Read PenVampyre Stories

Read, "The Story of the Missing Cookie Jar" by PenVampyre. A delightful new little Christmas story with mouthwatering recipes for the most wonderful time of the year!

She is one of my favorite writers and this story is delightful.

Anothe story she has recently written for the recipe website is Santa and the Magic Key, a must read for anyone who is in the armed services and has children.

Along with the stories you will find vintage black and white photos, vintage recipes and many other stories from my childhood, my nephew's Halloween story, and Miss Vampyre.

You are welcome to use the photos or recipes providing you add a link back to my site.

Enjoy! -:)

Starla

Unique Soap or Candle Molds

I am searching the web today for unusual, unique and otherwise uncommon soap or candle molds. I like different.


I like the American entrepreneur, the artist, the creator we have. Uniquely American, of which I am overwhelming proud to be today for some reason. My other half watched Yankee Doodle Dandy starring this morning and I think I caught the "spirit". Why does my brain take these crazy wonderings? I should be interested in the laundry, dishes and routine chores, but no! I am on the quest for unusual, unique and otherwise uncommon soap or candle molds made in America!


So, here we go..................

I liked these Angel Wings from GrandHorse. You can purchase these mold there and I hesitate when I say this, but I think you will be able to use these molds for candles or soaps.

Me, myself and I would try wax in the mold, even if, they only say for soaps. I have found if I keep my wax temp low, I can pour into almost anything.



She or he is located at a place called http://www.etsy.com/. A very nice assortment of handmade items. Interesting place to visit if you haven't already.



I also found:



Kiski Valley Kandles who featured this adorable bowl of cookies and cream. I loved loved loved this candle.

And Kiski, please don't sue me for using your photo to let people know how delicious your candles are.










Wausers, had to pull myself away from Etsy, to many things I love there. Antiques, vintage purses, candles. That was like going to Ebay, it's hard to come back.



Speaking of which, I just came back from an Ebay shop and found the following:




I simply love dragon flies and the pastel coloring here is simply lovely. What a fairy like look to these candle tarts or soaps.












Must go, customer calling.....................

DianesHouse.com

I took the time to look over http://www.dianeshouse.com/. The site was pleasant, easy to navigate and had some wonderful frogs!

I have included one of her photos to the left. How cute is that.

I have always been a fan of frogs.

Her scent selection of the following:

Almost Heaven
Burgundy
Cabernet
Diane's Memories
Dream Angel-V Secret
Exotic Embrace-V Secret
French Vanilla
Juniper Breeze
Orchid Breeze
Plumeria
Red Hot Cinnamon
Sweet Temptation-V Secret
White Musk

are wonderful aromas. I have samples of some, not all, but some from my scent manufacturer. Nice floral fragrances.

I will give a thumbs up on her site and sugget that you visit soon.

Fom me to you..................

Custom wood signs made for all occasions

Signs of Wood, Co. EastKathy Burkhardt 1808 Ave I, Fort Madison, IA 52627Voice: 319 371-5681

USPS and your business

We have included flat rate shipping for many of our products. This allows us to ship some of our supplies to Alaska and Hawaii, which we would not have otherwise been able to do at a regular rate.

What we are offering are the Wax Dipped Bear Kits for 50.00 plus the 9.35 flat rate shiping.
The Cinnamon Bun Kit for 24.95, plus the 9.35 flat rate shiping. We are slowly adding others, such as some scents, so check the website for new pricing.

When it rains........................

Hi, well as most of you know, Lisa broke her foot a month ago and it has been holding her back, but she is coping and filling orders with the help of her family and dear husband. She should be back up and running full time be the end of March....cross our fingers and hope to die! It has been hard without her.

I, on the other-hand, was just released from the hospital. Something wicked walked into my lungs and set up a shop of it's own. Wow! That was a blast of nasty. So I am going slow on making bears, not yet ready to breath in so much scent at once. Probably knock me off my feet again, so I am giving it till the weekend before I put myself in that situation. Should have taught my family how to make the bears...drats, hindsight!

Everything has been shipped out that I could do with help of friends and family, but I am the only one who can make and oversee the bears, so that is on hold. My perfectionist side showing, I know, but you have to resell these and I need to make sure you can.

Hold on and be patience. I will get it all done.

Later,
Starla