What Smells?

No, it's not the rotten egg smell from a Halloween prank! This is a good smell - a clean, green, and fresh smell. And it is my new batch of Vetiver Gardener's Soap with Fuller's Earth for a mild, get-your-hands-clean wash up after potting plants or working in the yard.

Watch for the individual bars as well as a cute little gift set in my Etsy shop, Soap Sense...coming soon!

This soap also makes a great guy's gift, even if your guy is a mechanic or handyman instead of a gardener!

Amethyst Earring Giveaway

The new giveaway is up! Click below to go:

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Etsy Treasury!

SweetSurrenderCandle was nice enough to let me know I was featured in her Etsy Treasury, Pearls of Wisdom. Thanks bunches! My Vintage Times earrings of Swarovski glass pearls are in great company!

Stay Tuned...

...for the next giveaway on October 26th featured from Handmade Showcase Giveaways! For my blog readers, I'll give you a little hint: 1) they are dangly, 2) a lovely jewel-toned color for fall, and 3) handcrafted with superb attention to detail!

In the meantime, enjoy the beautiful fall weather!

Introducing...

...a new soap series - Texas Herb Garden! So many wonderful herbs grow in south Texas, and since I love my own herb garden and could incorporate some of the ingredients...why not make a soap series to go along with it?

My first soap creation was Lemon Balm - a wonderful herbal lemon scent with dried lemon balm from my garden and Litsea Cubeba (May Chang) essential oil to enhance the natural scent of the lemon balm.

Secondly, a soap I've made before, but now it has a home! Rosemary Mint - the perfect blend of sweet peppermint and herbal rosemary. This one has french green clay to give it a matching, light green color...and for shaving, it is perfect!

Coming Soon: Citrus Basil

...Neglect

...of my blog! So while I'm flitting around doing other things, I thought I would at least leave a pretty picture of my Rockstar Earrings, just listed on Etsy. If you love turquoise and sterling silver, these might be for you!

The Prize! Blog Contest #3

Remember those iolite earrings I described for Katie, Blog Contest #3 winner? Well, here they are...lucky 7, ink-blue iolite stones on each leverback earring, clustered on a linear chain. Stunning! I hope Katie likes them...

Stay tuned for the next Blog Contest, coming soon.

Blog Contest #4...and the Winner is...

The random number generator chose lucky 13 as the winner for blog contest #4! It just so happens that Vanessa left comment #13 on the blog contest post, so she wins! Vanessa will get her choice of 2 soap bars, and a surprise soap dish. Congratulations, Vanessa! I'll be contacting you shortly to see what kind of soap you want.