It's Been A While

Time has managed to slip away from me the past several months, and blogging has had to take a back seat. I found my soaping groove which means the blogging groove is coming back, also. :) Here is one of my newest creations ~

Purple Mountain Majesty ~ This is the epitome of clean and crisp. It's the ultimate water scent with the freshness of an icy mountain lake packed into one single bar of soap. This is sure to please both men and women alike. You can find some of this fabulous soap here!

On another note...I have had to put the comments on this blog under moderation due to the excessive amount of spam and obscene comments that have been left in recent months.

Life Moves On...Leaving Entrecard in the Dust

Admittedly we all make choices and with those choices there are consequences. Such is the case with Entrecard. All of the good intentions to bring in paid advertisement as a means to turn credits into cash for members ~ Great concept, very poor execution.

I have many faithful readers and fellow Entrecard members that have made their daily drops in an effort to buy a 24 hour window of advertising on my blog. Many of you have had to wait 7-10 days for your your ad to run on my blog. I am OK with paid ads, so long as they wait in line for their spot the same as those who have spent their credits to advertise on my blog. I do not feel it is fair for those paid ads to jump to the top of the dog pile and share the advertising spot with my blogging buds who have been waiting patiently for their ads to display. The same blogging buds that meticulously dropped in on other blogs day in and day out to earn the credits to purchase the ad spot on my blog.

I am refusing any and all paid ads, cancelled those paid ads I had previously approved, and I have set my account to not accept any new adverts purchased with credits. The last ad purchased with Entrecard credits will run on my Entrecard widget on April 8. After that, the Entrecard widget will be removed from my blog.

Thank you for understanding.

An Awesome Product Review

One of my customers that found me via Entrecard, posted a review of my products on her blog today. I enjoy stopping by Lynne's blog "Seeking His Face....in Every Way". I'm deeply touched by this review. Be sure to check out the review and spend a little time checking out her blog. Her blog calms and soothes my spirit.

Sisterhood Award

The Sisterhood award is inspired by the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and was created by Diana to be given to your best bloggy girlfriend(s). You give them the award to thank them for their special friendship. This award was bestowed upon me by Mother "NO"s Best. We found each other through Entrecard. Thank you soooo much!



I now bestow the "Sisterhood" award upon:

My dear sweet Lily aka Hot Lips (my partner in crime) from Tulips Talking
Teresa (my faithful bloggy friend & customer) from Life, Homesteading, and Everything
Cindy (my sew happy neighbor across the mountains) from Sew Happy Designs

Be sure to check out my "sisters" and the wonderful lady that bestowed this awesome award to me. It is unfortunate in that the website Diana ~ the creator of this award ~ is not functioning. I would have loved to stop in and pay her a visit.

And the Winner Is.....

CONGRATULATIONS TO....
Lucky Commenter #38 - Marigold!
She happened upon my blog via one of her favorite portals to the crafting world, Everything Up Close. I'm always interested to learn how readers find my blog because Google alerts isn't necessarily very reliable in notifying me when someone links to my blog. Marigold will be receiving this basket of bath fizzies:


Marigold found the Chocoholics Unite Whipped Sugar Scrub to be her favorite item from my shop. As a special Thank You for taking the time to visit my shop, I'll be including a jar of this delightful pampering treat as well!


I wish I could have sent a basket of goodies to everyone that took the time to stop by my shop for a visit. Rest assured, with the Holiday's coming upon us, I'll be finding more reasons to celebrate, I'm sure! Keep checking back for more opportunities.

Etsybloggers Blog Carnival ~ August 4, 2008 Edition

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(¸.·´ (¸.·`¤~♥ Welcome to the August 4, 2008 edition of etsybloggers Blog Carnival. As host of this carnival I asked participants to choose one of these 2 topics to write about:

1. Favorite Grill Food Recipes or if you are not a grilling enthusiast, a recipe for your favorite picnic food will be fine.

- OR -

2. Book Review...with all of the talk about Shelfari, I thought it would be great if we could get some book reviews....What are you currently reading? Tell us the title, author and give us a short review of the book. Would you recommend others to read the book, or not.

joeyandaleethea presents
nurture your creativity posted at J o e y & A l e e t h e a.

Rainy presents
Book Review Blog Carnival posted at RainyDayArt.

shellmitchell presents
Easy Grilled Chicken Secret posted at Shell Mitchell Accessories and Design.

Frances presents
Do you have Grey Poupon? posted at Home Made Originals.

Rose Works Jewelry presents
A Jewelry Makers Book Review posted at A Peek into the Magic of Creating.

Ellen Behm presents
All About Knitting? posted at Down the Street Creations.

Connie H. presents
Blog Carnival: Picnic Grub posted at Dirty Footprints.

Ametista presents
World's Greatest Marinade...really! posted at Ametista's Etsy Shop - Artistic Offerings Inspired by You

PalleikoDesigns presents
August 4th Blog Carnival: Chilled Strawberry Soup posted at Heather's Kitchen.

Shannon Saylor presents
My favorite picnic recipe posted at ShannonSaylor.Etsy.com.

Dayna Williamson presents
I love to cook on the grill.... posted at Scottie Acres.

Nancy McCarroll presents
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck: Book Review posted at Nancy's Arts, Crafts and Favorites

hadesigns presents
a l-a-z-y afternoon & bookmark delight posted at ha! designs.

curiousmess presents
Blog Carnival Post posted at Curious Mess.

Bonny Jewelry presents
It's Grilling Season! posted at Blogger Carnival - Poetry.

Linda Wheelock presents
Jamaican Jerk Chicken posted at Spotted Cow Soaps.

miesmama presents
the creative family posted at miesmama.

Lily Wrey presents
etsyBloggers Team August 4 BLOG CARNIVAL Hosted by: posted at TuLips Talking.

dizzydragonflies presents
knitting dragonflies: Inspirational book: Intertwined by Lexi Boeger posted at dizzydragonflies.

Erika presents
FAT TUESDAYS--Grilling Recipe and Weight Management posted at TOTE-N-TOTS.

Athena Workman presents
August 1st Blog Carnival: Yummy! posted at the weblog of artist athena workman.

Two Zany Zebras presents
Summer Lovin’ Sweet Salmon posted at Two Zany Zebras.

storybeader presents
etsyblogger Aug 4th carnival - a book review posted at Stroll Through Storyland.

A Keeper's Jackpot presents
Summer Picnic Hope for Mayonnaise Haters posted at A Keeper's Jackpot.

eileen presents
Grilling Yams or Sweet Potatoes... posted at Dorset Hill Beads.

Kelly King presents
Blog Carnival - Tales of a Female Nomad posted at Colorfuldayz.

Nora Demirjian presents
Emma posted at Nora's Blog.

This concludes the August4, 2008 edition of the Etsybloggers Blog Carnival. Submit your blog article to the next edition of etsybloggers using our carnival submission form. Past posts and future hosts can be found on our blog carnival index page.

Technorati tags: etsybloggers, blog carnival.

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(¸.·´ (¸.·`¤~♥ A Big group hug to all my Etsyblogger Friends and lots of love to all who participated in this very fun Blog Carnival!

Bessie Says...

A great big THANK YOU to Stormy Designs for a truly unique, one of a kind business card holder.



Gotta love custom requests. Stormy Designs does a great job. Requesting a white couch with black cow spots is no easy task but Stormy stood up for the challenge and did an absolutely remarkable job! Click here to see more of Stormy's custom work and/or to order your own custom business card holder. You may also want to check out Stormy's Blog.

Arte Y Pico Award

Thanks to Two Zany Zebras for giving me the Arte Y Pico award! This award recognizes a blog's creativity and overall contribution to the blogger community.

Now it's my turn to select 5 recipients!
1. All About Cats
2. Inspired Jewelry by Ann Burke
3. Life, Homesteading & Everything
4. Nature Manipulated
5. Scottie Acres
Once you've been selected, please follow these guidelines and pay it forward:

1) Choose 5 blogs that you consider deserving of this award based on creativity, design, interesting material, and overall contribution to the blogger community, regardless of the language.
2) Post the name of the author and a link to his or her blog so everyone can view it.

3) Each award-winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her or him the award.

4) The award-winner and the presenter should post the link of the "Arte y pico" blog , so everyone will know the origin of this award.

5) Please post these rules!