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