Chocolate, Cherries, Raspberries and Lilac OH mY !

I don't know what it is but lately I've been buying lots of candy smelling goodies for the body and bath and Etsy has been my sweet treat target :) So here I proudly show off two of the latest delights from Etsy.....

Bubbles Up By Bethie B.

---Oh my !! This is one of my new favorite shops. I could not resist buying her Chocolate Covered Cherry soap and WOW am I impressed ! It reminds me so much of the sweet filling from a Lowneys Cherry Blossom candy and I came so very close to tasting it lol !

The soap lathers very quickly and has a soft feeling. When washing, the smell is mild on the body but the soap retains that wonderful scent.
Here is a small snippet of what Bethie has on her welcome page:

fun, fragrant, and good for your skin - they have no artificial lathering agents like SLS or SLES, and no propylene glycol. Just yummy ingredients like real yogurt, brown sugar, fruit and vegetable seeds and oils, molasses, fruit purees and raw honey.

So please go and check out her shop. If the description doesn't get you then her images definately will, all so YUMMY ! I will be back :)

Country Heart Gifts

--this has been a favored shop for quite sometime. I often purchase the wax tarts ( LOVE them, the smells are deelish and scent a wide space for several hours ) but this time decided to go for one of Pam's lotion bars. Well, what a treat I was in for :) I got her Raspberry Lilac scent and am delighted ! The scent reminds me so much of something from my childhood...I think it might be the bubble gum or jelly bean scent from Lip Smackers back in the 70's. But don't take my word for it because everyone's olfactory sensory neurons can be quite different.
I like to rub the bar on my wrists and then rub my wrists on my neck. Every couple of minutes I'm smelling my wrists, can't stop !
Thanks Pam for creating these lovely treats :)

Prices for these items are happily quite reasonable. The 3.75 oz. soap was on sale at the time but it's originally $4.25 and $1.75 to ship to U.S. and Canada. The 3/4 oz. lotion bar is $4.00 and $1.00 to U.S. and Canada ( and bar is a great size for your purse ).

When I'm delighted by something then I like to show it off. So stay tuned for more sweet Etsy purchases :)

Brand new favorite things !!

Don't you hate it when you go out to get something you need...and then end up buying things you really don't ? --and you never do get what you were looking for in the first place o_O

Yup, that's what happened today. I was going to look for a small, elegant and modern table for our newly renovated bathroom, but I got distracted by all the wonderful Christmas displays !

And this is what I ended up getting:


I LOVE this mug !!!! The colors drew me instantly and the funkiness and the feel. I don't like small mugs, give me something that holds lots of hot chocolate/tea/coffee, something I can wrap my hands around from thumb to pinky :)
This was found at one of my fav. stores in Sidney B.C. called DRAGON HORSE "a candy store for the spirit"
Lots of fabulous items for the soul, from Feng Shui goodies to salt lamps, cards to crystals, candles and more.
The mug is one of several from a line called Britto by Romero Britto. Love it !


Have you ever walked in a forest, brushed against a fir tree and were suddenly wrapped with the smell from the fir ?
This candle smells just like that. It also makes me think of freshly cut Christmas trees surrounded by soft white lights.
Very aromatic, the candle is called Frasier Fir and it's by Thymes I purchased the candle at another lovely store in Sidney called The House Dressing Company Inc. They sell lots of fab. decor items for the home, big mirrors, couches, chairs, lots of blacks, browns and silvers.


Of course I had to get two of my fav. magazines. Alas, I was really wanting the latest Somerset Studio, but they were out ( gasp ! ). So these two were the next best thing. I'm so happy Victoria magazine came back, it is such a lovely and relaxing read with gorgeous photos abound.

Well that was my bit of unexpected fun in Sidney B.C. Now off to read while enjoying some tea in new mug and inhaling the fir......ahhhhhhh :)