Oh my goodness, this soap exceeded my expectations and I am so pleased with it!  I was looking for the last soap to complete my Halloween/Fall season and this is the way I wanted to finish up.  In my mind I pictured a jack O'Lantern sitting in the middle of the top of the soap with a Halloweeny color scheme and here we are!  When the soap was first taken out of the soap loaf and cut, I built up the middle of each soap and placed a premade soap dough Jack O'Lantern piece with careful mounding up the pumpkin on all sides while the soap was still soft.  

Then we have the swirls.  I am still learning about swirls and these swirls are so awesome and so fit in with the color scheme and the Jack O'Lanterns.  I am so excited and I hope you are too!  

This soap has been cut and will be released for sale on September 25, 2024.  Please send me an email (thesunflowercupboard@gmail.com) if you would like to be on the order list for this soap),

The ingredients for this soap are as follows:  Olive oil, coconut oil, shea butter, black and orange mica colorants, and scented with Witches Brew fragrance oil and lots of love!

Estimated weight of each soap bar is 4.4 ounces.

HAPPY FALL Y'ALL AND HAPPY HALLOWEEN

I expect to see Christmas ads in the next few weeks and that has me excited - excited to be making great quality handmade soap just for you!  

These bars are made of top quality ingredients with a 3-color swirl throughout the soap bar, and the swirl can be seen on the top of the bar as well as holographic biodegradable mini stars.  I also used one of my favorite winter scents, Elderberry and Evergreen.  This soap loaf was made of my regular recipe soap base and it is great - lots of lather!

The ingredients used were olive oil, coconut oil, shea butter, sodium hydroxide, distilled water. The mica colorants are True Red, Gold Sparkle, and Woodland Green.  I also added holographic biodegradable stars, Elderberry and Evergreen fragrance oil and of course, LOTS OF LOVE!

Average weight of each soap bar is 4.5 ounces.

Shipping charges are for per soap bar.

Christmas is approaching!  I love this time of the year!  This is the second soap bar I have designed for this wonderful season.  

This is a pretty elaborate soap to make with three colors of swirls (red, white and green} throughout as well as a "swirly top", snowflake sparkle mica and dried cranberry seeds. Each soap bar is scented with a new fragrance I discovered, called Juniper Berry and Cedar and it is wonderful!  

The ingredients used were olive oil, coconut oil, shea butter, sodium hydroxide, distilled water and titanium dioxide.  The soap is scented with Juniper Berry and Cedar fragrance oil. The mica colorants are True Red, Woodland Green and white.  I also used a snowflake sparkle mica for the top along with dried cranberry seeds.  The last item is added to all of the soap bars that I make - LOTS OF LOVE!

Average weight to each soap bar is 4.5 ounces.

Shipping charges are per soap bar.

I have been reading a lot about soap makers using a combination of lavender and eucalyptus essential oils to scent cold process soap.  Well, I actually had both oils (and never would have thought about combining them) and poured a drop of each on a cotton ball and sniffed it all day and guess what....it is a very strong scent and very crisp and clean...just what I was looking for!  I chose a swirl using off white, lavender color and a teal color and then dusted the top with a biodegradable glitter on the top.

The ingredients used were olive oil, coconut oil, shea butter, sodium hydroxide, and distilled water.  As mentioned above, i scented the soap with a mix of lavender essential oil and eucalyptus essential oil. The mica colorants were lavender, off white and teal and then added a purple biodegradable glitter on top of the soap loaf.  When the soap is set aside, under a "blanket" to "go through gel phase" in which it heats up and then saponifies and voila...in the morning it is cooled and ready to be cut!  When I cut the soap bars, I am like a kid on Christmas morning looking at all the bars - very exciting for me!

Average weight for each soap bar is 4.5 ounces.

Shipping charges are per soap bar.

I expect to see Christmas ads in the very near future and that has me excited - excited to be making great quality handmade soap just for you!

These bars are made with top quality ingredients using handmade soap dough to create the embedded stars and the large evergreen tree. 

The ingredients used were olive oil, coconut oil, shea butter, sodium hydroxide and distilled water.  The mica colorants are Fire Engin Red, white, and Woodland Green.  The embeds were for the stars and the tree.  The soap was scented with one of my favorites - Elderberry and Evergreen fragrance oil and of course LOTS OF LOVE!

The background of the soap is more of a red orange, but I think it works beautifully!

Average weight of each soap bar is 4.4 ounces.

Shipping charges are on a per soap basis.

Yes, I know this is not a Christmas ornament and is a pin but I thought it was close enough! I guess you could even hang it on a Christmas tree?  They are really cute, are made of wood with pin back and are hand painted by me. 

These would be great for the cat lover you know, for teacher's gifts, Halloween and so much more.

The pin measures 2" x 2" and would be shipped either in an envelope (padded hopefully) protecting the pin.  I will take just the same amount of care shipping my ornaments as I would any of the products I sell.

Thank you for shopping with us and hope you come back and see us anytime you have the time!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

I am starting to see Christmas ads and that has me exited - excited to be creating wonderful Christmas ornaments just for you!

These ornaments are so sweet - lovely bumble bees decorated with a wonderful Christmas wreath and sparkled with "fairy dust"!  

They are made by me from air dry clay and hand painted, glittered with fairy dust and sealed with an glossy acrylic paint medium.  Each ornament has a black and white Baker's twine ornament hanger, so they are ready for your tree!  Really, they are so cute and would be perfect for that special friend who is an avid gardener!

They are 2 1/2 inches tall and 2 1/2 inches wide.

The bee will be packed in a small box to keep it safe for travel with room for more than one bumble bee, should you choose.  Of course, the shipping will may be more than the shipping for only one and you will be charged accordingly.

Christmas is coming!  I love this time of the year, don't you?

This ornament is a combination of a fir bough, cranberry colored shaped dots and a lot of glitter!  The base of the ornament is air dry clay which I prepped, outlined into the clay, hand painted and then let a "glitter" bomb land on the front and back of each ornament.  I pictured it hanging on the tree and the tree lights bouncing off the glitter and I was hooked and I made it happen!  

The ornament measures a little more than 3 inches top to bottom and almost 3 inches wide.  I have included a red and white hanger of baker's twine.  

Great care will be taken to ensure that the ornament arrives at its destination all in one piece!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Christmas is coming! I love this time of the year, don't you?

I designed, shaped and hand painted each teeny gingerbread man and then sealed each with a glossy varnish and attached baker's twine to each ornament. These two pieces are sold as a set.  Wouldn't this be a sweet gift for a teacher or daycare worker or just so many other suggestions.  

Each ornament is almost 2 inches tall and 1 1/2 inches wide.

Great care will be taken to ensure that the ornament arrives at its destination in one piece!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Christmas is coming!  I love this time of the year, don't you?

After all the years I have made and sold ornaments, I have not gotten tired of making snowmen ornaments!  There are so many different ways to make them and each one is adorable (at least to me).  

I designed these snowmen to be pretty plain but "jazzed" them up with a flashy scarf and 3 red heart buttons and I cannot forget the fairy dust - front and back!  They are made with air dry clay, hand painted after the clay is dry, sprinkled with fairy dust and then adorned with a shiny silver scarf.  Also, did you notice the carrot nose?  

Each snowie measures  3 1/2" x 3".

Great care will be taken to ensure that the ornament arrives at its destination all in one piece!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Christmas is coming!  I love this season, don't you?

I designed, shaped and hand painted each snowman and then sealed each with glossy varnish and attached baker's twine to each ornament.  Wouldn't this be a sweet gift for your child's teacher or daycare person or just so many other suggestions?

The ornament measures 3 inches tall and 1 3/4 inches wide.

Great care will be taken to ensure that the ornament arrives at its destination in one piece!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Christmas is coming!  I love this time of the year, don't you!

I designed, shaped, and hand painted each sweater and then sealed each with a glossy varnish and attached baker's twine to each ornament.  Christmas sweaters seem to go hand in glove with the season!  Wouldn't this be a sweet gift for a teacher, daycare person or just so many other suggestions.  

The ornament measures 4 inches wide and 2 3/4 inches long.

Great care will be taken to ensure that the ornament arrives at its destination in one piece!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

I live in the charming town of Mahtomedi which is a suburb of St. Paul, in Minnesota.

This is the Mahtomedi "Badge" which I have used to honor my town and for the sake of "school spirit"!

I painted these badges on an ornament-shaped piece of wood.  I have not done this kind of thing before, but school spirit is a pretty wonderful thing and is good all-year round!

These pieces are hand painted and varnished with a glossy finish and I attached baker's twine to each ornament.