Gift Giving B&B the Handmade Way!

Well, well, well, finally we're dusting off the blog after the Holidays, and starting the New Year (Happy New Year!!) but I'm doing so with a post related to the Holidays, and all the gift giving that goes on.


I have a pretty good stock of B&B products, cause I usually either buy some extra stuff to have handy in case I need to put a gift together, or buy it with an intended person on mind, or use the extras I get sometimes on packages to give as gifts!


This Holidays, I realized it would be a good idea to put together a lil gift for my older nephew's girlfriend, something for my sis-in-law and while I was at it, I realized I needed something for my friends Irene and Gema too... So, I started thinking, and decided to grab a few of the B&B goodies I have around, and get them in assorted into gift baskets. Since I had no baskets around the house, I got some plastic/poly containers (the ones you get with food/fruit) and some nice wrapping paper, and voilá! I got three lovely gift sets!


This is the one I made for Laura, my nephew's girlfriend:




A Spa Therapy body lotion, a Right As Rain Lavender Happy Feet cream, a soy candle from Mrs Tattooed Geek (Etsy shop closed), a cupcake bath fizzy from My Other Princess (she's closed shop too, I'm gonna be hoarding my stash from now on!), one of Sweet Petula's mini soaps and a Spa Therapy lip balm!


This is the one I made for my friend Irene:




A Spa Therapy body mist, the must have Lavender Happy Feet cream from Right As Rain (her Peppermint cream is brilliant too!), the Pink Champagne soap from Two Rivers Soaps, a Spa Therapy bath melt, a cupcake bath fizzy from My Other Princess, a soy candle from Mrs Tattooed Geek and a Body Language Soaps lip balm!


And here you can see my sis-in-law opening her package and my friend Gema's face of surprise and delight when she saw hers!






Proof that giving handmade is always the right answer!

My Other Princess Bath'n'Body!!

Well, hello there!


I know, I know, it's been a while since either Brooke or me have updated the blog, but since Brooke has been buried under a ton of custom diaper bags, and I've been pretty busy at work and then on vacation... the blog has been feeling pretty lonely as of late.


But, here I am again, ready to rave about my latest love in the world of B&B! Cupcake fizzies (or also know as cupcake bath bombs)!


First of all, I have to send up a word of warning, these are NOT edible, and buying them and leaving them around the bathroom may result in bubbly conversations with the guilty soap-eater significant other... (No, I'm not exaggerating, both Brooke & me know what I'm talking about...).




I discovered "My Other Princess" shop on Etsy simply by looking for bath bombs that would ship internationally, and when I saw the amazing looking CUPCAKES in her shop and the fact that she was willing to shop worldwide, I was completely sold! The only question remaining was which of the many awesome scents to try first!


She has both mini sized cupcakes in sets of three and full sized ones that are sold individually, as well as mix and match sets where you can choose your custom scents.


I went for three sets of 3 mini sized cupcakes in Dulce de Leche, Blackberry and Cinnamon Bun!




Dulce de Leche cupcake




Blackberry cupcake





Cinnamon Bun cupcake



The first one I tried was the Blackberry cupcake, and Oh My! the scent is amazing!! And even if they have added almond oil for that extra punch of moisturizing in your skin, the bathtub does NOT become oily or awfully slippery, and I should know, cause I had a bath just last Sunday with three cupcakes!! That was cupcake heaven!!.




These cupcakes have become not only my favourite treat for taking a relaxing bath, but also a favourite prop to photography! They're a serious treat to not just your skin, but also the eyes! (Unfortunately not a treat for your mouth, but hey at least you're saving yourself calories right there!). They've been featured in my other blog button, and they will be featured in our shiny, soon-to-come, Two Girls And A Bar of Soap button! (More news on that on a soon-ish to come blog entry right here, so stay tuned!).


Right now, My Other Princess is celebrating her 1 Year Etsyversary, so every purchase from her shop from March 1st to March 6th will be added to a drawing for a $10 gift certificate for her shop! Go check her shop NOW!