Give Away~ Something Just for You!

To help celebrate the new seasons coming soon, an eight ounce bottle of delicate Lavender Grace linen spray will be given away...All you have to do is leave a comment anywhere on this blog from today until September 1st. That's it! And if your comment is chosen, your gift will be on its way! And don't be surprise if more goodies are added to your package!

~A proven scientific method of placing all comments in a jar & pulling one out to choose the winner will be used~

This Lavender Grace linen spray has many purposes from ironing, to freshening pillows, bed covers, pet pillows, line-dried clothes, linen closets, room freshener, etc... This linen spray is water based, & should not stain anything. But, if something is very gently aged-please test on a small area. Best of luck to you~ you will LOVE this linen spray!

Post Script: A bottle of this Lavender Grace linen spray was tucked in the basket of handmade soap goodies to Martha & her staff. Perhaps Martha will leave a comment...now that would be a very "good thing"!

"Nice Matters Award"

WOW! Thank you Jenn~ From Thrift Shop Romantic! What a nice surprise it was to receive this award...The world of "blogging" sure has opened the door to meeting some wonderful people & visiting places I might have missed years ago! Now that I have this "little treasure" in my hand, I am going to pass it along to some people I know have earned this award too...I will do this later this week. In the meantime, you can visit Jenn~ who by the way has a terrific blog...Victorian style~ from storyteller to decorating~ she's a master!
http://web.mac.com/thriftshopromantic/iWeb/The_Thrift_Shop_Romantic/Thrift_Shop_Romantic_Home_Page.html
And since we are on the subject of "nice"...last month I participated in a summer swap with the ladies over at the Cottage Living Community forum~ in which I received some of the most thoughtful gifts from Jenn. Take a look!

The birdhouse below was handmade & makes the most beautiful wind chime music... & did I ever mention I LOVE frogs??? Well, there was more included in the package, but "that wouldn't be NICE to keep bragging, now would it?"


























Hope you all have a wonderful week!

Giving Thanks...

Well it's been several weeks since my handmade soaps were posted on Martha's Stewarts website~So, I'd say a "thank-you" is do to the staff at Martha Stewart Living... I knew I wanted to send a thank you gift. That was the easy part-the hard part was the "where" to send it.

So, after tons of emails, with no response- I finally picked up my latest issue of Martha Stewart Living, browsed the editorials for a phone number. To my surprise-it worked! Within an hour of leaving Elizabeth Smyth a message-she emailed me! A short note with an address and the making of a thank- you gift was on it's way!

A basket that could easily be recycled~ stuffed with an assortment of handmade soaps, Lavender Grace linen spray, some bath sea salts, and washing cloths. I chose a wrought iron cottage garden basket to send the goodies in. Before it was sent, I was determined to take a pic of the completed basket. With little light outside under the willow, I packed up my "staging" and took it inside the soap kitchen.

Gosh- nothing was working-the lighting, the setting~ I was going bonkers! Usually picture taking is easy~ so several dozen pics later~ the shots weren't perfect, but enough was enough...after loading the film into the computer, loading the 11lbs. of contents, printed the shipping label...the box was sealed. Now I wait~ and hope the box is opened, and the thank you note is read, and the goodies are shared. Well see....