So my brother's girlfriend is pregnant (found out around Thanksgiving!)... so I'll be an aunt for the first time soon! A few weeks ago, they were able to find out that they would be having a girl. So, what did my head decide? "Yes, you will learn to crochet and make a baby blanket!" Such an ambitious decision for someone like me... Not that I can't do things, but because I planned to teach myself. LOL!! SO, after buying some instructional books and hooks and yarn... then having a temper tantrum ( ) about not being able to figure it out, my stepmom kindly taught me what I needed to know to succeed! Well, sort of anyway. Here is the end result (already gifted on Easter, because I am an impatient person):
Sure, it was a little crooked... but, hey, a baby can't tell, right?
Since, I have been on a mission to make 2 LARGE sized blankets: One for myself, and one for my boyfriend (he picked the yarn out and everything. LOL!). I've also bought a few cool sparkly yarns to make a few scarves (nothing like timing! I know they will be SO useful during this week of 80 degree weather, right? hehe). I figure I will do a bunch and use them next year for Christmas gifts. If I don't lose track of where I store them by then
So far, I've completely finished the BF's blankie:
AND, a scarf:
I still will finish my personal blanket (even though I'll have no use for it for a while now), as well as the last scarf that I've already started. I'll post pictures of those when I get them done!
Thanks to a lovely friend of mine, I have been recently introduced to this forum (and the BPA in general). I just placed an order for 12 different imps over the weekend, and don't know if I'll make it through the month waiting for my package to arrive! hehe. I don't even know how I narrowed it down to just 12, honestly. here are the imps that I will be getting:
Shattered
Bess
Cathode
La Bella Donna Della Mia Mente
Swank
Tempest
Shanghai
Juliet
TigerLily
The Unicorn
Szepasszony
The Hanging Gardens
Feel free to let me know what you think of any one of those scents!
Well, I've made a few more scarves (can't have enough of them in humid 86 degree weather, right? hehe). And I've also been making a bunch of felt critters out of THIS BOOK (a lovely gift from my most recent Switch Witch!). Here is a picture of those:
I forgot to take pictures of the rest of the scarves. Oopsy! But the animals were a big hit with the children of one of the guys at my new job. So, yay!
Well, I just caught up with all my reviews of scents I've tried so far (yay!). Seems I have 6 imps now that are ready for HennaFairy to sniff... then swap off (to her or whomever). They are: Cordelia, Catherine, Bayou, Medea, Undertow, and Ultraviolet (or, as I call it, Urinal Cake). Ew.
On top of that, I wanted to start a list of people I've completed swaps/sales with here, and just sort them Good/Bad... with "*" meaning I got frimps. So far? I have yet to have a bad experience *knocks on wood*:
GOOD
Ah Xia SOLD TO... paid right away
zenvodunista * (BPAL)
purplegirl * (BPAL & more!)
ReedSong *
neuilly
Chouchen * (BPAL & more!)
ancilla
Beatrice33 * (non Bpal)
aidenraine * (non Bpal)
caramialove * (3 BPAL frimps!)
Hennafairy * (all frimps, I guess! We're friends. hehe)
pink.owl * (non-Bpal)
aedes
Caltha
ayelienne * BPAL (LE!)
jejunery * BPAL (from Wishlist! YAY)
SevenSins * BPAL
Hayet
Allidavie
Maewitch* BPAL
cybra111* BPAL
I got a package today from ancilla:
rose red
mi-go brain canister
holiday moon
black dahlia (duh! i had gotten this from 2 people)
Woohoo! So far, I'm really digging Mi-go
I felt too much like a BPAL Whore today when I realized the newest post in my blog was just my "keeping track" post. SO, I figured I would make a new entry today, so that everyone would not be greeted by that if they decided to look into my little world a bit. LOL.
We were on vacation last week, and were able to totally lose our minds and go skydiving! Here are some crazy unflattering, yet hilarious pictures:
http://www.boomspeed.com/evltemptress/pictures/skydiving/
Midway is my "flavor of the day"... and I am still getting whiffs of it now (2pm) from having put it on at 7am. Gotta love that! Funny that I would love that scent anyway, when back in April (when I was bitten by that BPAL bug) I was totally turned off by every foody scent I sniffed.
YUMMY!!! I love smelling like a 10 year old with candy all over their fingers.
and ordered some more imps from a forum member! I'm hoping they don't take too long to get to me, so that I'll have something to discuss on here "for real", soon. Here is what I am getting:
belladonna
delirium
juliet
la belle au bois dormant
lolita
undertow
and the bonus of "embalming fluid", which I asked about and she had! Thanks for the suggestion!
Of course Katie just pointed out to me that I already ordered Juliet. *sigh* I'm just such a ditz... I'm lucky it was only 1 repeat! It is just insane that with the zillions of flavours, I still managed to repeat one. I have the cool spreadsheet, but no Excel at home! And, honestly, I swore I even double checked. LOL.
I also decided to make some icons for what I have ordered (didn't finish yet), but I'm not sure anyone liked them :-X I posted them, and everyone sort of ignored it. Oops. I guess I suck! LOL. Here is what I made so far:
If you happen to like them, feel free to use them! No need to credit... but please save them to your own computer (no hotlinking). Yay!
Ok, I've finally taken the time to go through the Excel spreadsheet with all 800 and some odd scents. *phew* These aren't really in any particular order:
DENISE'S WISH & SWAP LIST
LE/Discontinueds:
5ml Pediophobia v1 (partials & decants OK)
5ml Eve v5 (partials & decants OK)
5ml Hua Mulan v4 (partials & decants OK)
GC:
*none at this moment*
Super Mucho Want to BUY/SWAP FOR (aka: already tested, and know I want)
*none at this moment*
Will ALWAYS accept more:
Dandelion SN
TAL Oils I'd Like to Try
none at this moment
Black Phoenix Trading Post
- the Queen's Croquet Garden room spray
- Okiya room spray
- A Picnic in Arkham Tshirt (XXL Crew Neck Babydoll)
- Brimstone keychain
- Local 93 Long sleeved Tshirt (XXL Crew Neck Babydoll)
- Large Imp Pouch
- Soapies: SNAKE OIL! and PUMPKIN! and SHUB!
- Any and ALL nailpolishes *Currently, I need me some more Midnight on the Midway & Hells Belles!
NON BPAL
CocoaPink: I *LOVE* perfume spray in the scent "Snake". Yup. And it would be awesome if the "smell me across town" intensity was chosen. LOL. Also: anything in the scent Pumpkin Marshmallow. Chocolate face masks, & their Dermabrasion Face Wash
BloodDrops: Lightning Bug, Midsummer's Eve
LUSH: I love: "Honey I Washed the Kids" soap, You Snap the Whip" body butter, "Angels on Bare Skin" facial scrub, CoalFace soap, & their blueberry face mask ("Catastrophy" or something?)
TARTS: I especially like tarts from both Becca Lights and 4FatCats. Of course both are closed right now... (fruity, mint, tea, apples, etc for scents)
Arcana Soaps: Festival Floozy (soap), Inari (soap), Revival (soap), Shipwrecked (soap), & Avalon (soap)
Bella Lucce: Anything in the scents of cranberry fig, cranberry yuzu, or !!NORWEGIAN OCEANIC!! I also adore the Peppermint foot treatments. Also really love the Hibiscus Honeysuckle hair treatment, and their Multi Fruit face cream.
C.O. Bigelow: Ultra Mentha Lip Shine (the dark green one!)
Super Bad: Chiquita soap, La Belle Rebelle soap (available at www.TheSoapBoxCo.com)
Isle of Eden: Would LOVE more sprays in the following scents: Pomegranate Champagne Cocktail & Blackberry Cotton Candy. Also anything in the scent Candied Fuschia. LOVE that one! I would also like to try things in the following scents (or similar): honeysuckle SN(!!!), red apple SN, pink grapefruit SN, Frozen Green Tea Mint Souffle, Linden Green Tea, Sugar Plum Fairy, Wolf Bait, Lemonade Tea, & Mint Freeze.
Villainess: I'd like to try anything in the scents Lehua (Soap Box Co. Exclusive), Neisthai, & Krakatoa; love to try the Grundy, Pearl Diver, or Scintillating Mud or the Datura Slick; and I'd love some more Crushed Smooch & Ennui Whipped (available at www.TheSoapBoxCo.com)
Bunny Butt Apothecary: I'd love to try lip balms in Green Tea, Fresh Mint, or Mojito; Complexion Zen Facial Cream & Soap (available at www.TheSoapBoxCo.com)
Silk Road Trading Company: would love to get more soaps in the following scents: singapore, pearls & jade, & Taklamakan.
Etsy: Here is the link to my favorites!
* I'll keep this updated, and put a link in my forum signature. I will list below what I have ordered, and then link them to my reviews once I get them *
Pending Orders:
Election Scents
Yule Decant Circle Order
Halloweenie Decant Circle Order
Dragon Moon Decant Circle Order
Worm Moon/Luau Decant Circle Order
I got a small packet of imps yesterday from pink.owl! I was a busy bee last night, but managed to sniff and test these a little... I'll do a little bit more of that this weekend, and post my reviews soon Here is what I got:
belladonna
delirium
juliet
la belle au bois dormant
lolita
undertow
embalming fluid
My boyfriend LOVED la belle on me. hehe. It was my 2nd favorite to Embalming Fluid (special thanks to her for throwing in that one, even though it wasnt on her list originally!). EF smells similar to Calliope, but minus that heavy lavendar. Which means it is PERFECT! hehe.
I think it was BellaDonna that smelled like medicine. LOL. I liked Juliet a lot, too... but it got pretty musky as it wore off on my wrist... maybe I'll try burning that one with a candle.
All I know is that my boyfriend will now pay for me to get a bottle of la belle. LOL. And I will try to find one of EF
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Hooray! I just got my 2nd package from the forum... this time from aedes Here is what I got:
ligeia
cordelia
endymion
amsterdam
I haven't even had a chance to sniff them yet, but will so in a few mins! I still have to do the reviews for the other ones I got on Friday (AND the 3 I remember that I tested from HennaFairy over the weekend). I'm such a slacker!
*EDIT: I am seriously IN LOVE with these scents. All four. Must own 3. WTF can I do now? Must buy bottle of Ligeia TONIGHT before it is no longer available. Geez. Want Endymion and Amsterdam bottles, too! YIKES!! Gotta update my wishlist, I suppose! maybe someone will swap bottles of those two for bottle I get from my Ebay purchase
Thought I'd not be able to find a bottle of Ligeia, so I just went to BPAL and ordered a full bottle. Talk about good timing! It is, this morning, no longer available. I also got a bottle of La Belle Au Bois Dormant (my boyfriend digs that one). I will get Endymion, Embalming Fluid, and Amsterdam sometime, too!
well, the pack I got on Ebay should be coming soon, so I needed to get my ass in gear and start making the icons that I will be using on the labels (for the decants). Here is what I got done so far:
I received some imps today from ayelienne! They were:
Dirty
Persephone
Thaleia
Delirium
Ultraviolet
Yuletide (frimp!)
I am losing my mind, though, and had already gotten Ultraviolet. I had delerium, too, but wanted a 2nd one (liked it enough for that, but not a full bottle).
DIRTY IS THE BEST SMELL EVER> It is liquid Bounce dryer sheets!
I also got my package of perfume sample vials from SevenSins... along with a friimp of Medea!! She rocks!
I just ordered 3 imps from Caltha:
Annabel Lee
New Orleans
Yerevan
Their prices were very cheap/reasonable! Especially for shipping from Sweden
As well, 3 from aidenraine:
rosalind
fae
black dahlia
And, 3 from jejunery:
bayou
catherine
eos
