super, super nice!

Anyway, tonight the soy angels were taking pity on me! Somehow, I was able to pour a lovely Blue Sky All Natural Soy Candle that didn't have cracks, sink holes or a sadly out of place wick! Like all other B&B people, as soon as I saw how well it came out, I began to stress about duplicating it! :) Of course, I'm going to make a bizillion of them and list them on Etsy! Anybody got a match?

Your Way Embroidery Rocks!

If you are looking for customized logo work to promote your business, you MUST check out Your Way Embroidery on Etsy!! I have spent many hours looking for a way to add my logo to promo products. I went to LL Bean and a couple of those Promos-R-Us type of sites. They were all expensive with huge minimums and set up fees. I had given up.

Then the promo angels led me to Whitney at Your Way Embroidery!! My experience working with her was fun! She made it easy to figure out all of the details and come up with the PERFECT look for my shiny new aprons!!! Aren't they great?! She is fantastic! Check her out!!