anita ♥ handmade

January 30, 2014

My Big Fat Handmade Diary - January 2014

January 30, 2014
Wish everyone a healthy and successful year of horse!
祝大家身心安康! 龍馬精神! 馬年行大運!! 馬上要啥米有啥米!!

January 29, 2014
Happy 10th Birthday, Daniel.
Love, mom. <3

January 24, 2014
My soaping toy is finally here. So excited! :)

January 20, 2014
Working on an urgent order, 30 necklaces in a row.
#lustremodernjewelry #etsyjewelry
#minimalistjewelry #everydaynecklace

January 19, 2014
Kids made a cute snowman in our backyard.
Do you know what his nose is? ..... A little red hot pepper!
Kids said it can keep the snowman warm in the winter. Lol

January 15, 2014
Musical night with girl friends.

January 13, 2014

Surprise of the day! Sophie G. made this lovely video for reviewing my soaps.

I am so thrilled. Sophie, you made my day! :)

January 11, 2014
T&T supermarket always makes me homesick.

January 02, 2014

New Mini Soap now available in the store!

This mini soap weights about 35 g / 1.25 oz,

measures approximately 6.5cm x 4cm x 1.5cm / 2 1/2" x 1 1/2" x 5/8".

It is just perfect for "grab and go"!

www.anitaslalaland.etsy.com

December 31, 2013

My Big Fat Handmade Diary - December 2013

December 31, 2013
Keep Calm and Hello 2014!
Wish you a Happy and Healthy Year 2014! xoxo Anita :)

December 26, 2013
White but icy cold Christmas morning.
The trees in front of our house are all broken, four in a row...
This is definitely the Christmas I will never forget.

December 25, 2013
7-pound lobster!

December 24, 2013
What a surprise!
A secret Christmas gift was dropped at our front door by secret Santa!
Hahahaha THANK YOU JO & REX!!! :)

December 23, 2013
Took some soap photo shoots today.
Those little soaps are cute, aren't they? :)

December 22, 2013
Didn't sleep well last night.
After an ice storm, many trees around our house are damaged due to freezing rain.
Thanks God those broken branches didn't hit any people, cars and houses.

Huge THANK YOU to our nice neighbors helping to cut down the broken trees.

December 20, 2013
My jewelry shop is ending it's first year with a remarkable milestone, hit the 1000 sales mark! Hooray!!! Countless thanks for all of your support, love you all! <3
www.lustremodernjewelry.etsy.com

December 19, 2013
Kids early dismissed today, we decided to walk home. :)

December 17, 2013
Homemade pan fried veggie buns for our book club today.
J said we always focus on the wrong subject on our Book Club.
ha ha ha so true, we love eating more than reading!

December 16, 2013
Snowing day, perfect time to stay home
and working on the book for tomorrow's book club.

December 15, 2013
Wow, white out this morning. Hello, winter! :)

December 14, 2013
- 14c ! We may have 10~15cm of snow today... I miss the sunshine in Cuba.

Snowflakes flew in my car, cute!

December 13, 2013
Christmas shopping!

December 10, 2013

It's snowing outside now... I'm packing a face serum order.

They are going to the bay area of California,

the golden state with beautiful sunshine!

December 08, 2013

So excited that our organic face oil line is going to be available at Concept 47,

a nice beauty and cosmetic boutique located in Oakland, California.

If you live around there or plan a visit,

please stop by this beautiful shop and check out our organic facial serums. :)

Concept 47 by Beija-Flor Naturals
4727 Telegraph Ave
Oakland, California
+1 510-225-4088http://www.conceptfortyseven.com/

December 09, 2013

Are we going to have a white Christmas?

December 06, 2013

Our calamondin oranges are turning yellow.

Almost time to harvest I guess.

Hm... what should I do with them?

December 04, 2013

Picked up an order today.

Those natural and very fragrant oils are turning to beautiful soaps soon!

December 03, 2013

Packing Merry Christmas gift sets.

November 29, 2013

Anita's La La Land Handmade Soaps in Today's Parent!

Anita's La La Land handmade soaps are featured on December issue of Today's Parent!
Sooo excited. Woohoo~

November 26, 2013

My Big Fat Handmade Diary - November 2013

November 26, 2013

Had homemade high tea with girl friends.

Enjoyed it so much, really relaxing and healing..

November 22, 2013

PA Day. Having breakfast at IKEA with kids.

November 17, 2013

Updating to Windows 8.1 ... hopefully this version is more user-friendly.

November 15, 2013

Nov.16 - Nov.19 (EST)

We will have 20% Off storewide specials in celebration of Lustre Modern Jewelry 1st anniversary!

No coupon code needed.

A huge “Thank You” to everyone who’s visited and supported our shop over the past year.

You are THE BEST!!!

Xoxo, Anita

www.lustremodernjewelry.etsy.com

November 14, 2013

After packing a wholesale order, soap racks are nearly empty.

Gotta whisk more. Just like my friend said, I am a happy busy bee! ;)

Big thanks to all of you! <3

November 13, 2013

A couple of big orders. Finished one, working on the other...

A very good condition used book $0.01 (original price $47),

plus shipping $6.49. At $6.50 in total. It's a steal!

November 12, 2013

Love the marble swirl look of this Cool Mint shampoo soap.

Our No.1 Lucky Draw Soap Stick Set is featured on SavvyMom. Thank you! :)

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November 9, 2013

Kraft tissue paper + green/oatmeal raffia = new gift wrapping idea.

(Oops! Missing a hand-cut kraft tag, haha)

Adult size sleeper?! LMAO

November 6, 2013

Lining natural handmade-from-scratch soaps on the curing rack.

They are 2.5 weeks old, 1.5 more weeks to go.

Waiting patiently...

November 4, 2013

Finally, my little studio is set up. Took me almost two weeks to rearrange everything.

I changed my desk to face to window and set wooden shelves that I bought from IKEA for storing my handmade soaps and other bath & body products. Now it's more user friendly. :)

November 3, 2013

I love sweet red bean cake. It's an oriental dessert that usually served with hot tea. The one I bought from a local Korean supermarket tastes not too sweet, yummy!

November 2, 2013

Been thinking about a bigger soap mold for making larger batch of handmade soap.

This weekend, hubby is working on this project and making me TWO wooden soap molds! Yahoo~ Thank you hon!

November 1, 2013

Freshly cut rose and organge soaps.

My little studio now smells soooo nice! Ahh.....

So thrilled that our 138 Gold Puffy Coin Make-A-Wish Necklace was featured on SavvyMom, Canada's top online magazine for moms, practical know-how and savvy stuff!
Woohoo! Thank you SavvyMom :)

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