Soap, Candles and Babies.

My trip home this weekend was pretty great. Aside from eating far too many of these (among too many other things) there was a lot of time with family, a little time with friends and a whole lot of time preparing for the upcoming holiday.

The soap party I mentioned before was so fun. Missy, The Cheeky Maiden, sold lots of her awesome soap.

 

I even managed to sell a number of candles - the honey scented ones went fastest. 

Even with all the sweet smelling loveliness surrounding us that day, this was by far the sweetest of them all.

 Missy's newest baby, Evelyn.

Wax, wicks and lost pics.

So, the good news is that I've been doing a whole lot of crafting this week. The bad news is that the pictures I took of my progressive work (plus most of my Halloween pictures of me dressed up as Flo) were lost when I synced my phone. Boo.

Mostly I've been making candles. My sister has a sweet friend who makes some of the most terrific soaps. This weekend Missy, The Cheeky Maiden, is having a soap-selling Open House at my sister's home so folks can come by, stock up on products for themselves and presumably check lots of people off their holiday buying lists. I'm butting in on things by offering the candles I made specifically for the event. I sold candles at the event last year too, so I'm not new to the interloping business.

I made 4 scents of candles, all in these cute glass votive containers - unscented for the sensitive, orange peel, honey and aveda-esque. I plan on taking lots of pictures of the event so I'll post them early next week.

Meantime, I embroidered a little Christmas gift for my nephew who loves the movie Nacho Libre. Big thanks to Ms. Hart for making such great patterns.