Fiddlycat Farm Fresh Soaps

Fiddlycat Farm Fresh soaps have cured and are now ready for purchase ! For more information on current available scents please scroll down to earlier posts or email me at fiddlycat@yahoo.com The soaps are $2.50 each which includes decorative tissue wrap with ribbon. A bakers dozen ( A sampling of each scent we currently offer) is $12.00. Supplies are limited...so get 'em while they last !

~ Have a blessed Week our friends ! ~fiddlycat

Happy Fall Y'all !

We had a wonderful visit to a local pumpkin patch produce farm today and the kids had alot of fun pickin' out pumpkins to decorate and apples to eat ! We are gearing up for Hallowe'en and getting our costumes ready. The soaps are almost finished and ready to ship. We've already received alot of 'preorders' so if anyone else is interested in ordering one of our soaps...just email us at

fiddlycat@yahoo.com

We will be selling the soaps for $2.50 / bar and $12 for a baker's dozen...(a sampling of all the soaps we have right now to offer !) I will have more pictures and details of the soaps in the days to follow.... Have a great week !

Rub a dub dub .....

Being the 'craftaholic' that I am..... I have found it virtually impossible to stay out of the sewing room or refrain from working on an ingredient list for a 'new' batch of soap. Even when the house has loads of laundry lying around....or the sink is full of dirty dishes...I find myself and the kiddos making something ! The boys decided we should make "kid's soaps". Ooooh ! I like it ! I like making natural soaps and who better ...than a sweet...soft skinned tot ....needs natural soaps ? We immediately began working on our soap scents and practiced with a few batches of 'trial soaps' and WOW !!! I think the kids may be onto something here ! These soaps are 100% natural and while they aren't fanciful .....they're made with 100% natural soap base, natural vegetable and plant oils, natural essential oils...and smell absolutely wonderful ! Perfect for sweet delicate skin. So..... if you or someone you know is in the market for a homemade fresh from the farm soap.... check back mid - late October as this is when our soaps will be fully 'cured' and ready for you !

Here's a list of our soaps that we will have to offer !

~Fiddlycat’s Farm Fresh Baby & Kid’s Soaps~
~100 % Pure ~ 100 % Natural ~ 100 % Homemade here on our farm ~

* Buttermilk, Rice & Honey
~ A rich creamy soap base to which we’ve added shea butter, vitamin E, buttermilk, coconut and grape seed oil, sweet almond oil, honey, oatmeal and rice powder. Moisturizes and protects delicate skin. A light, sweet scent that’s perfect for a scrub in the tub day or night !

* ‘Sleep Tight ’
~ Perfect for night time bathing as this soap contains soothing camomile and lavender essential oil. Honey, Grape seed, coconut, and vitamin E oil help keep skin moisturized and soft. Night Night, sleep tight !

* ‘Rise ‘n Shine’
~ Coc-a-doodle doo ! A perfect soap to awaken the senses ! We’ve added invigorating sweet orange oil and pure lemon juice for rejuvenation as well as calendula petals and natural avocado, grape seed, coconut and olive oil to soften & protect baby’s skin. Rich in vitamin C, this bar is sure to be a favorite !

* ‘ Cold Comfort ’
~ A gentle blend of rosemary and mint essential oils help comfort and sooth a winter cold while a light touch of lavender helps to relax the senses. Vitamin E, aloe and sunflower oils are added to replace the moisture that frequent washing removes.

* Ella’s Soft ‘n Gentle Baby Soap
~ A fresh out of the tub favorite ! This soap is a delicate blend of rosemary, coconut, and sunflower oils scented ever so slightly with the light, clean scent of fresh baby powder. Perfect for your favorite bundle of love !

* Carter & Cole’s Blueberry Surprise
~ Your kids wont have to be told twice to wash their hands with this soap at the sink! With the fresh sweet scent of yummy blueberries, this is a ‘Fiddlycat Fresh Farm Soaps BEST SELLER ! We’ve added crushed dried whole blueberries, oatmeal, and honey along with sweet almond, grape seed and vitamin E oil for keeping little hands soft and moisturized!

It's a BOY !!

We are so excited to introduce you to Mr. Peyton Alexander Garland ! Peyton is the new son of my BFF; Jessica and her husband Marc. He was delivered yesterday at 8:21 and weighed 7 lbs. 8 oz. and was a whopping 21 3/4 inches long ! I think they may have a basket ball player on their hands....

I was fortunate enough to be working in the Labor & Delivery nursery yesterday...so I was able to see Peyton take his first breath of air ...which was just so exciting for me ! I was also the one who gave him his first shot....put yucky antibiotics in his eyes....give him his first bath....etc... so he had some issues with 'aunt Rachel' by early afternoon, but luckily he'll never remember that !

WELCOME TO THE WORLD PEYTON !!!!

Thursday August 21, 2008

Lastweekend, the kids and I headed down to Kilgore Fort House. This is an old historic landmark cabin here in Nickelsville with a wide creek that the boys love to play in. They love visiting the cabin and just playing outside. They usuall always want me to tell them an old story (made up story...) about a family that used to live in the cabin long long ago! They wanted Ella of course to join them in the creek and needless to say, she didn't ! Not because she didn't want to...but because the water was too cold and the rocks were too slick for me to balance on !

Ella is changing everyday ! She is growing so much and really babbling alot now. She can wave bye, say 'da-da' and lights up when Carter and Cole come home from school in the afternoons.

I have been working in the well baby nursery at the hospital for the last two weeks and after taking care of wee tiny 6 and 7 pounders all day...Ella looks (and feels) gigantic when I get home ! She is a good 21 or maybe even 22 pounds now and is becoming more fond of the chunkier baby foods! She is starting to belly laugh when we tickle her under her arms...and it is so funny to hear her !!! She usually makes us belly laugh just listening to her..Have a great weekend......

Friday, August 8, 2008

Hola ! Well..... We all survived the first week of Mommy going back to work ! Ella did so good with her caregiver ! She is growing and doing so much since we've been home. She is now getting up on her knees and scoots on her belly to get her toys. She finally enjoys eating baby food and is eating less of her formula. She weighed 19 pounds 5 ounces at her doctors appointment and all of her blood work came back good. When we first came home she would not let anyone but me hold her and she now will let anyone hold her. She LOVES her Daddy too. She actually prefers him to me now and that has made Daddy SO happy ! We were sitting on the deck and our cat Ivy walked by and Ella said (very plainly) 'Cat'. I squealed and clapped and she hasn't said it since. hee hee ! Until next time....

Ella received some new baby dolls this week ! a potter barn cloth doll we decided to name Carmen, after her wonderful foster mother and an 'Ella minnow pea' Ugly doll named Ox ! Emilyn, Hadley, Aunt Kim and Uncle Steve got Ella her p.b. baby and Uncle Brack and Aunt Jenny got her Ugly Ox ! I can't even begin to tell you how much she loves these dolls !Ella is doing so good now. We feel so fortunate to have been blessed with this sweet baby girl. I can only imagine how much her foster family is missing her right now. I would LOVE to possibly head back to Guatemala in the next few years so that she can see her foster family. Ella is a very easy going baby. She is now letting anyone and everyone hold her ! She hates baby food, prefers table food, and her bottle is the bomb ! I am planning on returning to work inthe next week or two..and I have complete confidence that she will be just fine with her sitter ! Until next time....