Dropped the Ball...

Well, I dropped the ball, I know I did..  I made a promise to type every single day in June and I missed yesterday; for good reason, though.  Olivia threw up a few times the other day, but seemed fine other than her tummy hurting so I assumed she just ate something that didn't agree with her. I was wrong.  Joe and I caught whatever she had, but it seriously only lasted 1 day.

 Other than that, I've had a great week.  Things are starting to come together regarding Olivia's birthday party, I've gotten everything almost completely organized for my garage sale tomorrow, and my shop has been doing pretty well despite my lack of promoting it.

My shop has consisted of Lip Balms, Body Scrubs, and Lotion Bars this past year, but lately I've expanded.  I now offer tinted Mineral Lip Shimmers and Hand & Cuticle Balm Sticks, but I'm thinking of making a "pregnancy line" of citrus & minty lotions and scrubs.  My poor feet and calves hated life during the last few months of my pregnancy and minty lotions definitely helped, so maybe some organic minty lotions will be of interest..? Any thoughts on this mommy bloggers?

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My Green Thumb & A Giveaway

I am so excited about how well my garden is doing!  I can't believe I actually grew things from seeds.  I've done flowers before, but never food.  Growing food was always a scary thing for me; what if I spent time and money for something that doesn't grow?  Well, it's not the seeds that don't grow it's the humans that don't care of them, so I've discovered.  My garden might as well be my second child, so I think I'm doing an okay job. Wanna see?

 It's 4 feet wide and 8 feet long. The left side has 2 summer squash plants and tomatoes.  I'm going to move the 2 tomato plants to larger pots and replace them with spinach.

The randomly placed tomatoes was a last minute effort to save the plants, which worked, but they are very out of place here.  As I said a few lines ago, I'm thinking of replacing them with 2 spinach plants and some leeks.  I'll probably add another piece of wood to section it off like I did the squash.. Any thoughts or tips?

The left side of my garden has yellow & red pear tomatoes, a mix of hot peppers, and kaleidoscope carrots. I can't wait to try the carrots, hopefully there is a good mixture of colors in the ones I planted.

<-- Those are kaleidoscope carrots. Don't they look delicious?

I have tomatoes, peppers, & bean bushes in containers throughout my yard, too; however they are being saved for another day's post. If you have any gardening tips please share them in the comments section. I'm fairly new at this, so the more I know the better.

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Small Business Showcase #7

Time for a quick Small Business Showcase in the form of an Etsy Treasury.  I am going to start doing individual Small Business Features every Wednesday starting 4/10.  If you'd like to find out how to be featured for free or reviewed leave a comment on this post or email me at Bfr.StellaKenton@gmail.com❤

 

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