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Lorena on May 15th, 2011

1. Dolphin “welcome” sign – renewed item (with a new shop photo). 2. Gingersnap scented Cattail & Dragonfly soap – renewed item (spicy! Yum!). 3. Frog and turtle wall hanging – renewed item. 4. Pink compote – renewed item. What exactly is a compote, anyway? 5. Sandalwood Vanilla scented Sheep soap – new to the [...]

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Lorena on April 24th, 2011

I think I never did do the one last Sunday; I uploaded all the photos and did the mosaic… and then got sidetracked by “Game of Thrones” excitement. So we’ll just pretend I did tell you, and move on to this week. 1. Baby Blue owl soap dish & tumbler set – I’ve had a [...]

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Lorena on April 10th, 2011

1. Sunshine yellow Cat soap dish – new to the shop. 2. Fresh Baked Gnome soap – new to the shop, this little gnomey smells like fresh baked bread! 3. Sitting Buddha – new to the shop. 4. Leaf green Dragonfly candle holder – back in stock! 5. That’s no football – and it smells [...]

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Lorena on March 27th, 2011

The free program I usually use to make mosaics was giving me fits this morning, and I’m tired of fussing with it – so instead I’m just using individual photos this week. (I know, I know; am I really allowed to complain if it’s a free program?) Clicking on the picture will take you to [...]

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Lorena on October 31st, 2010

1. Cedar scented soap; See on Etsy here 2. Bird and Flowers; See on Etsy here 3. Good Morning Molasses mug; See on Etsy here 4. Food scented guest soaps; See on Etsy here 5. Wasabi scented soap; See on Etsy here 6. Busts of Native American children; See on Etsy here

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Lorena on October 24th, 2010

I got one big major thing done this week, and that was getting a Flock of Marys up for sale. I had her in so many different variations, and I was contemplating just uploading one per day, every other day, but I realized I had about eight of them and since I wanted to be [...]

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Lorena on October 10th, 2010

I feel like the luckiest girl in the world, have I mentioned that? I can’t thank everyone – both people I know, and total strangers who have found me on Etsy – for their support. Lots of sold and restocked items this week! 1. Halloween Guest soaps (Etsy page) This is a restock for the [...]

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Lorena on October 4th, 2010

I meant to do this yesterday, but I think I’m coming down with something – so I NyQuilled out of yesterday after about 5 PM! 1. Sweetgrass Southwest Bear (Etsy Page) I uploaded this at the beginning of last week (or was it the week before…?) and sold 7 of 8 right away. I started [...]

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Lorena on September 27th, 2010

Part one; part two; part three. I’m afraid after all the other long posts about this, the final part is rather quick… you just take the finished item out of the kiln. Not much to it! If you’d like to see a few more photographs, closeups of the individual boxes, you can check them out [...]

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Lorena on September 23rd, 2010

So, my grandmother (G-ma, to long-time readers) was the kind of woman who could do just about anything crafty that was out there. One of the things she did very well was paint. I still have a few of her paintings (landscapes), about 150 tiles onto which she painted everything from birds to scenes of [...]

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