Paws for a Cause Craft Fair - May 2

I'm so excited - May 2nd is just around the corner and I'm organizing a craft fair to raise funds for It's Meow or Never Animal Rescue & Sanctuary! It'll take place at the Sammamish Valley Grange in Woodinville.

With over 25 vendors, the Paws for a Cause Craft Fair will be great fun! And just a week before Mother's Day - come by and pick up a great, unique gift for Mom!

If you're a vendor and interested in booth space, please contact me at layla@floweringtreebotanicals.com. The cutoff for vendor applications is April 10th - hurry!

Hugs,
Layla

Featured! Pickles!

My delicious pickling spices were featured in this really great treasury by NavarroCreations!

Whew! Hot stuff!

Hugs,
Layla

Cotton Face Scrubbies!

I'm so excited about this latest product I just added to the Flowering Tree Botanicals shop ... 100% cotton face scrubbies!

Handmade with love, these are machine washable and safe to throw in the dryer! Allow us to pick some pretty colors for you as a surprise! A set of 5 scrubbies is just $5 plus shipping!

Credit to my Mum for making these nifty little items for my shop!

Have a great weekend!
Layla

The Crime Scene - WINNER: IT'S MEOW OR NEVER!

The Challenge

Update: It's Meow or Never is the winner!

The answer is: "The half eaten apple was still white."

Solve the following:

Shadow arrived at the hospital to find that Sam Slug, who had been in a coma, died moments ago while under police custody. Officer Bob Slack, who was assigned to guard the door, swore that no one had entered the room since a nurse had last checked in on him some two hours earlier. Aside from an autopsy, Shadow ordered that the hospital room be combed for clues.

The only unusual thing found was a waste can containing crumpled pieces of paper, a tongue depressor, a half eaten apple, and an empty cigarette pack. Other than that, everything seemed normal.

After the search, Shadow suggested to Officer Slack that he was lying, and that someone had indeed been in the room in the last half hour.

What caused Shadow to draw such a conclusion?

The Rules

The challenge ends at 7pm PST on March 20th. The first person to post the correct answer will win. If multiple individuals get the right answer, the individual who posts first will win. Please be sure to either leave a way for me to get in touch with you if you win OR come back on March 20th to see if you've won!

The Prize

The winner of this week's challenge will receive a sample of delicious, loose leaf *chocolate* tea!

Have fun and remember to share this week's challenge with your friends!

Layla

Featured - Green!

Check out this great treasury! My key lime soap was included in an amazing line-up of all things green!

I really enjoyed taking a look at some of the other items featured by cynmb. Here are a few neat items:

Camo Coffee - $45

Green Lace Screen Printed Gift Tags - $6

Irish Seaweed Scarf - $54

Have a fun time shopping on Etsy!

Hugs,
Layla

Featured - Lemon Lime Zest!

Featured again! This time in a "Lemon Lime Zest" treasury by DesigningItSupplies.

DesigningItSupplies carries wonderful supplies for jewelry and craft making! A wide assortment, here are a few of my favorites:

Thanks DesigningItSupplies!

Layla

Featured - Blues & Greens (And Some Yellows)

Featured again! My lemon-lime bath bombs made this fantastic treasury by Monarchdancer!

Monarchdancer's got a lovely shop full of goodies for your little one. I'm especially fond of these lovely lime booties - just in time for St. Patrick's Day!

Hugs,
Layla

Featured - Fruits of Nature

My Pineapple Coconut Soap was featured in a wonderful Etsy treasury by "tomdesign". I'm featured frequently but this is probably one of my favorites - the colors are fantastic!

One of the things I love about being featured in treasuries is "meeting" the curator of the treasury and seeing what goodies they have available for sale. This time, I really hit the jackpot because tomdesign's shop is fully of lovelies! Just take a look at these great items:

White Flower Earrings - $12

Amber Shell Necklace - $18

Looking for a unique gift? Go check out all the other great items at tomdesign!

Happy Sunday!
Layla

A Loaded Word - WINNER: IT'S MEOW OR NEVER!

Update: It's Meow or Never is the winner!

This week's contest is pure evil. Tee-hee!

The Challenge
There is a word in the English language that contains ten different words without rearranging any of its letters. What's the word and the ten words it contains?

The Rules
The challenge ends at 7pm PST on March 13th. The first person to post the correct word *and* the ten words it contains will win. If multiple individuals get the right answer, the individual who posts first will win. Please be sure to either leave a way for me to get in touch with you if you win OR come back on March 13th to see if you've won!

The Prize
The winner will receive my new Lemon-Verbena candle!

Share the love - tell your friends about this fun giveaway contest too!

Hugs,
Layla

Easter Egg Bath Bombs!

I'm so excited about my new Easter Egg bath bombs - I tried several different methods of making them and I like these ones the best. An assortment of lavender, orange and lemon - they all smell so good!

Now available in my shop for $4.50 for a bag of 5!


Hoppy Saturday!
Layla

Featured - India!

I'm honored to have been included in a wonderful Etsy Treasury called "India"! My hot curry powder rounds out this grouping of items nicely!

Special thanks to Lambert for including my product - please check out Lambert's shop - I love the hand painted chickens!

Hugs,
Layla

What's in a Word? WINNER: STEPHANIE!

Update: Stephanie is the winner!

The winning entry was "exophthalmoses" which is a protrusion of the eyeballs. I imagine we have a few more people with the condition after all the hard work on this challenge!

Congratulations Stephanie! Please visit my shop to choose your prize - a bar of vegan soap or two bath bombs - go ahead and check out but don't pay!

Stay tuned for another fun puzzler ... coming soon!

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This week's contest is a definite melon-scratcher. I hope you have fun with it!

The Challenge
Find the biggest point value word in the Scrabble letters below and post your winning answer via a comment to *this* blog posting.

The Rules
The challenge ends at 7pm PST on March 6th. The word with the largest point value will win. The word must be a real word and come up in a search result at Dictionary.com. If multiple individuals post the same word or words that are equal in value, the individual who posts first will win. Please be sure to either leave a way for me to get in touch with you if you win OR come back on March 6 to see if you've won!

The Prize
The winner will have their choice of any one bar of Vegan soap or 2 bath bombs from my Etsy shop!

Share the love - tell your friends about this fun giveaway contest too!

Hugs,
Layla

Featured! The Tea Review Blog

I'm thrilled to have one of my teas featured on The Tea Review Blog! My Tropicana Orange Pekoe tea seems to have received quite a good review!

Read the review and consider trying it yourself!

Hugs,
Layla

It's Coming ....

I cannot remember a time when I didn't love Depeche Mode.





While I'm busy packing orders and inventing great new products for my Etsy shop, I'm also secretly counting down the days til Sounds of the Universe is released. 54, 53, 52, 51, ....

Hugs,
Layla

Baby Clydesdale

These are the sweetest commercials I think I've seen in a long time...





Hugs,
Layla

Name That Fruit! WINNER: DAVID!!

Update: David is the winner!

The winning entry was:

Apple (green, granny smith), Mango, Plum, Lemon, Kiwi, Grapes, Honeydew Mellon, Peach, Currant, Banana, Pomegranate, Cantaloupe, Blackberry, Lime

David - have fun shopping at www.floweringtreebotanicals.com - when you check out, simply enter "Tutti Fruity" and I'll adjust your bill to reflect your $10 spree!

Stay tuned for another fun puzzler ... coming soon!

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I love fruit. All different kinds. I'm constantly amazed by how many different varieties of fruit there are!

For this week's giveaway, correctly post the names of every single fruit in the photo collage below in a single comment on *this* blog posting.

(Click the image to enlarge)

The first person to post the correct names of every fruit will win a $10 shopping spree in my Etsy shop! Contest ends at 7pm on February 27th and the winner will be announced shortly after!

I'm off to have an orange while you sort this one out.

Have fun!
Layla

http://www.floweringtreebotanicals.com

Fun at the Hogle Zoo!

I was recently approached by the Hogle Zoo in Utah about a fun program for kids - they have a fun event called "Cats and Cocoa" where they make bird feeders out of pine cones and serve hot cocoa after observing the beautiful big cats in their thick winter coats. Gosh, I wish I could have gone!

I was really lucky to be the shop that they picked to supply with the most important ingredient - 300 beautiful Ponderosa pine cones!

Here's a shot of a precious little girl picking up her pine cone to go get started:

Special thanks to Hogue Zoo for sharing the above photo - I'm honored to have helped with this fun, educational program to benefit the animals in their care!

If you'd like to make a pine cone bird feeder, I now carry a kit in my shop for just $3.50! Great fun for your little ones and the birds desperately need the food right now!

Hugs,
Layla

How Many? # 1 -- WINNER: CLEOPATRA!

Update: Cleopatra is the winner! There were 617 buttons in the pile!

I just can't help myself .. I thought of this new contest today and was going to wait til Monday to post it but ... here it is, a few days early:

Take a guess at how many buttons are in the pile! Note: I added a green arrow in the lower right corner - that gray button is about the size of a quarter.

For a closer look, click on the picture to see a bit larger version.

Here are the rules:

1) You may only post five times with one guess in each posting so make them count!

2) First guess closest to the actual number without going over wins (and yes, I counted every single button! Whew!) .

3) Contest ends on February 20th at 7pm Pacific Standard Time. Entries after this time will not be posted/eligible.

What you'll win:
- a bar of oatmeal, milk and honey vegan soap
- a lavender scented sachet
- a sample of rooibos loose leaf tea!

Good luck, have fun and tell your friends!

Hugs,
Layla

http://www.floweringtreebotanicals.com

What is it? # 2 -- Winner: "Jenny"!

The first person to leave a comment on *this* blog posting correctly guessing what the item is will win a trial size of loose leaf mango tea from my shop!


Please guess as many times as you like! Good luck and have fun!! The first person to post the right answer will be proclaimed the winner. The contest runs Monday through Friday!

Have fun!
Layla

Update: Jenny is the winner! It's a paperweight!

Jenny, please contact me at layla_colegrove@yahoo.com so I can get your mailing address for the tea! Congratulations!

2009 Paws for a Cause Auction!

It's that time of year again! My favorite animal rescue is gearing up and collecting donations for the annual Paws for a Cause fundraising auction!


Glitter Graphics


Please visit http://www.itsmeowornever.org/auction for more information! You can also stop by and pick up a really cool "blingie" like the one above to put on your blog, Facebook, MySpace or web site to help spread the word!

Thanks for your support!
Layla