Sweet Tweet Soap Scents
What is in a name?
Just a name by itself sometimes does not give enough information. Especially with soap names. There are so many different “notes” that blend together to make a particular fragrance. So you can become familiar with Sweet Tweet Soaps offerings I have made a page describing our fragrance offerings. What is your favorite scent?
Lavender - The familiar lavender fragrance, pleasant and sweet.
Lavender Goat Milk - The lavender scent but with goat milk which is rich in vitamins and nutrients
important to healthy skin. The cream that is present in goats milk helps boost the moisturizing
quality of this soap.
Lilac - Strong and sweet floral. Smells like true lilacs in bloom. This scent has a soothing effect.
Sweet Pea - A delightful fragrance of sweet pea flowers, violets, and light sun ripened berries.
A BBW type.
Sage & Lemongrass - A strong lemongrass/ citrus fragrance with subtle sage notes.
Eucalyptus Leaf - A nice, fresh, green eucalyptus scent. This beautiful fragrance is much more
complex and delicate than the medicine.
Cotton Pickin’- This scent will put you in mind of fresh laundry hanging out to dry in a light
summer breeze.
Winter Wonderland- aka: Enchanted Forest - An exhilarating fragrance. Let your imagination
take over while you indulge in the wonder that includes warm notes of cinnamon, clove,
vanilla musk, and mulberry. Hints of cassia root, eucalyptus, amber, fir balsam, pine, and cedar
are included in this refreshing blend that will brighten your spirits.
Holiday Sparkle - An enchanting blend of spruce, apple cider, cranberries, and plum form the
top layer of this jovial scent. Grapefruit, mandarin, cinnamon, and clove notes intertwine to
rejuvenate the holiday spirit in all of us, as the light essence of vanilla beans and musk provide
a delicate finish.
Sugar Plum Berries - Sugar plums, holiday berries, and a tough of spruce lightly coated with sugar.
This fragrance captures the beauty of the holidays.
Love Spell - This is a very romantic scent, mixing light fruit, citrus, and florals.
This is a Victoria’s Secret type.
Afternoon in Paris - An intriguingly romantic scent that captures the essence of Paris. Top
Notes include tart cranberries, strawberries, citrus zest, and a splash of white grapefruit.
Middle notes include lavender, blueberry, creamy heliotrope, and chamomile.
Bottom notes include sugar, whipped cream, warm amber and red berries.
Nag Champa - Nag Champa is an Indian aroma commonly found in the form of incense, but
can also be used in other products such as soaps, candles, and massage oils.
Our Nag Champa is an exotic bouquet of sandalwood, champa flowers, violet and clove
delicately blended with sensual amber, ylang ylang, patchouli and musk. Many people
believe that Nag Champa stimulates spirituality and meditation. A calming fragrance.
Cranberry Citrus - A blend of tart cranberries, juicy red grapefruit, tangy tangerine,
sweet orange, and lemon-lime. A delightful fragrance. Nice for the holidays or as a
refreshing spa scent!
Sweet Tweet Soaps @ The Big Shanty Festival in Kennesaw, GA
Sweet Tweet Soaps @ The Big Shanty Festival in Kennesaw, GA
Excerpt from Big Shanty Festival website
Join Sweet Tweet Soaps at the annual Big Shanty Festival on April 12 and 13, 2014. Below is some information from the Big Shanty Festival website.
“The festival combines the best of the rich heritage of Kennesaw and the Civil War era with today’s fun filled activities. Over 70,000 attendees will enjoy the more than 250 booths with arts & crafts, food vendors, merchants, and live entertainment.
This year’s event offers great entertainment on two stages and a variety of foods to please everyone’s palate. The Kennesaw Big Shanty Festival kicks off with a parade on Saturday at 9:30am. The parade features floats, high school bands, marchers, and over 1,000 youngsters representing every sport association in the area. The Parade will start at Adams Park and continue down Main Street through downtown Kennesaw.
Admission:
Free
Hours:
Saturday, April 12, 2014 from 10am to 6pm
Parade is on Saturday at 9:30am
Sunday, April 13, 2014 from 12pm to 5pm
Location:
Downtown Kennesaw near the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History
Kennesaw, Ga 30144
This fun filled event is co-sponsored by the City of Kennesaw and the Kennesaw Business Association. For more information, call (770) 423-1330.”
New Twisty Stitches Website
We would like to announce our new website to the readers of this blog. A new season is starting soon at the farmer’s market and we will be posting more projects soon to our blog.
Visit our new website for Twisty Stitches @ http://twistystitches.biz
Dragon Sock Puppet Craft Tutorial
Every week at my school we have a new theme. Last week our theme was Kings, Queens, and Knights. The students had a lot of fun. We drew castles, we made King and Queen Puppets on a stick, and we talked about knights, and jousting, and … dragons!
The students really liked the dragons. We happened to have a guest come in to do a craft with the students. She read a story about Dragons, and then did a sock puppet dragon craft with the kids. It was super easy and the kids enjoyed it immensely so I thought I would share it with you.
Items you will need include:
Socks, wiggly eyes, shoelace, foam in assorted colors (for dragons wings and tongue), and beads.
Instructions:
The instructions can be (and in my case) have been modified for age level and ability of the child.
- First pick out a sock that you like.
- Pick out a color of foam for the wings, and a color of foam for the flames. If you have the child draw out one wing you can fold the foam in half when you cut it to get 2 wings that are the same. They may decorate the wing if they wish. (*Note: Magic marker does not adhere to the foam very well, it ended up all over the kids hands.) The sample the teacher brought had a nice sparkly line of paint highlighting areas of the wings. Also you can draw and cut out two colors for the flames or just one.
- Next take your shoelace and tie a knot in one end. String about 10 beads on the shoelace. This is for the dragon’s tale. You can have more or less if you wish.
- And that’s it. Adult help is needed for the next part as it involves a hot glue gun.
- Have the adult put the sock on their hand.
- 2 eyes get glued on at the end of the sock. Just above the toe seam. Now twist hand. The heel side should be up and you glue the flames just about where you fingers meet your palm.
- Flip hand back over and wings go on each side a bit above your wrist.
- Next flip your hand over to attach the tail. A few inches above the wings (about 3-4) push the hard plastic part of the shoelace though the sock. Carefully make a knot on the end (on the inside). This keeps the tail from slipping off.
- And voila… You have a dragon. ROAR….
I hope you and your family enjoy making this project as much as my class did.
Twisty Stitches Cold Pressed Soap Store Now Open!!!
Twisty Stitches Cold Pressed Soap Store Now Open!!!
http://twistystitches.biz/store/soap-store/
Everyone uses soap!
Soap is refreshing and there are many types of soap. Some have great lather. Others moisturize the skin and make it feel soft and smooth. Our Twisty Stitches Gourmet Soap is made one batch at a time by hand using simple oils such as castor, olive, coconut, palm and almond oil.
Different oils add different qualities to your cold pressed soap. Each of the oils that we use will determine the hardness or softness of your soap, how well it lathers, and even how mild the finished soap will be. For example, palm oil will add hardness to the soap but if used alone the soap will be brittle with little lather. That’s why we add other oils such as coconut oil, olive and castor oil. These oils have good lather and help make a soap that is not too hard and not too soft (soft soap would simply melt away in water).
Curing Time
Twisty Stitches cures each batch of soap for 4-6 weeks. Although using cold pressed soap immediately is okay, curing the soap will allow some of the water in the soap to evaporate which will help harden the soap so it lasts longer when exposed to water in your bath or shower. We will not ship the soap until it has cured for a minimum of 4 weeks. This may delay your shipment if you order more bars than we have available. We will contact you to let you know of the delay and allow you to choose another bar if you wish.
NOTE: If you are ordering more than 3 bars of the same soap, please send us an email (customerservice@twistystitches.biz) so we can make sure we have enough to fill your order.
Bulk Buyers
If you are interested in purchasing our soaps in bulk, please contact us directly at customerservice@twistystitches.biz. Our soaps are perfect for massage therapists looking to add additional products to their services. We also offer votive candles that can be scented to match the soaps and sold together in gift baskets.
Dallas Georgia Farmer’s Market
All of our soaps and candles can be purchased from Twisty Stitches at the weekly Dallas Georgia Farmer’s Market every Saturday from 7am to 1pm. You can also find a number of other vendors selling fresh fruits and vegetables also at the farmer’s market.
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
As a teacher there are many reasons to use puppets both inside and outside of the classroom. Some of these include attracting and capturing the attention of children. They help stimulate the imagination. Puppets are an excellent teaching method as they are both visual and interactive.
I decided that it would be fun to create Old MacDonald’s farm out of finger puppets, and in honor of my friend Anna “Hillbilly” VonWart, I decided that a goat would be first.
I started with a sketch.
I cut out the sketch and traced onto the felt.
I cut out some of the basic shapes that made up the goats face out of contrasting felt. I used dark blue for the stripe down the forehead, the nose area, and the beard.
Next I cut out the goats horns from a golden color.
I used some extra colors (maroon) for the nostril area.
Then I began to stitch around the beard, nose, and stripe on the goats head. Also up along the sides.
To make the eyes I used 4 ply thickness of embroidery floss, made a knot and then sewed over to the left, over to the right and continued until the eye was as large as wanted it to be. Tied off.
I continued up and around the goat, inserting the horns, and continued down the other side.
All in all he turned out quite well.
My next animals will include sheep, chickens, and cows. Hopefully I will soon have a menagerie of animals (sheep finger puppet, goat finger puppet, chicken finger puppet, cow finger puppet) for my students to enjoy.
$5 off Orders at Twisty Stitches in June
Twisty Stitches is offering $5 off your entire order in June for all orders of $25+. *
*Use the Coupon Code: JUNE5OFF to get your discount.
Browse our store for that unique hand-crafted gift item or place a Custom Order today. We ran out of the Bears Oh My! because they are very popular at the Dallas Georgia Farmer’s Market. We have just finished sewing 12 new bears (some with button eyes and some with felt eyes). Get them while they are hot!
Cold Pressed Soap Coming Soon!
We have been very busy making batch after batch of handmade soap. We are in the process of labeling the soap and snapping some great pictures for the website. Our soap is made using the cold-pressed method. We have about 10 different soap choices from goat milk + honey, lavender (which is a favorite at the farmer’s market this year for us), lilac, citrus scents, as well as some unscented but equally colorful soaps for people with sensitive skin. Look for our soaps very soon on the website.
Don’t forget to take advantage of the shipping discount in June!
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Twisty Stitches Featured Vendor
LeAnn Benton of Twisty Stitches is a new vendor at The Dallas Farmer’s Market in Dallas, GA this year.
Leann sells handmade soap and candles in a variety of scents. In addition, unscented varieties are available for more delicate skin types. Also there are some wonderful goat milk soap coming soon. Expect more varieties in the weeks to come.
Additionally Leann has sewn items for sale including : baby quilts, wall hangings, Tablet shoulder bags for your electronic tablets and readers, table toppers, quilted potholders and hand sewn teddy bears. Finally there are cowboy and cowgirl cookie mix in a jar, and tile coasters.
There is surely something for everyone at Twisty Stitches so stop by The Dallas Farmer’s Market in Dallas, GA and pick up something for yourself or as gift for that special someone.
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Anyone seen Bob the Builder, Handy Manny, or Fix It Felix Jr?
If you have seen any of the aforementioned handymen, please be sure to send them my way.
I talked about my to do list a few weeks ago and how there never seems to be enough time to do all that I need to. In fact I have discovered as a business owner that as soon as I check one item off of my to-do list I add two more. Which leads me to the title of this article, I need a Bob, Manny, or Felix pronto.
My first day at the Dallas Farmers Market went well. I was pleased with my product display overall but now looking back I found myself coming up with ideas to make things better. This led me to think about my office and I came up with some things I can tweak on my office/workroom/sewing room. Things I need.
1. Ribbon Holder
2. Soap staircase
3. Soap mold
Project 1: Ribbon Holder
I have wanted a ribbon holder for some time. I have used ribbon to tie around my candles. I have used 2 colors of ribbon around my tiles. And I continue to use ribbons in my crafts. I wanted something that keeps all of the ribbon in one place. It also needs to be ready for me to pull off a length of ribbon, cut, and use. I have seen a number of ideas to do just that but they are not a good fit for me. I have seen mason jars filled with colorful spools of ribbon in a variety of colors and designs. (It was pretty but not practical for the easy access). I have seen spools on a paper towel type roll but the middle dowel is too large and most of the ones I saw were mounted on a wall or under cabinets. That wouldn’t work for me as I want to be able to move from room to room.
Finally I found just what I needed at JoAnn‘s. It was a wooden box with an open top and it had a dowel down the middle for the ribbon spools. It was nice but a teeny expensive. I figured it wouldn’t be too complex to make at home and save a few dollars.
Project 2: Soap Staircase
I have been looking at a lot of soap displays and there are so many choices. My husband I have just decided on our label and our wrapping and I wanted a display that would make the total package look good. I think that the staircase display would be the best fit for my needs. So now I need my handyman to figure out the dimensions I need to display my soap.
Project #3 Soap Molds
The last thing I need to make my business run smoother is a couple more soap molds for my cold-pressed soap. I have a rectangular one pretty standard size that is a little over 3 ½ pound mold. I have a square mold that is an 8 pound mold. I am pleased with both but wouldn’t mind a few more option in case I decide to double a recipe or two.
All in the projects aren’t too complex and wouldn’t be a challenge for any handyman to complete. Luckily for me I have a wonderful husband who says he would love to help me with my projects. Here’s a big “Thank You” to Christopher my fantastic husband for helping me make projects to make my life easier.
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I Was Nominated for the Liebster Award!
A fellow blogger, Lauren @ Rustic Honey, has nominated my blog for the Liebster Award! Thank you Lauren for the nomination.
The “Liebster Award is given to new bloggers (those with under 200 followers) by another blogger who deems the aforementioned bloggers to be up-and-comers and “ones to watch.”
The rules for the Liebster Award are as follows:
- List 11 Random Facts about myself
- Answer 11 questions that Lauren wrote for me
- Pass the torch by nominating 11 bloggers
- Create 11 questions for my nominees
- Display the Liebster Award logo
11 Random Facts About Me:
- I am always cold
- I am not graceful
- I love animals and children
- I love to watch DIY shows and British television
- I love to sew and quilt
- I am a foodie.
- I would love to have a backyard mini farm in the burbs.
- I love to go barefoot in the grass.
- I love to grow things despite not having a green thumb.
- I enjoy spending time with my husband, he always make me laugh.
- I love to spend time with my stepchildren, they are fun to be around.
Here are my answers to Lauren’s questions:
1) What would you do if you won the lottery?
- I would go the boring route at first. Pay off my bills. The house, car notes, all of the debt in my life. Then go on a trip. To a beach somewhere. Put my toes in the sand and lay in a hammock. After that who knows. Depends on how wealthy I am. Would love to have my own business. Travel a little. Make the lives of my loved ones a bit easier.
2) If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life what would it be?
- Steak. I have low iron and I crave red meat a lot. It makes me happy.
3) What is your favorite meal of the day?
- Dinner. I have more time and more variety. Breakfast is fast and early. You can’t do a heavy lunch or you will get sleepy. Dinner can be early or late and there is an endless variety answers to the question: What’s for Dinner.
4) If you could live anywhere in the world where would you go?
- Savannah, Georgia. My husband and I visited Savannah shortly after we were married for a weekend getaway around his birthday and it was fantastic. I fell in love with the city and I decided that we were going to move there when we retire.
5) What was the last DIY project or craft you did?
- My last project I did was making a batch of “Clean Cotton” soap. It makes me think of clothes hanging out on the clothesline on a summer day. I love soapmaking it relaxes me after a long day.
6) What is your favorite holiday and why?
- Would have to be Christmas, because I love shopping and buying gifts for people that I love.
7) Coke or Pepsi? Apple or Mac? Pen or Pencil?
- Coke, Apple I pad but Mac PC, Pen
8) What is your favorite blogging memory thus far?
- The first time I had to write a blog. I felt that people could relate to what I wrote about. As a woman and a sewer I love purses and I thought that other people might enjoy reading what I had to say.
9) Are you an early riser or a night owl?
- Early riser- I like to get things done and then have the rest of the day to sew and create.
10) What was the last recipe you tried… or pinned?
- The last recipe I tried was Chicken Spaghetti. (I kinda made it up as I went along)
Boil 3 chicken breasts with a packet of lipton onion soup mix and cut into strips when done.
Use water to boil the spaghetti. Add chicken, spaghetti, tomato sauce (we used homemade) in a big bowl and mix well. Pour into greased casserole dish. Cover with your favorite cheese. We used about a cup or so of parmesan and mozzarella. Baked about 20 min till cheese was melted and dish was bubbly.
And last pinned on Pinterest was “Mozzarella & Tomato Basil Caprese Flatbread”
11) What is the best gift you have ever received and what was the worst?
- Best: Diamond earrings that reminded me of my wedding ring.
- Worst: Men’s tube socks.
Here are my 11 nominees for the Liebster Award:
And here are my questions for you:
- Who is your favorite author and why?
- If you were a superhero (or heroine), what super powers would you want to have?
- If you could live anywhere in the world and money was no object, where would you live?
- How many pets do you have? If you don’t have any pets, do you want a pet?
- Why do blog? What is your inspiration for your blog?
- Which project are you most proud of?
- Which project are you least proud of and if you could fix it, what would you do?
- Which holiday is your favorite?
- What is one of your proudest moments from your childhood?
- If you could be 18 again, would you and why?
- What is your favorite recipe to make for friends or family?
Sweet Tweet Soaps 