Fall is in the Air Carmel Apples Can't Be Far Behind!

Fall is is the air or some times it is around here in Dallas. IT SHOULD be in the Air anyways! We can always pretend anyways. Today I tried to do a little soaping with some ideas Kassy gave me. Here you can see the steps of our famous (or we hope soon to be famous) Carmel Apples...Soap Ones that is!

Check them out you can actually order simple the Apples whole...9oz worth! YUMMO but remember these are goats milk so wash the hands and body not for the mouth and tummy.


The second step to making our Carmel Apples is to cut each real size apples into 4 slices. Some folks might want to order a whole Apple pre-sliced for guest soaps. Got ya covered.


Then who doesn't love a Carmel Apple unless you are me and I can't eat them but I sure love to make them...the soap kind anyways.
Check them out  in just a little bit at the Country Craft Show Online for the Harvest Hoedown...
Our booth is listed under Bath and Body or Just click on the title above and it will take you straight there. But give me a bit to get them ready for the shoppe. I just had to show them off.
From left to right Champagne Apple with Bats and Pumpkins, Apple Martini with Carmel Latte Bits, MacIntosh Apple with Starbucks Chocolate icing and dried Orange Peels

About 10 oz of Soaping Fun! Each apple will come in it's own cello back tied off with homespun. to use just twist the stick and gently seperate the slices.

Great gifts and HEY Paula Deen sells her Carmel Apples year round so why not Us???

Aunt Manny's Giveaway Awsome Blog and Websites

Come by Aunt Manny's Blog and get in on her giveaway. I met Aunt Manny yrs ago in our eBay group Age*Before*Beauty. She is an amazing primtivie and folks art artist. When eBay started there mess about not allowing digital items such as epatterns and printables, she decided to create a marketplace where everyone was welcomed to sell what you want.
Come by her Aunt Manny's Blog and check out how to win these awesome potion bottles.


You really need to check out her website too. It's Aunt Manny's Creations
http://auntmanny.com
My favoite thing right now is her "Dipped Letters to Santa"


Come by the blog and get in on the drawing....One look and you will be hooked on Aunt Manny's Creations

Found a Friend Again Today Millhouse Primitives

So excited I ran into an old wed friend on the facebook and discovered her blog and website and wanted to share it with you too.
Sue and Rob on Millhouse Primitives based in Maine
Check out there blog at http://millhouseprimitives.blogspot.com/
while you are there check out the awesome prim giveaway they have going on. The picture is shown above! WOW some lucky winner will win the fall basket.
Sue and Rob also have a sale going on at their website...
Friday September 25 to Monday Septemember 28~ EVERYTHING IN Their WEB SHOP IS 50% OFF~THATS RIGHT 50% OFF~~ http://www.millhouseprimitives.com/

Go by both places and check out the prim goodness!

OH while we are talking about sales.....ALL MY EPATTERNS are on Sale for $5.00 each on etsy so come by our ETSY shoppe http://www.sassysoapsnsuch.etsy.com

Celebrating and Giving away a Free Ornie Pattern

Marty just texted me that my biposys this week are both NOT SKIN CANCER! I am so excited as you can imagine. One of them was very Suspicious and with my sister having Skin cancer ... What a relief.

So to celebrate I would love to give anyone who wants it a free Owl and Pussy Cat Folks Art Ornie ePattern.


You can click HERE for the ePattern


If you have any problems just email me at my new email address
shweetpotatodollsnpatterns@gmail.com

Wanna chance to win a 10" Shweet Potato Doll?

Hey There is a giveaway of a cute 10" Shweet Annie Tree Doll at Show Me the Crafts Blog

COME by the blog and follow and you will be in the drawing for Annie! While you are there check out the awesome Deal DJ is running on the Country Craft Show Online right now. A booth for $2o.00! Can't beat that and there are freebies with it too that you can find all about at the Show Me the Crafts Blog.

Sweet Smell of Burning Rubbermaid in the mornings

What a strange week this has been. Sunday was a day that my family just wants to forget.... AND Cowboy Fans Do TOO.



Monday I woke up to the fact that I could no longer see out of my left eye. Okay grab the info on the new med Plaquenil and read side effects before I begin to panic. Take a deep breathe it IS one of hte possible side effects so that means I have to deal with it til my body adjusts. Sewing will be tricky but I'll make it happen you know me. Besides when one works in primitive style what is a missed stitch here or there.
Last night was massive lightening and rain storm that brought in wonderful fall coolness....reminds me of September back home in Tennessee.


This morning started off great too at 5:30am BANG then another BANG.... sounded like a cannon ball falling onto the ceiling. Seems the new neighbors upstairs have a unique alarm clock. Let me just say it was loud enough to wake a Deaf lady up and not just wake me up I SHOT UP out of bed. Of course so did my wonderful husband of 20 years.

Okay we get up and start the day can't go back to sleep at this point. He starts ironing his shirt and I make some coffee to try to get some of the foggy out of my head and of course take those meds that allow me to walk into the living room each day. Daddy goes off to work and Momma decides she wants to make breakfast for her little girl cub Kassy. So first she has to empty the dishwasher and since she can't bend down to put away the rubbermaid container she places it on the stove top. Momma has fibro fog and short term memory issues so she forgot she placed the BIG PLASTIC Bowl on one of the burners. She gets out the skillet and turns on the burner to get the pan nice and hot for Kassy's bacon...you see where this is going don't ya. Momma bear turns around to get the bacon and smells this weird smell....... the kitchen fills up with smoke.... OKAY where is it coming from? Window is closed so neighbors aren't smoking us out again from their grill.... hand over skillet why is it not getting hot... look to the back burner smoke coming from THERE! YES I turned on the wrong burner and melted the rubbermaid container to the burner and catcher. OMG the worst smell but of course Momma Bear has to get the container off of the burner and it was HOT! got it off....... Put the burner and catcher thing underneath it into the sink and turned on the water. Put chico into Momma's bedroom, opened all the windows and doors and then looked at what is left of the container.


Okay what is the moral to this story? Heck I don't know other than I need Poppa Bear to make BIG FRONT---REAR NOTES FOR THE STOVE and MAN burnt plastic sure does STINK!

So Momma Bear is taking her one good eye over to the recliner and finish her Candy Corn Doll and fingers crossed her Shweet Skully too. Just depends on what gets done before all the new shows come on tonight. One can only DVR so much. OH I need to watch "House" so bye for now!

PIF Wednesday (Pay It Forward)

Well yesterday was WEDNESDAY so it was Pay it Forward Day. For those of you who don't know Oprah started the PIF phase and my family took this one on to heart. Every Wednesday we each try to do something special to others without expecting to get anything back. It just comes from our heart. When I have money on my RED Starbucks card (which gives back itself when I use it) I will swing by one of my 2 local Starbucks for my special headache reducing drink. The folks there know me and know on Wednesdays I usually pay for the car behind me. Yesterday was no different as I pulled up to the window by favorite Mohawk Starbucks Dude asked PIF today? "Why Yes of Course" as I handed him my red starbucks card..."the Car behind you has order $17.00 worth of drinks is that okay". Yep go right ahead I just will cut back on my own drinks this week. Well today as I drove up Mohawk Dude let me know that my simple act of PIF went on for 16 cars yesterday! FIRST time he saw a difference and PIF working. He in turn started telling others as they drove up that it was a PIF Wednesday and he had 10 other folks Pay It Forward as they picked up their order.

Warms the heart to know that one simple act of kindness can spread like a rock hitting the surface of a lake.

So I know it is not Wednesday but we can make an exception... PIF Thursday.... What have you done today to PIF?
It can be something as easy as a free pdf pattern,picking up the tab at the drivein window when you grab lunch, send out Hello and have a great day text to everyone on your phone list.

This week we celebrated the 22nd birthday of my oldest chick Keelee. Several online artists and ebayers did some extra special kindess to make sure she had a wonderful birthday. Of course I ordered late but they worked hard to make sure she has gifts for her birthday.

If you like to read books on your computer check out this ebayer.
payless4more She wanted to make sure Keelee had something to open so she emailed us not only the ebooks we won on ebay but 3 more sets of books for her.


Now I have to tell you about a very special artisian on Etsy, themiscellany or Dianna Walsh. Keelee was crusing on Etsy and she fell in love with this themiscellany work. She showed me and of course I ordered her favorite piece for her birthday hopeing it would get here for our birthday cause the artist lives a few little towns away. Well it DID make it for her birthday along with both a sweet note to me and an inspiring note to Keelee. Along with the necklace we ordered, she sent Keelee a beautiful hand drawn 8x11 original work of her art. If you want to see the print created from this masterpiece click HERE
Dianna is a school teacher in one of our local school districts and she teaches ESL or English is a Second Lauguage students. She is an angle in her own rights and I truely feel God has blessed her with her amazing artistic talent. (I thought surely she was an art teacher). I will be back for more of your original artwork for my home. I sure would love a Our Lady of Guadalupe Painting or Original Drawing... Believe me we will be by often and you are on my short list for the holidays.


Thanks to you both and your big hearts My baby had a wonderful 22nd Birthday! YOU both PIF in your own way and you will be rewarded!

SHAME ON YOU Kanye West!!

Last night this Raggedy Annie Momma was busy finishing up the touches on 16 Mini Raggedy Annies, 12 of which were sent out to new homes today. I watch Big Brother 11 with Keelee and then my level headed one comes running into the living room, grabbed the remote and turned on the VMA (Video Music Awards) where it was dvr'd. Now Kassy likes all kinds of music I guess that comes from having a dad who is a DJ on the weekends. From POP to Rock...Country to Techno she listens and likes it all.

Taylor Swift is a year older than Kassy and Kassy likes and respects her work. We were all appalled to see Kanye West jump up on stage and say the things he did. NOT only was he disrespectful to Taylor Swift, he was disrespectful to all the viewers. I am hearing from Kassy, Keelee and their friends that they will no longer be listening to Mr. Kanye West or buying his CDs. This is not his first drunken rage but it SHOULD be his last one.
Hats off and kudos to Beyonce for the way she handled it all. I have always thought she was one classy gal and this just shows HOW classy she is. What should have been a special night for Taylor Swift and her fans turned into a nightmare we all want to forget.

I know alot of you know that I am deaf but that does not stop me or my big sis from "listening" to music in our own way. Videos and TV has made it possible for the deaf and hearing imparied community to take part in what the hearing folks just take for granted. You can bet that this Raggedy Momma will be turning stations when Mr West has a video on or he is on a show. Maybe if a whole mess of us do this he will understand that he can't act the way he did and just issue a blanket "I'm sorry". It's time that WE as consumers let these out of hand artists know that we won't stand for the disrespect they show others.

Taylor Swift and Beyonce BOTH of you deserve your own special awards!
Classy Gals in Music!

This Raggedy Momma will show off the newest addition on our Shweet Potato Dolls Blog http://www.shweetpotatodolls.com in a bit.

Raggedy Loves her BOYS and a good Chocolate Margaritas

Well Raggedy is out celebrating her Birthday at the Dallas Cowboy Game!
They won YA! But she is not done yet.



She decided to celebrate by having a Chocolate Margaritas.. Soap that is and voting in the SafeTEAM Challenge Poll. The way to vote is to comment on your favorite of the soaps based on our theme BON BONS N BOOZE. Now Raggedy hopes you like her favorite but you can vote your own choice.
Here is a little hint so you remember which one Raggedy Ann endorses.


The SafeTeam Blog http://etsysafeteam.blogspot.com/
Hope you get your vote in!

From Hoppy Bunnies to Reindeer Raggedy Ann Can Found

This week we are celebrating Raggedy Ann's Birthday. To check out what a whole mess of folks say about this lovable gal ---------> click on the Annie graphic to the right and visit the blogs listed.
Today Annie decided she wanted to play dress up as some of her favorite critters and I could not stop her.
She wanted to remember spring so she dug out her Bunny outfits... some were very traditional....

Now this gal likes to play with her friends and doesn't care if they are all dressed in satin...Andy even came along for the play date.

Annie know that the prim world loves Homespun fabric so she hopped into this little outfit for all the prim lovers out there.


I told her to stay out of the dirt but she was just having to much fun rolling around so she said she was a little extreme prim and you all would love her anyways.


Now time for Christmas......


Annie wanted me to tell you that she will be showcasing her new Holiday line later today so make sure you come back OH and she invited Andy to come too.

So Happy Birthday Raggedy Ann and "YES" you can birthday cake for breakfast!

Raggedy Ann says God Bless American

Today is 09-11-09.
Eight years since our country was attacked and ALL our lives changed.



Annie and Andy both told me this morning that they wanted to say something to everyone.

Please never forget those that lost their lives and their families. Please remember all our men and women in service worldwide not just the Americans.


Andy said he would serve our country but he is a bit too short.
So he plans to fly his flag not just today but everyday.


Annie is not to be out done she flys her flag proudly but she decided that her mom and sisters (Sandi, Keelee and Kassy) need to go worldwide with their Shweet Letters From Home. So look for our announcement soon on how you can help Annie make the days and nights of our military men and women and their families better. Kassy did this in high school and now she is out so time to let others help out too.

Raggedy Annie and Andy want to thank all our men and women in service everywhere and they both said to tell you that today instead of celebrating Raggedy Ann's Birthday can you all take a moment and just STOP and think about 8 Years ago and those special Angels and their families.



We want to share our special hero with everyone today.
He leaves for the Middle East soon.
Jamie is our Hero and we would like everyone to keep him in their thoughts and prayers.

Lady Bird. Lady Bird...Or Was it a FlutterBy

Raggedy Ann had a Birthday this week and we are celebrating "Raggedy" all week long!
Join us in our Happy Birthday Raggedy Ann celebrations by clicking on the Raggedy Ann Button to the right--------->>

By now you know that Raggedy Ann has been a lifeline in my life. From my first memory to the new ones I am making each day Annie is showcased front and centered. One of the first poems I remember learning when I was a little girl went
"Lady Bird,Lady Bird
Fly Away Home.
Your House is on Fire
And your Children all Gone."
Now while i never quite understood the poem it did inspire me to create one of my first Shweet Potato Dolls... Meet LadyBird


She would love for you to meet her first cousin KRISTAL the Lady Bug

Kristal lives at Texas A&M with my BFF's daughter who happens to my daughter's BFF.
Now both of these Raggedy Bugs have a distant cousin Love Bug. She loves to hug and hug and has even been known to deliver "Starbucks".


While on a walk one day in the Spring Chico and I happened upon some odd looking long white objects in the bushes (No not George and Laura although they do live not to far from us) and brought them home. We were amazed when leaving them for a few days in the same room with our other Shweet Bugs we discovered.........
©Shweet Raggedy Annie FlutterBys

Wow Raggedy Ann sure likes to change shapes and sizes.
Tomorrow we'll expore her furry past....

Happy Birthday Raggedy Ann and thanks for the memories old and new!

Wicked Raggedies

Okay I know wicked is NOT how you would describe the Raggedy Ann styled dolls I create but wicked can be a good term too. Well Kassy's girlfriends ALL call my Halloween styled Annie's Wicked so we will too.


Last year I was granted permission by Carm with Shweet Potato Designs to use her graphics as inspiration for a line of Shweet Potato Dolls and Patterns. To me Carm has captured the essence of Raggedy Ann without infringing on her Copyrighted Image. Her graphics are Annies from her heart!

As doll creators and artists we use Raggedy Ann as our mentor and guide and we create from there. There are many styles and sizes of our Shweet Potato Dolls and at this point to me Shweet Potato Dolls are a Raggedy style all their own.
From Flying Witches

To My Little Wednesday Raggedy

And even This Little Halloween Raggedy Riding a Kitty


Raggedy Ann has been a huge influence in many of our lives, from childhood to adulthood, she has been there to dry our tears and ease us through the pain of heartbreak and illness.

Happy Bithday Raggedy Ann! You are my inspiration!

Come by tomorrow to see how Raggedy Ann has morphed into critters and bugs.

Gotta sneek this little goodie in before I head to bed

**Edited on 9-8-08 I have decided that Kassy will pick one name from the folks who commented in here on which soap to send in as our entry and we will be sending YOU one FREE Bar or Bon Bon of soap. So please let us know what you think and maybe you will win too.~ Shweet Sandi~***

Ya'll know I love my dollie but Kassy works side by side with me to create fun and unqiue melt and pour soaps. Well one of the Etsy Teams we are on has a challenge this month create soaps that are based on BON BONS and BOOZE. Our Soaps have to have chocolate and booze scent in them. Now I need YOUR Help in choosing which one to submit. I must admit we made up 6 different once but we are only going to show off 3 of them here. One i need to retake the pictures but you can get the drift ...wink

Okay first is our Chocolate Ramkin Filled with Champage and Champagne Strawberries - We Need a good name, so help me out too cause these babies will be on etsy soon.



Second we have Bon Bon and Booze -I will be retaking the pictures on this one tomorrow. Each bon bon is made from chocolate goats milk soap with a glycerin strawberry inside. Then they were hand dipped in shea butter soap scented with champagne. Look we even show you one cut open. You will receive 3 per order in a bon bon box. Two pictures for you one upclose at an open bon bon

Then the set of three on a tray but i need to retake the picture




Third has to be my favortie Chocolate Margaritas Soap Bar. Each bar has 3 layers. The bottom layer is made from starbucks chocolate and goatsmilk soap...with a touch of fresh cinnamon (like in Mexico) middle layer is green lime glycerin soap, the top layer is clear glycerin soap that in infused with Sauza... that is Tequila Blanco. Now no Margaritas would be complete without salt and lime so the lime on the side has a hint of salt in the glycerin and of course lime essential oils. You can smell the Tequila and lime and Mexican hot chocolate base...YUMMO makes me wish i could drink one (but alais no can do with all the meds I am on.)


So If you could only enter one soap in our SafeTeam Challenge which would it be? Sorry to be a hurring ya along but I need to know ASAP like by Tuesday early evening so I don't miss this month's Challenge.

So now wish me luck as i try to add the pictures to my blog via the html page...

Okay comment and let me know you favorites 1...2...3 and help me name that chocolate bowl of strawberries and champagne.
(Coming soon to etsy the other 3 that I did not put out for you too see. HUGE 9 oz real size Apples 1 covered in champagne and One covered in Chocolate Bourbon and one apple martini covered in Dark Chocolate. Each apple makes 4 bars for you to use to give as gifts...... Gonna come by my etsy shoppe on Sept 10 to see all of my new bon Bon and Booze Soaps.

Happy Birthday Raggedy Ann!

Happy Birthday to every little girls and big girls special friend Raggedy Ann. I remember growing up getting my first Raggedy Ann. I still have her tucked away, wrapped in my 1st daughter's first baby blanket. She is nekked as jaybird as my mom loved to sew doll clothes and I loved to change them. Some how, some where, some time she got undressed and I guess I grew older and forgot to dress her again.

Funny how life leads us in a circle. Raggedy Ann is the doll that helped me through the first surgery I remember having and is my first memory in life. I asked for and received a Raggedy Ann doll when I had my toncils and adenoids removed back in 1962 when I was a mere 3 years old. Now today at 50 Raggedy Ann is my life saver. I lost my hearing slowly as the years went by and now I am legally deaf...I can only hear noises and most of those are actually inside my head....no I did not say voices :). In 2003 I also lost the ability to move around much due to severe migraines and fibromyligia. Sewing was something I never mastered in school...ya know home ec but it did become my lifesaver.

I taught myself to sew after joining a primitive community called Prim Mart. With encourgament and online help I even learned to use my daughter's sewing machine and began making dolls. Once I started I realized that I could actually understand most of the patterns written by the members of the crafting communities like DJdoodle Junction, Prim Mart, The Prim Market, Ole Country Home and others. Once I started sewing it never stopped.

Raggedy Ann is my muse so to speak. Now at the age of 50 I write my own version of Raggedy Ann patterns and created many dolls the are called Shweet Potato Dolls and Patterns. I can truthly say I owe my life and sanity to Raggedy Ann. She is my life line and the first Memory I have in this wonderful world. You can see some of my Raggedy Ann style dolls at Always Crafty 2 or at my Shweet Potato Dolls Blog. The top picture is one of my Shweet Potato Dolls and the second picture is a line of Raggedy Anns I did for a online friend based on her well loved and hugged (missing one eye) Raggedy Ann.

Sorry I can't copy and paste any codes to show you my Shweet dolls right here because for some reason Yahoo has muted me and my ability to copy/paste but I can give you my links to my picturetrail so you can see my Shweet Raggedies for yourself should you want too. To visit my Shweet Potato Dolls Picture Trail click HERE

I have more picture of course and you can see them in my very first picturetrail

HERE

Later today I will show you one of my most unique Raggedy Ann and Andy's but I have to go find where I put there pictures :)

Let me just end by saying Raggedy Ann you are a little AND big girl's best friend! Thanks for all the wonderful memories and may we have many more in the years to come.

Come by and visit my friend's blog she started this wonderful Birthday Party for Raggedy Ann!

Always Crafty 2's Patterns on Sale

Come by The Pattern Cupboard and check out the patterns on sale this week.

Always Crafty 2 has all our patterns marked down to $5.00 each at The Pattern Cupboard until September 126 which is my oldest daughter's 22nd birthday.

Tomorrow in our Etsy Shoppe you will find out first Monday Specials

ALL ePatterns are $5.00 and you will receive 2 FREE Patterns when you purchase one of our listed patterns. The 2 FREE PATTERNS are Owl and Pussy Cat and Fabric Sailor Hat ePatterns.

FREE Shipping in the USA on all our Dolls N Ornies too.

Sassy Soaps N Such on Etsy for First Monday Sales

Shweet Deal in our Etsy Shoppe 1st week of Sept ...ALL PATTERNS $5.00 Each

What a Shweet Deal this is! All patterns listed in our Etsy shoppe are $5.00 each this week. YES that does include any paper patterns in our shoppe too. GUESS WHAT not only do you get a great deal on our patterns you will also get a FREE FALL PATTERN! YES you will get the Owl and Pussy Cat Folk Art Pattern FREE with your pattern purchase. Please note that if you purchase more than one pattern you will only receive ONE Free Pattern.

Off to work on more patterns and hope to get them listed in our shoppe very soon!

SASSYSOAPSNSUCH ON ETSY http://sassysoapsnsuch.etsy.com

PFATT Fall Giveaway

OH I hate not being able to show off pictures on my blog and hopefully YAHOO will get my ISP issue fixed so they will stop limiting me in what I can do. You all know I am not a spammer but for some reason YAHOO who is the hardest folks to contact and connet with have not released my yahoo account and thus are messing with a whole lot of stuff I do online.
So I want to share with you a Fall GiveAway and you need to go over and and comment to get in on the prizes...or maybe not they are so good I hope my name gets pulled for one of them.

Their BLOG LINK IS HERE
Let's see if i can post my favorite of the prizes if not below it will be up above

I'm so sneaky! I went into html and it let me post the code!
I got around Yahoo YIPPPPPE.
Come over and comment and get your name in for the drawing on Sept 8

New email address for me

Okay fed up with Yahoo and trying this to get in contact with my friends, family and clients
Try to email me at shweetpotatodollsnpatterns@gmail.com

Shweetpotatodolls was already taken??????

Anyways lets give this a try... Starting a count to how many days it takes yahoo to fix our ISP problem.... Day 3 and no end in site

AB4B September Launch is ON Pumpkins N Crows

If you are looking for fun fall items check out the Age*Before*Beauty or AB4B listings on eBay right now. You can find them by typing in AB4B PC in the eBay search box.

I'm making it super dooper easy for you and posting all the lisings right HERE

You can also click on the title and go directly to the AB4B Pumpkin n Crows listings.

For some reason I can't post pictures from my picturetrail into my blogs anymore so I will post one picture at the top so you can see my favorite so far. This gal was created by my friend Ilona and you can find her on eBay HERE