Fantastic Finds!!

Another installment of Friday's Fantastic Finds. I love these shops! Every week when I pick 6 shops from the list of followers I'm amazed at the talent out there. This week there is quite a variety of shops to choose from. They are all wonderful and worth a look see!! Please check each one out.

Also you will notice on the right sidebar that the mini's are from different Steampunk shops I have found on Etsy. I had decided to do themes each week with the mini's. After talking to my oldest son on the weekend, Steampunk became this weeks theme. Luke thinks that steampunk is the greatest art form out there and is amazed at what people can make. He's right - some of the items are truely amazing! If you have any ideas on themes for future weeks of mini's please make a suggestion in the comments. I change the mini's every weekend.
Now - without further ado - Friday's Finds:

Ashlawn Farms is a wonderful shop with rag quilts, bags and patterns. I bought one of her patterns to make raggedy bags! Ashlawn Farms is having a sale on rag quilt patterns until the 20th.



Creative Spirit Too is an amazing bead shop. They have polymer beads, handmade raw canes, jewelry, and supplies.



Hollyz Hobby has the most beautiful handmade quilts. They are also quilted the old fashioned way - by hand.



Lady Jane's Emporium has a variety of wonderful chic, whim, vintage, and prim items. These are my favorites.



Polka Dot Candle is a lovely smelling shop!! (I can imagine - can't I?) This shops carries, candles, and home frangrance sprays in wide range of scents.



Soft Pencil is a shop full of original art, prints, printable designs and more. Amazing talent.

Big B-Day Give Away

I have my computer back!! It's amazing how long 2.5 days is, when you don't have your computer.

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT:

I have a birthday at the end of the month, and have been collecting items from some awesome shops, willing to donate their product, for a really big give away!! 14 shops have made a donation! Following is a picture of the bag I am donating and also a picture of all the other items that will be part of the prize. This is all for ONE person!!

The Give Away begins now and will run until April 29th!! (the big day!) Go HERE to enter.

Computer Issues

Just a quick note - my computer has developed some issues that I'm sure will have to be fixed.  So don't be surprised if I'm not on for a few days.  Will probably have to take it in to get reprogramed or is it deprogramed.  What ever it is - it's annoying.  So I have posted the next feature for this week a day early - Please check out the wonderful B&B shop below!!  

Thanks so much for understanding.

Bubble Tub

Bubble Tub is a wonderful B&B shop. Gail has been on Etsy since November 2005! Gail resides in a little town called Alliston, north of Toronto, in Ontario Canada.

1. How did you decide on your shop name?

One of those catchy names that you don't forget, it's simple and easy.

2. When did you start crafting?

I have been tinkering and creating for 25 years now. My mum used to take me around the garden showing me herbs teaching me their properties and how to use them in cooking etc.

3. What or who inspires you?

What inspires me is the world around me, I look around and I see the world's beauty my passion gets transferred into my products.

4. Do you have a day job?

This is my full time job and I love my job.

5. What is the item in your shop you enjoyed making the most and why?

I love to create cold processed soap. It enables me to become an artist through colors and scents to create something truly special.

Audrey's Accolades:

I love handmade B&B products!! Got hooked on it before Christmas. Gail has some amazing looking soaps and the coolest scents. She has bath bombs, scrubs, soap whip, shower gels and more!! According to my Hubby, I am addicted to lip balm, and I just love vanilla - so I've picked this lip balm as my favorite item in Gail's shop.

Brace yourself for a truly delish delight of creamy vanilla frosting. Oh so lip smacking good, as much as you want to, please do not eat the lip balm. Vanilla lovers over the world rejoice this one is for you!Our Lip Balms are packed full of moisture rich ingredients including Mango Butter to help soothe those winter chapped lips. Drench those lips with our special lip quenching formula.