Livin the life!

Well, I didn't get to the soap making I had planned. I might have to do it on the weekend. My grandson has kept me running. It was flu shot clinic & preschool yesterday, by the time we got home and took care of the animals, it was too late. Oh well, I got some cute pic's of our broody banty and her two fostered chicks.  At eight weeks old the chicks are as big as her now. It is funny to see them trying to get under her wings to warm up. I wish the other girls  would start laying again; I am tired of  store bought eggs. I also posted  a pic of the last  of  our black eyed susans. I wish winter wouldn't come, but it always does. We had a hard frost this morning, so it isn't far off before we have snow.







Still no sales in our shops, we have five different venues going, and nothing. It is so discouraging. Ashley and I will keep trying, I added new items this morning to three shops, so we will see if it stirs up any business.

Body Milk



 Some of the new items are just for men, you don't usually see many  bath and beauty items for men in the online shops. I posted some Bamboo and Teak scented body wash, body milk, salt scrub, and a  lotion bar. My husband says the scent is very nice.



Body Wash



I gave my husband a lotion bar for his dry hands a few weeks ago. It has made an amazing difference. I know I use mine regularly, and I am not having cracks and splits anymore. I thought they would be great stocking stuffers, and the low price really                                                            nice.

Lotion Bar



Salt Scrub







Well it is time to start planning dinner... sometimes I have a hard time deciding what to cook. I think I need to plan a menu again. That seems to help me. I don't have to think, just follow the menu. I'm leaning towards pasta with chicken, broccoli

 and parmesan cheese. Everyone seems to eat it, and it is reatively healthy.

Sales!

Yea! We had some sales last night. I'm so excited and relieved. Now to keep this flow going. Not really too sure how to do that. (smiling) We sold a body cream sample, and a pair of earrings. (I'll post a pic)

Zibbet is offering a competition to see if we can post over 150,000 new items. Then they will pick some items to showcase.  Two lucky winners will get premium accounts for life. I think that is a great prize. We are posting some new jewelry. Maybe our luck is changing, we have definitely learned about the hard knocks of life lately, and could use some positive change. I need to get busy posting new items. Oh, and I probably have a million chores to take care of in my other life, you know the one: Mother, Grammy, Wife, Homeowner, Gardener, Chicken keeper.... I could go on and on. Don't think I'm complaining... I really love it! *big cheesy grin*...........I think I'll make some soap today

Monday Madness

Mad Monday today, I went a little crazy and canned up homemade cranberry sauce, and a few jars of applesauce. I thought it would be fun to make my own jellied cranberry sauce. It turned out really good. I did two jellied, and two whole berry with orange rind. (thats how my hubby likes it) I had eight apples so I decided to sauce them up as well. Lol, sometimes I just want to jar everything up, it looks so pretty, and I feel so productive. 

Heres where the mad Monday comes into play. I decided to wash all my drapes because I noticed they were growing dust bunnies on the tabs, Yuk! My drapes instructions said wash and tumble dry, I thought OK that will be a breeze....well they all needed ironing, it took 2-1/2 hours to finish them. Ugh! They do look great though.

I have no sales at any of my shops, etsy, zibbet, artfire, bonanza and ebay, it is very discouraging. I will keep trying, of course, but it is hard sometimes.

Reaching out!

We have been making and using our own bath and body products for many years. Our friends and family have encouraged us to sell our products for a long time. With a job loss, and a new grandson added to our family, everything seemed to be saying now was the time.

We took some time developing our products, selling to friends and co-workers, and working on packaging. It was a trial period to see if our products were as good as we thought they were. It was exciting to have everyone encourage us to start our business.  We started selling our bath and body products about a year ago, and have recently added jewelry to our shop.  A little bling always makes a girl feel good! My daughter is the jeweler, and adding her jewelry has been a positive move for our business.

We try to make things as  naturally as possible, so we have some completely additive free body butter, salt and sugar scrubs, soaps, lotion bars, baby products, and belly butters. Our lotions, creams, and body wash have  the least amount of additives we can get away with legally.

We have been trying to market our products online, it has been very slow. We have sold a few items on ebay.com, and a little on etsy.com. We were encouraged to start a blog, and promote ourselves. I am not very comfortable with the promotion side of business, but I am trying. All I ask is you check us out and maybe tell your friends to take a look.

We hope you like our products; we would love any feedback you can provide us.
Sincerely,
Ashley & Shona

We believe you can make your own products from natural, wholesome ingredients.