Completed Necktie

I went to a small craft party this Sunday and was able to finish this necktie. I made it a smaller size so that it will be a boy's necktie instead of a man's I'm happy with it! I'm not selling this one, giving it away as a gift to a friend's son. Hope they will like!

A Dessert Tea

Friends know that I love taking photos of food, in fact I love it so much that I have a college degree in that! Yeah, wild, anyway, I made myself a cup of Chocolate Hazelnut Tea, yeah I know, yummy, and I put hazelnut creamer it it, topped it with whip cream, and drizzled caramel on top. The end result, well the photo tells it all!

More "Plant Designing"

This weekend I took a stroll outdoors to the watermelon, and serrano peppers planted. Here they are. I'm really being blessed in my "gardening" efforts. It's a tough year to gareden b/c it seems like a plague of grasshoppers is in our yard, but our neighbors have chickens who wander over in our yard, and the chickens eat up the grasshoppers, so right now I'm loving live chickens! :-) I also ran into a bee hard at work in a sunflower in the yard. I set my camera on the right setting to blur the background and focus just on the subject, zoomed way in (I'm terrified of bees, so I wasn't about to get too close) and was able to capture it. I'm loving my camera after these pics! :-)

Cilantro

Just when I had given up on my Cilantro coming up (all of my other herbs have been up and and thriving for weeks now) no sooner did my cilantro surface, over night it seemed. I hadn't watered it in over a week, so apparently Cilantro "likes to be left alone" to thrive, a loner plant, so I watered it when I first saw it lightly since it had gone for days without any TLC, but will go another week without watering it since it only sufaced when I left it alone....so that means all of my herbs that were planted came up. What a blessing. It's enjoyable to plant something from seed and nuture it and watch it grow, and then the fun part is cooking with it!

Airplane Refunds Being Given

Have you traveled by plane on or since July 23?...if so you're entitled to a refund see this link: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/IRS-Asks-Airlines-to-Refund-bloomberg-2828918073.html?x=0&.v=1

Another Behind The Scenes Pass!

Deep Conditioner Oil

You can see my hair growth (had my hair way shorter) in 2 months time.

You can see how shiny my hair is all naturally after conditioning.

Nice, healthy hair

Here are 3 photos starting with this one of my hair gone a few days without deep conditioning it, it's duller, not as shiny, BUT showing that if you deep condition even if just once a week hair is still healthy and vibrant.

So Happy to introduce Scents of Happiness Deep Conditioner! I believe that we should all take good care of ourselves, NOT for vanity purposes, but to live our physical lives to it's fullest so that we can look our best not for ourselves, but to let our lights shine showing others how we care for them by how we look since others have to look at us all day and not we ourselves whether it's dress, our hair, or others things. That is the purpose behind all of my shops....help taking the human body to it's highest level in proper appearance.

For the past several months an undercover operation has been going on in Scents of Happiness. :-) I've been testing my all NATURAL men and women's deep hair conditioner recipe of herbs and oils on friends hair of all different races, hair types, hair colors etc including my own hair. The blend of herbs and oils for this newest Scents of Happiness line has proved to be a BIG success promoting not only healthier looking hair when used, but also stronger hair, and quicker hair growth. My friends and myself that tested this all natural conditioner all got compliments on the days we deep conditioned. One person, not a tester, told me these exact words, "your hair looks really shiny and healthy today, in fact it's been looking a lot healthier lately" I didn't tell them I was testing a new hair product of mine, but they made my day. So, introducing, Scents of Happiness Deep Hair Conditioner, all natural!


Information for Hair Nerds
This is a deep oil conditioner, so when applying to hair, work it through all of your hair w/your fingers, and then rub it all the way into your scalp massaging the scalp working it into your pores. Apply blow dryer heat to hair for about 5 to 10 minutes with a hair blow dryer. The heat causes the oils to "melt" into your hair...aka deep conditioning it. Once the heat is taken away, leave conditioner on your hair for about least 30 minutes for best results, if you have time to let condition marinate on your hair for 1 hour even better, then rinse out of hair with water. Towel dry hair, and vahlah, beautiful shiny, healthy, strong hair. Rosemary oil is GREAT for everyone's hair, but even for men or women, if you are balding, rosemary oil combined with nettle leaves helps bald spots promoting hair growth in those areas again. For those of us blessed with a full head of hair, it keeps our hair healthy and full. Olive Oil is he best, and so is Almond Oil. Olive oil is a heavier oil, so encouraged for those w/dry brittle hair. Almond Oil is great for everyone else, lighter oil, not greasy at all, and is commonly found in conditioners. My recipe in my conditioner is of course all natural, but it changes according to hair types, dry, oily, brittle, balding, race, etc, but the main ingredients for everyone are vitamin e, jojoba oil, and other natural herbs and oils.

Behind the Scenes Pass

Here is the the finished product all bottled up and ready to be delivered! Notice how it lightens in color, and the shampoo consistency is spot on now ready for use and to sit out for it's shelf life at room temperature.

Here is the not yet ready shampoo after blending all ingredients ready to be chilled for a few hours to halp shampoo become right consistency. Notice it's darker color before it's chilled set and ready.

Here are the main ingredients, not all shown for obvious reasons :-) that make up my special all natural blend shampoos....baby mild castile soap with olive oil, vitamin E, the natural oil from the plant of the scent that you choose, jojoba oil (an oil very good for all hair types) and other herbs and oils.

I've been wanting to do this for awhile, it's just whenever I fulfill a Scents of Happiness Order, whether it be shampoo, body wash, vapor rub, or insect repellent, I get going into the making process and never pull out my camera. Finally, the other night, I fulfilled a shampoo order and took pictures during the process. Of course, the whole point of my Scents Of Happiness Shop is to make all NATURAL skin and hair products. I got tired of my skin and hair absorbing chemicals in, so here is a quick photo summery of the making of all natural shampoo. Enjoy!

A Friend's Shop Feature

Gloria Dattolo's shop featured at this web link: http://polymerplaytime.blogspot.com/

Very Rugged Piano Practice Session

Very ROUGH new piano practice "jam session" classical style on my piano practice blog...link below...needs A LOT of refining and polishing, can't wait to have time to do that so I can play it all smooth like gold. :-)
http://community.webshots.com/album/580615579DLyMir

Rough Morning!

I need to quit fashion designing and start computer designing. I got to work this morning and my computer had completely crashed! Every time I would turn it on, it would boot up and then go off, completely off. I tried numerous times and was defeated by a computer, so I'm back to working on a little dinky spare laptop. Oh, did I mention that the laptop had to be worked on too by our computer tech so I could even use it. I finally was able to log onto the laptop after all new installations had updated at 9:54am to be exact....two hours after I had been at work. Rough morning, but I'm surviving. I'm usually a very happy person, but this morning, my computer drama has drained me of all energy, so right now I'm fighting sleep and it's been a fairly busy morning. Survival mode! Computer Drama, gotta NOT love it.

Productive Day

Productive day of piano practicing and hoping to push out a piece of artwork by today's end....staying at home ALL DAY today!

Scents Of Happiness

A Nice Comment from a Scents of Happiness Customer. Thanks for taking the time to send this message!-----------------------------------------

I am sorry for the delay in sending my comments regarding your wonderful products- problem is I am unsure on how to give feedback - wanted you to know I am very pleased with my purchase.
Thank you

New Belt Addition

A friend gave me a new addition to my accessories yesterday. I'm into wide belts, think they add character to outfits. The belt was originally a gift to her, but she's not into fashionable belts I guess, so she said she thought of me. How nice, and definitely my type. Thanks for the new addition to my belt world. :-)

Watermelon Funny!

Internet Photo

It's Okay to Gain Weight! :-)! (I'm starting my own little garden, and just love what I'm learning about growing watermelons...I copied & pasted an excerpt, below, while studying up on them)....human women can use this when they gain weight since it seems women gain weight a lot faster than men. Ha, ha! ...even the watermelons do it! ....it's all natural, it's healthy meaning plenty of nutrients and most importantly we're happy! ----------me
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Watermelons grow male and female flowers on the same vine.

The smaller male flowers appear first. The female flowers are much larger and you can't miss them.

If you don't see any it could have several reasons: too hot, too cold, not enough water, not enough nutrients... In any way, it means the watermelon plant isn't happy.

Friends

Some friends, Vejil's, just had their second child! Excited for them, they are great parents.

New Piano Videos

Back to practicing piano again. My practice videos at: http://community.webshots.com/user/ccladybug5

Food Designing

This weekend I was into food desiging again. I tried a new recipe of Rum Pineapple Chicken. I have to say, some people would like it, but not my favorite. I won't make it again for myself, way too bland for me, didn't have enough kick and spice of life to it, but it was good, just too bland for my taste.

More Gifts

This weekend I got another girls dorm a little gift package of little fruit and flower assorted perfume sprays. I also got a friend's son some chocolate chip granola bars. Hopefully, the campers liked their gifts. Here's photos....

A GIFT!

This sun dress, my newest addition to my closet, is a gift from a young friend. (Her mom is one of my best pals.) Like her mom, she's got high standards in dress even at a young age. I love that!

What Happens When You Accidentally Spill....

....liquid in your keyboard! You're reduced to working on a tiny spare laptop all day while waiting on your keyboard to dry out! This was my life yesterday. :-)

Check This Link Out!

http://polymerplaytime.blogspot.com/

"Undrinkable Tea Cups"

A friend of mine has recently opened her own little shop of unique candles. I purchased a set of tea cup candles from her and added them to my coffee table at home. The tea cups were made in France and I love that since I've been to Paris, France and drank from cups as such! Really appropriate to put the candles on my coffee table as conversational pieces since the friend that is making the candles gave me my coffee table years ago when we were roommies. Here's a pic!

GIFTS to give!

This weekend was VERY productive. I got a few of the PYC dorms (our annual Youth Camp) little gifts and got them all delivered this weekend...... Granola Bars, Cereal Bars, Scented Candles, Little Cute Purses, etc. I also got done quite a few NEW DESIGNS this weekend as well as fulfill a Scents Of Happiness Natural Shampoo Order. By the time I called it a night on Sunday I was ready to sleep well! Here are photos of the gifts I got for the campers.

Chocolate Men's Necktie

Finally, here's my latest men's necktie design. I call it the Chocolate Satin Tie. Perfect to wear at any formal occasion! Feel free to laugh at me TRYING to model a man's tie. Didn't exactly have a male model in my house, so I had fun! :-) Look how long the tie is on me! :-)

Formal Bridal Ladies Satin Shawl

Here is one of my latest bridal shawl designs. The main fabric is chocolate satin with golden fringe, perfect for a royal bride!

Long Ceremonial Wedding Veil Design

I designed this wedding veil in the long ceremonial formal wedding style. Lots of tulle, 2 yards, is used in this design to give it the look that it has. A silver tiara is part of this design to add the finishing touch of royalty to this formal ceremonial wedding veil! This veil is not an over the face veil. It's worn one way as shown and modeled.

Another New Wedding Veil Design

Synthetic Pearls Shown Up Close

Here is a non tiara full length wedding veil design of mine with white synthetic pearls flowing down the back as the focus. Simple Elegance! It's modeled with the veil pulled over the face, and with the veiled pulled back away from the face.

Modern Fashion Ladies Wedding Veil

Here is my fashionable ladies veil that I designed a few weeks back, but didn't have time to do the photo shoot or model it in proper wedding attire. This design was complex, but came out just as drawn out. The tricky part was getting it to flip back right when the veil is unveiled after a wedding ceremony. Here is this design of mine modeled both ways, with the veil covering the face, and with the veil pulled back off of face. (The entire outfit shown, top and skirt, is my design as well.)