Things To Finish...Things Done

Things to Finish

1. Glycerine soaps
2. Put on corded chains for pendants (still in the mail)
3. Make gift bags (wait until everything is collected for size measurements)
4. Order tea leaves, coffee beans, bags of mixed nuts, usable nutcrackers
5. Continue looking into wrapped candies
6. Get feedback on nail decals
7. Finish bookmarks
8. Sugarplum Faerie dolls
9. Order embossing plate



Things Done

1. Hand-knitted partridges in nests
2. Yellow pear pendants
3. Sugarplum Faerie pendants
4. Business cards (in the mail)
5. Wine Glass Charms
6. Business ornament/charms display cards
7. All packaging materials - eggplant, white and antique gold colours

The gift bag so far - The Sugarplum Faerie

1. 6 Faerie Wine Glass Charms
2. Sugarplum Faerie Rubber Duckie
3. Faerie 'Pez' Candy Dispenser
4. Sugarplum Faerie Pendant
5. Package of Sugarplum Tomato Seeds
6. Hand-cross-stitched Sugarplum Faerie Bookmark
7. Hand-made Sugarplum Faerie Doll
8. Hand-made Sugarplum Scented/Faerie Shaped Glycerine Soap
9. Hand-made Gift Bag (not yet made!!)

I am looking into a small package of sugarplum flavoured tea leaves.

So.....anything else?

The gift bag so far - The Nutcracker Prince

1. Ornamental Nutcracker Doll
2. 6 Nutcracker Wine Glass Charms
3. Nutcracker Rubber Duckie
4. Nutcracker 'Klik' Candy Dispenser
5. Bag of Mixed Nuts (not yet purchased)
6. Usable Nutcracker (not yet purchased)
7. Hand-cross-stitched Nutcracker Bookmark
8. Hand-made Autumn Nut/Nutcracker Doll Shaped Glycerine Soap
9. Hand-sewn Gift Bag (not done yet!!)

I am still looking into a small package of coffee beans.

So....anything else??

The gift bag so far - Partridge in a Pear Tree

1. Package of Yellow Pear Tomato Seeds

2. Hand-knitted Partridge Bird in a Nest

3. Pear Sticky Notes

4. Ornamental Pear

5. 6 Pear Wine Glass Charms

6. 3.5 oz Package of Juicy Pear Jelly Belly Beans

7. Yellow Pear Pendant Charms
8. Hand-made Pear Scented/Shaped Glycerine Soap

9. Hand-sewn Gift Bag (not done yet!!)

So....any suggestions....what else should/can I put in there?  

Soap Mold

Finally I was able to find another location where I could purchase my final soap mold - The Nutcracker Prince. It is not quite the same as the original one I found but this one might work even better.

Smelly Stuff :)

For the glycerine soap....

Sugar Plum Dreams (The Sugarplum Faerie) -- my personal favourite :)

Tea & Honey (The Honey Bee)

Fresh Pear (Partridge in a Pear Tree)

Acorn Harvest (The Nutcracker Prince)

Soapy Bubbles

Some days a complete stranger goes out of their way and gives you a wonderful surprise!

I was in at Michael's Crafts buying...well....lots of stuff and while in the check out line, this wonderful woman came up to me and handed me a 50% off coupon, she smiled and said "my dear, your basket is fuller, here you need this more." I couldn't stop thanking her!!

So I used the coupon on the 10lb brick of moisturizing clear glycerin soap. And yes, I know I shouldn't have been carrying it around the store in the first place!!

I also picked up some colouring dyes...well more than some! I picked up every package they had :)

The sets include the following colours: Lilac, Peach, Seafoam, Yellow, Red, Blue, Turquoise, Lime, Orange, Wine and Gold. 

The store only had 2 types of fragrances though - Pearberry and Honey Almond. I will need to order the other types I need on-line. 

Cybr Trayd

I love this title. My final package of the day (yes it was a parcel day for sure)....came from a company called Cybr Trayd (ebay).

This package contained 3 of the 4 soap molds and some sparkly powders for our soap.

I am not sure exactly what happened to the 4th tray but an inquiry has been sent in.

But these are the ones I received today...


The Honey Bee (for Christmas 2012)

The Partridge in a Pear Tree .... the Pear

And for the Sugarplum Faerie...there are actually 4 designs on this mold tray (hard to take a picture of clear plastic)

The mold that is missing is for the Nutcracker Prince. I will keep you posted on its status. 

The final part of this parcel is the sparkly stuff :)

It is called Shimmering Lustre to give soap a festive shine! I thought that it would be a nice touch for the Faeries and who knows....just might go crazy and use it for all of them! I purchased the gold and pearl colours. 

Glycerine Soap Making

Just ordered the soap molds from cybrtrayd (ebay) for the 4 themes along with some glittery lustre stuff to make the soap all pretty.

I have put in a request to find fragrances to match the themes from a variety of suppliers.

Sugarplum Faerie

Partridge in a Pear Tree

The Nutcracker Prince

Honeybee (I will continue to look for a beehive mold as well)