Just a short blog today to say Merry Christmas to you all!    The wonder dog and I would like to thank you all for making this a magnificent Christmas!!!  We sold out of soap.  We also sold several birds and some art!  We wouldn’t be able to make it without all of you.  Whether you have bought from us, told friends about us or simply emailed with encouraging words.  We love each and every single one of you!  ((((((((HUGS)))))))  May 2010 be the most incredible year to date for everyone.  Peace and blessing upon you!   Sending love and hugs and dreams your way!  – Jacqueline and Maddison the wonder dog.

Hi All of You Beautiful People!

I just finished a new batch of Southfork for men soap!  It is divine and yummy!  Every single time I make this soap and just take long deep happy breaths.  There is just something about this scent.  It’s warm and deep with musk undertones.  I have given out tons of samples of this soap and everybody LOVES it.  Men like the way it smells and the women LOVE it for their men.  I think I will love this scent forever and a day!  LOL  This batch is cooling in the mold right now.  I’ll post pics tomorrow.

If any of you want to win a free bar, leave a comment.  I’ll pick a winner this friday.     I’m also planning to add a free recipe for some homemade Peachbutter to my site soon so keep on the lookout for that.  Peace to you all.  See you tomorrow.

Hello All of You Beautiful People!

Just a quick post tonight to bring everyone up to speed.  I’m making birds like crazy.  I have several of them that are almost ready for new homes.  They just need hats, ties and other birdy accessories. 

This is a pic of the latest bird.  Her name is Tiffany.  She was listed on Peachbutter last wednesday, and thursday morning I had an email that she had sold.  WOOT!!  I love it when my birds find new homes with loving owners.  Here she is……

Miss Tiffany in all her glory

Miss Tiffany's Pink Rose and Pearls Hat

Side view of Miss Tiffany

I’m also going to be placing a doll I made on Peachbutter tomorrow.  Her name is Hannah.  Hannah is machine sewn, hand stuffed and completed by hand.  Her hair is needle felted to her head.  Her facial features are hand painted on with acrylic paint.  Hannah wears a primitive dress with a little pink holiday glitz.  I mean what girl doesn’t like a little glitz right?  She also comes with her own little rabbit.  Her rabbit is button jointed and can sit or hang.  Hannah is scented with vanilla and cinnamon.  Her rabbit has also been heavily distressed and wears her own little outfit with sparkly pink ear ribbons.  These girls are looking for a forever home for the holidays.  Do you know anyone who would like to adopt them?  If so, please direct them to www.Peachbutter.com.   The wonder dog and myself would most certainly appreciate it!  Here are pics of Hannah and her bunny for you…..

She has such a sweet face. This is a special doll.

We couldn't have a close up of Hannah without a close up of her bunny.

Now I’m off to make some more bird legs.  It’s so amazing to me, the more I make them the more I love them.  I want to find a nice tree branch to perch them all on for a photograph.  I’ll post pics when I get it done. 

That’s all the pics for today.   Be well, be happy and be free.  Remember love is always always the answer.  Thank you for taking the time to visit!  I love you guys so much.

Hi Gang,

Happy Thanksgiving!  This year I will be spending the holiday at my friend Peggy’s house.  She is cooking a meal for an army and all I have to do this year is show up.  I can’t begin to express my level of gratitude for this fact.  LOL  The wonder dog and I will be spending the day walking and snuggling.  Then I will be off to Peggy’s for dinner. 

This year as I add to my gratitude list, I am especially grateful my mothers help.  I am grateful for my friends and the love and support they give me.  I’m grateful for possibilities.  I’m grateful for courage and perseverance.   I’m thankful for all the blessings in my life and for the people who remind me of those blessings.   Looking at the big picture, sometimes is a bit scarey.  But looking at the little spot that is today is pretty cool.    

I hope you all have a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving!  Peace and love to you all.  Live, love, laugh and dance in the wind.

Angela from Texas!  Congratulations and thank you for your comment!  You will be receiving your free bar of  Christmas Mango Twist in the mail this next week.  I will be shipping it out to you first thing monday morning.  I hope you enjoy it and I’m anxious to hear any feedback you may have about it. 

On another note, I am just adding a silly gratuitous pic of the wonder dog to elicit smiles and saturday joy in abundance.  hehe  Besides, I’m her mom and I think she’s all cute and stuff. 

Maddison experiencing snow for the first time last year.

It’s been so deliciously chilly this past week I wonder if we are going to get snow here in Ga. this year.  I hope so!  It’s so beautiful and so much fun for a day or two.  I’m sure I would feel differently if I lived further north where it lasts for weeks on end.  LOL  Enjoy your day.  Love yourself.  Love others.  Love the skin you’re dancin in!! 

Well the sleep study results are in.  I don’t have sleep apnea!  YAY that part!  I do however, have something called Alpha Intrusion Disorder.  I have chronic pain and this condition is caused when someone has chronic pain and it changes their brain waves.  This causes them not to go into a deep REM sleep, which is what I have been experiencing for a few years now.  It’s not fun.  Some nights I wake up 12- 14 times.  I’m always hurting and I always need to move or turn to sleep better.  In my case, I finally get so exhuasted that I will need a night or a weekend day to just sleep for like 12 hours.  I’m beginning to explore some homeopathic paths to pain relief.  I’ve also stopped drinking caffeine after 3:00 in the afternoon.  This seems to be helping a bit.  I’m in love with blueberry herbal tea so that’s what I’ve been drinking at night.   If any of you want to leave comments about your sleeping disorders, please feel free to do so.  Just find all the tiny writing at the bottom of the posts and click on leave a comment.  We are all in this together. 

Okay!  On to more fun topics.  I cut two logs of soap yesterday.  The first one is a cucumber scent and it is so clean smelling.  I also played around a bit with the coloring.  It was fun!   So here are the cut bars. 

Handmade Cucumber Luxury Soap. Yummmm!

The second log I cut was the grapefruit/orange soap.  OMG y’all I am in LOVE with this soap.  I used a grapefruit/orange essential oil blend on this one.  It smells just like juicy ripe grapefruits and oranges.  It’s also a vegan bar.  I was kind of surprised at how long the recipe took to trace, but it was worth the effort.  I colored half the batch a light pink grapefruit color and added just a touch of yellow to the other half then mixed them.  I love the soft understated way the colors came out!  I hope y’all like these too. 

Grapefruit/Orange Handmade Vegan Luxury Soap w/ essential oils.

Tonight I’m going to work on completing a couple of birds.  I’ve got some cute ideas for bird hats and such so I’m going to try and get that done.   I’m working on getting myself organized.  Sometimes I feel like I’m running as fast as I can on the wheel and getting nowhere.  LOL   I hope you all have a day filled with peace, happiness, tons of smiles and more love than you can hold!

Todays post is going to be a bit short.  I have a sleep study test to take tonight and I’ve got a million things to get done today.  Yesterday I made some coconut lime verbena soap.  I wasn’t sure if I was going to like this soap because the fragrance oil smelled really strong in the bottle.  However, I know from past experience that this isn’t always telling of how the soap is going to smell after the cure. 

Well let me tell you I was pleasantly surprised this morning!  When I woke up and opened my bedroom door, my entire kitchen/living room area smelled wonderful!  It was such a delightful way to start the day!   I’ll be putting this soap up on Peachbutter for sale tomorrow.   I’m including a couple of pictures so you can see the coconut lime goodness. 

Soap in the log mold before cutting. I'm in love with the color too!

Coconut Lime Verbena cut bars. Beautiful and smells fabulous!

I think I told y’all that I’ve been working on alot of new birds in the evenings lately.  I am finding it extremely calming and I am having so much fun watching them all come to life.   I decided to snap a pic of a few of the birds as they are in progress. 

So far I am totally diggin the colors and the way they all look together.  I simply can’t wait until everyone has a beak and a face.  I’m also looking for new things to dress them with.  I am falling in love with things to make hats etc. for them.  They will be ready for new homes very soon.  In the meantime you can find some of their relatives who are already looking for homes at my website Peachbutter. 

Bird Babies in Progress

I’m also going to be listing some more soaps soon.  The last batch is a mango scented soap with olive oil, coconut oil and shea butter.  It leaves your skin feeling so clean and so soft.  I LOVE it!   I’m calling it Christmas Mango Twist because I colored it for the holidays.   I’ll be giving away one bar of this soap this weekend.  If you would like a chance to win a bar, simply leave me a comment here with your email addy.  If you win I’ll email you and get your details and you’ll have a new and groovy bar of soap!   

Christmas Mango Twist Handmade Luxury Soap

Hi Gang,

This has been a very interesting week.  I have gotten some new handmade soaps made.  I am in LOVE with all of the new scents.  I even created my own blend and it turned out better than I had hoped for. 

Sexy Lil Secrets Handmade Soap

I also made a batch of soap called Enchanted Love.  This soap is so wonderful and creamy.  The lather is delightful too.  I had fun with this batch.  I added a bit of gold mica to the tops.  They look fabulous.  The scent is a soft flower with citrus combination.  It is YUMMO!!   These are also for sale on the website, so feel free to scoot on over to Peachbutter   and order some.  These soaps are going to make wonderful christmas gifts.  They will each come to you in a lovely white box wrapped in ribbon.  Just perfect for gifting or stocking stuffers. 

Enchanted Love Luxury Handmade Soap

The last batch I made this week is a scent blend I created myself.  It’s a mens soap.  It’s called Charisma and it makes me swoon.  SRSLY!!   This scent has elements of oakmoss, cedarwood, citrus and musk.  I don’t think your man can use this soap without you wanting to jump him.  LOL!   These made really big chunky and hefty bars.  I think he will love them too. 

Charisma Handmade Luxury Soap for Him

I also have several more birds almost finished.  I ran out of daylight today so I’ll have to post those pics tomorrow.   I hope you have a fabulous and love filled day!  Peace.

Recently I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the name I picked for my business.  I initially wanted something that was rather obscure but something that would still say “southern” to people.  Being an Atlanta girl, peaches abound.  So I settled on the name Peachbutter.  I liked it then and I still do.  I added magnolia’s into the logo and to me it’s just the perfect fit.  I would love to hear your opinions as well.   There actually is such a thing as Peachbutter.  It’s kind of like applebutter but with peaches.  I wonder how many people would be interested in trying some?

This past week I finally got my website up and running.  This is a project that I’ve been working on, off and on, since 2004.  The site went through three different looks before I finally found the one that I really like.  Run over and have a peek if you want too.  The addy is www.Peachbutter.com   This is where I am going to sell my art, my dolls and my handmade soaps.  Right now the site has a few things in each category.  I will be busy adding to those in the coming days and weeks. 

This past few weeks have been really eye opening for me.  I often wonder about the complexities of life and relationships.  I have been and continue to be, blessed with some of the most amazing people in my life.  I guess God knows exactly what I need because He never fails to provide the love and support in my life when I need it the most.  And yet, as a human, I still struggle with trusting Him totally.  This actually amuses me when I’m able to step back and look at things.  I mean I want to control things, but what makes me think I know better than God?  And yet, I am always available to give Him my insights into how things should be handled.  LOL  Thankfully, He has a sense of humor too! 

This week I’ve been working on making some new soaps.  I’m experimenting with a mechanics/gardeners soap with some pumace for exfoliation.  I am going to have about three extra bars of this soap when it’s done.  If you would like a free bar to try, email me and I will send you one.   The only thing I will ask of you is to email me or leave a comment here about how the soap worked for you.     The first three emailers will get a free bar.

I am also in the middle of designing two new dolls.  I bought some of the MOST delicious and wonderful yarn from Amylynn over at Etsy.  If you are a lover of lucious, beautiful and rich fibers visit her shop at www.bohemiafibers.etsy.com   She rocks!    I bought the angeline and the all day sucker yarns from her.  They are going to make the most delightful doll hair EVER!  She also has wool roving for those of you who spin.  I don’t spin but I secretly covet all of her roving as well.  *grins*  She has such a wonderful eye for color and I’m all about the color. 

I’m also working on some new wedding cake topper birds.  Stay tuned for more goodies. 

Well people I guess that’s it for today.  I will be posting pics very very soon.  I promise!  Thank you for visiting my blog and my site.  The wonder dog and I thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your purchases too!  We love the skin your dancin in!  Have a wonderful day full of love, happiness and blessings.  Peace.