FREE GIVEAWAY CONTEST! (over $45 in free gifts to be won)

October is probably my favorite month of the year, so what better time to do a massive Lily Poppet giveaway contest? Find all of our perfume oils at www.lilypoppet.etsy.com

The Prizes
First Prize: Two Lily Poppet perfume oils of your choice, keep one and give one to a friend! ($25 value)
Second Prize: One Lily Poppet perfume oil of your choice ($12.50 value)
Third Prize: Three Poppettes (1ml samples) of your choice ($8.25 value)


The Rules
The rules are simple. You must be 18 years of age to enter and all entries must be in by October 24th at midnight. The winners will be drawn on random.org and announced October 25th and prizes will be mailed October 26th. That easy!


How to Enter
You can earn up to 15 entries for this contest, here's how:
Get 1 Entry: Post a comment with your favorite Lily Poppet perfume oil (please provide link)
Get 2 Entries: Follow me on Twitter, I will follow you back! www.twitter.com/LilyPoppet
Get 3 Entries: Tweet about this contest and link back.
Get 4 Entries: Make any purchase, no matter how big or small, from Lily Poppet on Etsy
Get 5 Entries: Blog about this contest on your own lovely blog! (please provide link)


*****So where can I find Lily Poppet?*****
Right here!

Finally released my perfume oils!

This has been a verrry busy week for me! First of all, finished up my last Summer II course at grad school, and also I was able to launch my line of perfume oils on etsy! I may be a bit biased but they are absolutely yummy. Right now I have some foody scents and fresh scents. In fact, they are going to be featured on Skylars Candy Clips' Blog on August 30. In a thread on the boards I was lucky enough to get seven pages of scents that people would love to try! It's clear that citrus will be the next in line. I also heard some really interesting suggestions like Fig Sandalwood and Pipe Tobacco. I can't wait to experiment and make more... it really is my passion. If I had to pick one thing that would set my scents apart from others I have seen, it is that you will probably never see me release a one note scent. What I really enjoy in making interesting blends of multiple notes, the art of blending the oils really lies in being able to construct a unique multi-level scent from scratch... well in my humble opinion anyways. The 5ml bottles of oil are $10 and the 1ml sample vials are $1.50.

Right now I am wearing the Red Berries scent... it is lovely. I put it on at 9 this morning and can still smell it on my wrists at 7pm- that's staying power! It really does smell just like fresh strawberries and raspberries. In fact, when I went to pick up my glasses this morning the lady behind the counter asked what I was wearing; she was so surprised when I told her I made it! I actually had a sample of it in my purse so I gave one to her :)

Another thing I am excited about with the perfume oils is that I have started my Savannah collection of oils. Savannah, GA is my favorite place in the world and I am in the process of trying to move there.... just waiting for a job to come through! The first scent in the Savannah Collection is River Street. I have been dreaming up making it since my last visit about a month ago. Pralines take center stage of course, but I also threw in icing and caramel apple. It smells so good... very rich and yummy! I am planning on doing another scent in the Savannah Collection for Halloween. I'm going to make it a spooky one... perhaps centering on a graveyard. That's all I have to say for now ;)

Here is a link to my shop where you can see all of the oils: www.lilypoppet.etsy.com

And here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure!

Double Mocha Whip Bars... Mmmmm

My first blog post- hope it's just the first of many!

For those of you who don't know me, my name is Angela and I am the owner of a little etsy shop called Lilly Poppet. You can find it here: http://www.lilypoppet.etsy.com/ I wanted to create a place to write about what I do, and also to support all of the other wonderful crafters out there.

Onto the mocha bars! Recently I was sitting in a coffee shop on a Sunday afternoon, studying for my final exams for grad school (almost done- yay!). I am one of those people who can eat soup and drink hot tea and coffee in the the dead of the Georgia summer heat, so I was sipping on one of the most delicious and decadent treats the shop offered. I began thinking that perhaps I could recreate this sensation of yumminess in a soap. After a lot of testing, I finally came up with the richest creamiest bar I have made to date! I used goat's milk for this one of course, then added in layers of chocolate and espresso. I topped it with a layer of creamy whipped vanilla. Before putting it up in the shop, I decided to take it to class and see what some of my classmates thought about it. Thankfully, they thought it was just as wonderful as I did. In fact, my friend Heather kept turning around and grabbing the bag saying she needed a sniff. Others caught on and soon everyone was sniffing it all the while making reference to certain addictive drugs... that's how yummy it smells. Even my professor came around to see what the commotion was and she fell in love with the bar too. It feels kinda cool to have the professor's stamp of approval- she has her Ph.D.- albeit in psychology.

And you know what the ironic thing is? You can get this soap for less than what the drink would cost you at said coffee shop. How cool is that? Want one? Get it here: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=29280737

Thanks for supporting the handmade community and have a great Friday!