We've Been Featured......

Well, after a busy summer with school holidays and lots of shows to go to...we are now gearing up ready for the christmas mad rush and hectic shows. We were also lucky enough to have been featured in a magazine - our winter warming bath salts were pictured with a lovely write up and we will be featured again in January's issue.

YIPPEE....have finally updated the website after.....

about 2 years of being out of date!!!!! I'm so rubbish at this computer lark!! My computer is so slow that it took me all day just to upload one page of piccies - well at least it's done now :)

I do like computers some time especially when I'm wombling around Google looking at hand made soap images - these are some of the best I have found and I think they are totally fantastically creative - see what you think....

WOW.....Warwick Castle

Forget selling soaps.....I had a fab weekend walking around Warwick castle and enjoying the sights, the actors, the 'plastic people', the amazing scenery, the 'Dungeon', the princess tower...oh yeah I forgot I had a little stall there...a really lovely weekend at the most amazing venue. I can't wait to go back...at Halloween for the ghostly goings on (not selling soap for a change!) Here are some piccies of the view I had from behind the stall...

Some new soaps and stuff......

Thought I would share a few piccies....there are a few items that needed new updated photo's to go onto the website but also some new products that I've been working on recently....

'SPA BAR'

'MINTY'

'PINK CLAY & SPICY CITRUS'

Lil' Soap Shack

The weather has been gorgeous for the last few weeks, so I have been thinking about the garden. For Mother's Day I received a great little greenhouse that I'm planning to fill with tons of tomatoes! Just thought I'd share a few piccies of my garden and workshop...

The Lil' Soap Shack where all the soap, lotions & potions are cooked up!

My baby greenhouse

Blast from the past....

Taking advantage of a few quiet months at the begining of the year, I threw myself into a bit of decorating. I had a nasty 70's fireplace to knock down, some plastering to be done and holes to fill in. So I set about it and have ended up with a plum suede effect room with some feature walls in lime green/metallic florals...sounds a bit mad but it actually works. I'm not too scared to try different ideas after being on 'Changing Rooms' a few years ago!! This was my dining room decorated by Linda Barker - I wanted an 'Enchanted' room and I certainly got one....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/homes/design/design_inspiration/factsheets/135.shtml

It actually looks really nice! It wasn't until a few weeks later that things were not quite right.....the table started to warp and the emulsion that was painted on the skirting boards needed to be repainted with 'proper' paint, apart from that I LOVED IT!

The soap stall will be going to......

April Steam & Food Fayre
Sunday 18th April 1.00pm – 5.00pm

Abbey Pumping Station

Tantalise your taste buds and fill your senses with exotic scents and textures of the culinary delights inherent in the varied communities of our great city. This year’s theme is ‘packaging and preserving’ - learn how technological advances enabled us to eat the varied diet we have today. Homemade cake served in the tearoom, train rides and classic vehicles will be in abundance and the Gimson beam engines will be in steam.

Family £8.00; Adults £3.50; Children / concessions £2.50 (a small charge for train rides).

Great British Food, Drink & Craft Fair
23rd – 25th April
Warwick Castle is to celebrate all that’s great and good about our green and pleasant land with its first ever St George’s Day celebration now confirmed.
The Great British Food and Craft Fair will be held on 23-25 April and aims to showcase some of the best British exports.
Guests can enjoy cookery demonstrations across the weekend, including demos from celebrity chef Richard Fox, who will be sharing his best recipes to prepare an array of great British classic dishes.
For those guest who fancy themselves as a wine or beer connoisseur, regular tasting sessions will be held, where guests can learn the how to refine their palates and how to make the right beverage choice to accompany their favourite meal.
Children will be able to busy their hands with an array of hands-on activities, including the Make 'n' Bake Cookery Area and a Craft Make ‘n’ Take Area and Tile Painting, where crafty kids can take home creations, from jam tarts and plaster of paris models and money boxes.
In addition to the ‘see and do’ activities that will be on offer, guests can also enjoy watching the spectacular Chainsaw Sculptor, Carrie Yuen, in action. Guests can witness her transform logs into masterpieces; from tigers and crocodiles to owls and tortoises. Guests will also be able to purchase her timber creations on the day.