Lip Balm -

Lip Balm is the word for the week!

This week I made two different lip balms, labeled, photographed, listed and sold them! Okay so I only sold them for 2 dollars a piece and sold only about 10 so I can't say it is making me rich but over all I will say it was a good week...

I had a craft show this afternoon and I can say that my Lip Balm was a hit!

Thank you Chocolate Orange and Coconut Vacation lip balm, with out you my show would have been a failure.

Now if I can just get a few sells on my etsy shop. I am not sure how you hit it big on etsy with soap... for now I will just take a few sales. I have to come to the conclusion that It's hard to buy soap or lip balm on line when you can't smell it before you buy it... but don't worry I am still going to try

If only you could smell a picture....I can only hope that some day u can.

BigCity products in a shop near you!

I am so excited to announce that I got my first whole sale order! You can now find my lovely made felted goods, along with my all natural hand crafted soaps @ Lemon Sky Unlimited. This shop is located at 6130 Northwest Hwy, Chicago IL. The shop owner, Jane, is such a joy to work with. She is full of energy and has a great eye for beautiful products. Her shop is full of vibrant colors and is quite stunning! Just check out the store front, bright yellow lemons on a aqua background! U Can't miss it!
You will be able to find a new product I have been working on, fleece lined mittens made from recycled sweaters. They are unbelievably warm and each one is unique.


My fingerless-mitts are also available, each one is 100% wool and great for the spring, fall or that cold indoor work space!

Last but not least you will be able to pick up my wonderfully smelling, full of lather, hand crafted soap. Each bar is 5oz and smells so good you could eat it. Showering will never be the same with out it! I am so excited about them!

So visit Lemon Sky Unlimited this Holiday season and get your self some great handmade gifts the store is full of them! Your friends and family will not be disappointed!

Summers Soaps at Chicago Farmers Market

I have been ask to sell Soap at the Independence Park Farmers Market here in Chicago. I am so excited... but now I have been making soap like it is my job... hey wait it is! Which is exciting. I making soap and love using hand made soap even more. I can tell a huge diffrence in my skin which is normally very dry. The image below is a Coconut Milk soap that i made last week. It turned out beautifully!

You will be able to find me @ Independence Park: 3945 N. Springfield Ave, chicago
starting Sunday, June 14. from 9 am to 1 pm

The other dates are June 28, July 12 & 26, Aug. 9 & 23, Sept. 13 & 27, Oct. 11.

Another thing that I got done was putting out a small garden below my patio. I put out two tomato plants, 8 peppers and one eggplant. I am pumped to see how everything grows! Hopefully by summers end I will be making home made salsa! Wahoo!

A Crafty Fall

This fall has been quite crafty, I must say. To kick start the end of summer. My friend Marcie and I dyed some yarn. We went the kool-aid route and the yarn came out beautifully. Now I Just need to make Winston a sweater... ya right! okay some soakers for his cloth diapers. I am not a big project knitter, I like my projects small in hopes that I can finish them! I hope to make some hats and soakers out of this beautiful hand dyed wool yarn!

I have been making hats the whole month of September, I want to get my shop on etsy set up. Yes I know, I keep saying that... but after this craft show and our trip to W.V. I hope I can sit down and get a few hours of on line time to get it going! Here is one of my hats worn by Winston.

Here is my set up from the craft show! I think it turned out nice, I got a lot of complements on my hats! and a few bites... The lip balm was also a big seller! Last weekend we also made a batch of hand made fig soap! We stirred if for almost 3 hours before we could pour! Now we wait! I am excited to try our first batch! I know it is going to be wonderful!