a la natural beauty products

I've been tinkering around with making my own beauty products for the last few years but had hit a hurdle with the labelling. When two of the lovely ladies from my Stitch n Bitch group asked me to put together a gift pack of my products as presents for their friends it gave me the necessary kick up the butt to get organised and sort out my labelling. I've spent the last couple of weeks sorting it out and whipping up some lovely products:

coconut lip balm
lavender body butter
light facial moisturiser
invigorating body scrub (which is actually a moisturiser and exfoliant in one - I love products that do more than one thing)
lemon myrtle/ choc berry soap






I'm very happy with the way the gift boxes turned out. There is still a bit of tweaking to do on the labelling and I want to expand my range of products but hopefully now I can start to promote my products a bit more and even try selling them at a market.

Ode to my cat - Matilda the vegosaurus

One of our beautiful kitty-cats has been getting a bit desperate for food in these cold months of winter (I assure you she gets fed plenty by her slaves as proven by this pic of her squishing into a box that is clearly one size too small for her).


The following are some of the foods she has suddenly developed a taste for:
Pistachio nuts in their shells (she hasn't quite worked out how to get them out of their shell without opposable digits so she just licks the shell)
Garlic croutons
Burnt toast
Brussel sprouts (notice how her eyes have taken on the same green as the sprouts - Brussel Sprout Power!)


Matilda has resorted to any means necessary to stop me from going to work including sitting on my bag.


However when all else fails she is forced to resort to snuggling up to her arch nemesis, the dread Moonshe! (This is the closest we have ever seen them together in 7 years!)


If anyone ever disputed the evilness and connivingness (I know that is not a word) may I present to you - Miss Bigglesworth! Excellent!