Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We spent the day with my parents and had a great time. The kids love to visit there.

We've already added a lot of Black Friday specials to our shop and there are more to come throughout the day!

November 28th (Black Friday) through December 1st (Cyber Monday)

No more than $5 Shipping U.S.A. <<:Free Shipping on orders of $50 or more:>>

Discounted international shipping rates <<:Free Shipping on orders over $75:>>

http://CrazyTimesCandles.etsy.com

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(¸.·´ (¸.·´ * Black Friday we'll be offering some great deals on select items throughout the day.

Select soaps $3.00
Select Breakaway Melts $2.00
Select Candles 50% - 60% off

Contest / givaway update!

We are getting closer and I am so excited!!!!  I am one of those people that just love giving things away.  Good thing I have my husband or I would be giving ever thing away all the time.  

He has to put me in my place a lot about that kind of thing.  So when he came up with the idea of a giveaway I was so excited! 

So on to the give away.  We were 320 sales away on the 17th and now we are only 280 away!  I am going to try to keep you all updated on this as much as possible.  But I don't want to do it to often because it is going to take the fun out of all of it!  

I can't wait for the kids to do the drawing.  Oh on that note we will be adding one last runner up prize.  So that the kids can both pick 3.  The last runner up will get a free lip balm of there chose.

Thank you and have a creative day!

Weekend Sale!

November 28th (Black Friday) through December 1st (Cyber Monday)

No more than $5 Shipping U.S. (Free Shipping on orders of $50 or more)

Discounted international rates (Free Shipping on orders over $75)

PLUS!!!

We'll be offering some great deals on select items throughout the day on Friday!

Be sure to stop by throughout the day for some great deals.

http://crazytimescandles.etsy.com

~ Feelings ~

Thanks Giving is coming soon.  This is my favorite Holiday of them all.   I always get so many feeling at this time of year.  When I was a kid I didn't have much of a family.  Now that I am a mom of 2 wonderful kids and a wife to the greatest man in the world I have all the love and happiness anyone could ask for.

This is going to be funny sounding.  I really look forward to Thanks Giving because I love to spend time with my In Laws.  They have really taught me what a real Family is.  

I must have the greatest In Laws in the world.  Before I meet my husband and his family I thought that Family was nothing but finger pointing and yelling. 

Just to be able to sit and have a family get together with out any yelling and or fighting is great.  But the best part about it all is they showed me what love and caring feels like.  I have to say,  I am a better person now that I have all of them in my life.  

Ok I am done for now.  I could go on and on all night long about the loved ones in my life but, my husband is telling me I am writing a book.

Look at That!

We have been making very pretty treasuries one after another. Well, we finally got one that made the Front Page of Etsy. This Treasury featured items from the following shops.

savor
lilybrush
girlbyAileen
isadoraclothing
redheart13
Emilykatz

WildWomanJewelry

TotusMel
BenandHenry
portobello
lv2cr8
justicejuels

Alternates are as follows
FeatherBrain
VintageFiligree
oneilldesign
tilleyjewels

Congrats to all of you for having sure great items to make it to the front page!

Customer Appreciation Giveaway Contest

Heading for 1000 contest

We’re 320 sales away from 1000 in our etsy shop! To thank all of our wonderful customers we’re going to run a contest until we reach 1000 in our etsy shop - http://crazytimescandles.etsy.com.

For every item purchased until our 1000th sale you’ll get your name put in this bucket. So, if you purchase 3 items you’ll get 3 entries.

Once we reach the magic number, or children will draw names from the bucket for the prizes listed below. I will video blog the drawing so that everyone can see the drawing.

Prizes:

1st Prize – $30.00 Gift Certificate

2nd Prize – $20.00 Gift Certificate

3rd Prize – $10.00 Gift Certificate

Runner-up Prize #1 – One bar of soap of your choice

Runner-up Prize #2 – One pack of breakaway melts of your choice

Runner-up Prize #3 - One lip balm of your choice

These gift certificates will be valid at either of our shops – www.crazytimescandles.com as well as http://crazytimescandles.etsy.com.

Look what we got!

I had to blog about these cute earrings I got for my daughter
for Christmas... There so pretty! I got them from KimNettieDesigns

I can't wait to give them to her for Christmas. Also because I bought that pair she sent me another pair for FREE! Totally awesome. So if you have the time check her shop out!

Last Firday!

Ok so I am very late on posting this but we have had a busy week.

I was going to post this on Saturday but I had to blog about the kids first!

Then on sunday my cousin went into labor and we drove down to be with her.

And well the rest of this week the kids had school and it was a bit CRAZY around here.

I finaly got around to posting a blog yesterday about our new cakes we are making that I was very extied about.

Then I came across this picture in the folder that I have marked BLOG on my computer.

WE Made the Front Page of Etsy on Friday the 7th of November!!!

We made a cake!

Lately we have been asked a lot what we have been working on. Well we have been working on making some cakes and one of them is going to be listed in the next day or two.

They're not cold process soaps though we made them hot process so we could have them ready fast for all of you soap lovers. Well, and we wanted it ready for the holidays. The soap that we will be listing in a day or two is Spiced Cranberry. It smells so good I almost took a bite out of it. But then I remembered it is soap and that wouldn't taste very good. Here are the pictures!!!

We also have another cake that we have made but it wont be ready for a week or so yet. It is going to be a good one! So keep your eyes open for that one as well.

Thank you for reading and have a creative day!

The Pirate Of The Caribbean Dance!

Last night was our kids first school dance. For all of you thinking a school dance for Elementary school well it was for a fundraiser for the school.

So our kids had to dress up for the dance. Luckily it was a week after Halloween so we got there costumes on Clearance at Target! $4.00 for each costume NOT BAD!

We had so much fun meeting all the kids new friends. Oh and We got to meet there parents as well.

Anyways here are the picture of the kids before we all went to the dance.

I did there makeup I was very impressed with how well I did on it!

Carpet freshener recipe!

Here is a recipe we use in our home. A great way to freshen a room much cheaper than the carpet fresheners at the store.

This makes a nice batch of carpet freshener that will last quite awhile. 

You can cut the amounts down if you like until you find your favorite blend.

Ingredients:

3 cups baking soda 
1/2 cup cornstarch
10 - 15 drops of your choice of essential oil (Lavender, Eucalyptus, Etc.)
1/2 cup borax (20 mule team) optional

Directions:

• Mix well and store in an airtight plastic or glass container. Set aside for a couple days before using. Sprinkle generously on carpet and let sit for about 15 minutes before vacuuming.

I love mail like this!

We just love getting Etsy packages in the mail! It's so exciting.

Especially when you're waiting for great items like these magnets from HomeStudio2 and some wonderful smelling soaps from DennisAnderson!



If you're looking for some great quality magnets, these are very well made and super strong!

I could not even get them close to each other to take the photo. They will easily do their job very well while looking great!



These amazing smelling soaps also came in the mail today! I can't wait to try them out.

Halloween was so much fun!

We had so much fun last night Trick or Treating with the kids...

We only took the kids around for an hour but they had a blast.

We had 4 hours to trick ot treat here last night. I think the kids had more fun handing out candy back at the house then anything. Here are the kids in there costumes.

Alyse was Hannah Montana. What a doll!!!

Cameron was Comander Cody. A Clone Trooper. What a

handsome little man!!!

The kids handed out Candy to the kids that came around after we came home.

And earlier in the day Dave got together some samples for all the mom s and dads that took there kids out trick or treating.

The moms and dads of the kids were so happy to get something as well. It was a great night.

After all that we had pizza for supper and watched a movie with our cousin. All and all I

would have to say this was one of the happiest Halloweens we have ever had. And
here are some other pictures of the kids in there costumes.

just my thoughts!

Ok so I was looking on glitter graghics today for some cool sayings to put on my myspace profile.  And I found this. 

       

glitter-graphics.com

It made me think of myself.  And for once I can say I found something in writing that was really me.  

So Perfection that is what I want to talk about.

In my eye and I do belive in the eyes of many others.  There really isn't anyone in the world that is perfect.  So why does everyone strive for Perfection?

I think being perfact would be boring.  I am glad I am how I am, and if it wasn't for the little mess ups I made in life I wouldn't be me...

So I say on to you don't strive to be perfect.  

Have fun with ever breath you take. 

You only live once.  

So please do what makes you happy and don't worry about what others think.

Halloween is coming!

All of you know that Halloween is coming soon.  My daughter is going to be Hannah Montana this year like almost every other little girl.  But I decided to make some fingurless gloves for her to go with her costume.

So I had to show you all what I have been up to.  :)  Here they are I think I did well for it being my first pair.

Hope you all like them.

Whip Me Till I Clean

It seems like forever, but our latest product is finally done and ready! We're so excited. This soap is great for shaving, facial cleaning, as a hand soap, or for your bath or shower.

Don't let it's fluffy,creamy appearance fool you. This soap is on a mission to clean and leave you feeling soft and smelling great!

Over 6 months in development and it's finally here! Our whipped soap is made from scratch using only the highest quality all vegetable oils.

Whipped soap is amazing! Try it out and see for yourself!
Contains NO SLS/SLES, propylene glycol (a petroleum product), or parabens. Our fra

grances are Phthalate-Free. Oh, and it's vegan as well for those interested. :)

Have a creative Sunday and thanks for stopping by.

Dave and Erin Powell

http://crazytimescandles.etsy.com

http://www.crazytimescandles.com

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Saturday Night Special

Well we haven't been getting much for sales so we thought this would help.

Great way to get gifts for others and some thing for yourself

~SNS~ 

Spend $20.00 or more before shipping and get a FREE pack of Breakaway Melts in your choice of scent

And any shipping overages that are $1.00 or more will be refunded.

So please take a minute and check out our shop Crazy Times Candles & Bath Co.

Have a Creative Day

The holidays are coming!!!

So what are we going to do to help others this holiday season?

Well we have some soaps that didn't turn out the way we wanted them to so we are going to bring them to the Salvation Army here.  They will then in return hand them out to people in need.  

I also think I am going to volunteer to be a bell ringer this year.  So the Salvation Army can collected money to get things for families in need.

And last but not least we are thinking about doing an adopt a family this year with the help of our friends and people that love our products.  

This is what we are thinking about doing please let us know if it is a good idea or not.

We are going to offer that if someone buys a Pillar Set for $40.00 we will then in turn take $10.00 of that and use it to get stuff for our adopt a family.  I was thinking we would buy the stuff for the family mostly off of etsy.  There are a few things we can't get on there but most of it we can.  Let us know what you all think.

I (Erin) have also started making hats and scarfs that I am donating to the Salvation Army as well.  I just love this time of year.  Where I get to show people how much I care.  

P.S. please let us know what you think in a comment or email us at erin@crazytimescandles.com

Thank you all and have a creative day.  :)

Scents???

As you all know we already have a lot of different scents for our candles and soaps. My question is what other scents can you think of that you would like to see?


Here are the scents that we already have:

Amber Romance^® Type

Apple Pie

Aqua Di Gio^® Type

Banana Berry

Blueberry

Butt Naked

Butterscotch

Cherry

Cinnamon Red Hot

Cinnamon Roll

Citronella

Citrus Musk

Cucumber Melon

Ginger Plum

Grandma's Kitchen

Heavenly Honeydew

Holiday Wish

Irish Coffee

Island Fresh

Lick Me All Over

Lilac

Lily of the Valley

Maple Toddy

North woods Forest

Oatmeal, Milk, & Honey

Ocean Breeze

Pear

Peach

Peppermint

Plumeria

Pumpkin Pie

Sandalwood

Sun Ripened Raspberry

Sweet Pea^® Type

Tulip

Very Vanilla

Wine Cellar

If there are any other scents you would like to see in our shop please let us know. Hoping for a lot of responses :)

Free shipping on pillar trio sets

Well it is more the that.... We have a big shipping sale right now and if you spend $40.00 you get FREE SHIPPING isn't that a Great deal.

Here is our sale this weekend.

$0.75 shipping on single soap bars and breakaway wax melts to the U.S. and Canada!

Orders of $40.00 or more will enjoy free shipping.

You could get this for $40.00 when it would be normaly $50.00 with shipping :)

I know it has been a few days sence the last post on here, but we have been busy and when I say busy I mean busy!!! We made 3 batches for soap. We also have been testing soy container candles. Bring the kids to school and picking them up.

I have been checking out this new thing that I found called Stylehive.
It is a big networking site. It's really cool...


Oh and we have some more new items on etsy you should check out.



Spiced Apple Salt Spa Bar Soap











Chocolate Strawberry Salt Spa Bar Soap




We also have some great new Breakaway melts up HERE

thank you for check it all out. Have a Creative night.

What do you think???

Well Dave and I were thinking about splitting our shop.

We were thinking that because we have our shop name as
CrazyTimesCandles that it might be throwing people off.

So let us know what you think.
Should we keep our etsy shop as crazytimescandles and list both our candles and soaps in that shop.
Or should we open a new shop for our Soaps???

We sell so much soap in our shop but I think some people are not seeing our soaps because of it saying crazytimescandles.

The bad part about it is that we would be starting all over with a shop for soaps and some people might be thrown off with us not having any feedback.

The other bad part is that people wouldn't see our candles as much.

The pluses about it is that people would be able to see all of our soaps for the people that are looking for soaps and not have to see the candles if they didn't want to.

We just don't know what to do with this. Please help!!!

Happy Day!!!

I'm so excited today.
My cousin Tara Came to see us.
See she is 32 weeks pregnant and she is not supposed to travel tell after she has the baby the doctor gave her and OK to do it this last time before the baby comes.
Tara used to come up and visit every other weekend and we haven't seen her in over a month. She left here about 5 minutes ago to go by her sister to get her baby swing before her sister goes to work. Then she is coming back to us for the night.
I can't wait for her to get back here :)

Other then that Dave is down starts working on making some more Ocean Breeze Salt Spa Bars because that is our BEST selling soap :)
I told him you might as well just make 2 batches right way so that is what he is doing.

The kids are over excited as well with it being Saturday and getting to spend some time with me and there Aunt Tara.
We are all going to play monopoly when she gets back.

New stuff!!!!

Well we all know the holidays are coming soon.
So here are some of our new and exciting
ideas we came up with.
Hope you like them all.

On the left is a Chocolate mint rustic pillar.

On the right is our fall mix melts yummy. Whe you put a black, white, and orange one in your melter it smells like Apple cider :)

On the left here is a Sun Ripened Raspberry pillar with little Raspberry melts in it as chunks.

On the right is a Reindeer Scented Stuffie. I have to say there really good room fresheners. And very cute.

On the left here is an Apple Pie pillar with apple melts put in as chunks.

On the right is one of the Blue hat Snowman Scented Stuffie.

Crocheted Bracelets

So I was bored yesterday and I decided
to make some crochet bracelets.
I have never done this before so
I was a bit worried on how I would do.
Well I played around with it for a few hours
then I decided ok enough is enough just
make it already.




And this is what came of it.
The kids loved them.
Now I am working on a few more for my cousins kids as well.
The always get excited when I make fun things for them.
When I get those ones done I will take some pictures as well.

Shipping Sale!!!

We're having a huge shipping sale!

Now's the perfect time to stock up or pick up gifts.

http://crazytimescandles.etsy.com

Bath & Body Products (excluding sugar scrubs) ship for only $0.75 each item USA / $1.00 each item Canada!

All Candles and Sugar Scrubs ship for only $4 USA / $6 Canada!

Don’t pay more than $5 Max shipping USA and $10 Max to Canada

Shipping charged over the listed max will be refunded.

Cameron's Hat and Scarf

So last night I finally finished Cameron's hat and Scarf.

Woo Hoo I am so excited to show off my handsome little man.

So take some time and look at this cute little guy for me.



This might be the cutest and sweetest little boy you will ever see in your life!

Ok maybe not the cutest to everyone but he is my son so you know how that goes.


He is the little boy that helps anyone and everyone that might need help. I am not just saying he is a great kid because he is mine, He has the biggest heart I have ever seen in anyone.

He puts everyone and everything in front of himself.

He gives and gives and never asks for anything in return.

To find that in any kids these days is hard.

So anyway that is enough about my handsome little man.

Let me know what you think of his hat and Scarf :)

Thank you for reading this.

Oh and this last picture is really for his Auntie Tara...

What a Great Day!!!

Ok so we had to run to the post office to ship some orders out like we do every Monday. Then we had to get gas in the van. We were excited about that as well because gas was only $3.39 a gallon. Woo hoo happy dance time.

Then we had to get some Kitty Litter for our little Princess so we went to Target. It was my first time out of the house sense I had surgery so I wanted to look around a little bit. And as all parents do we went right for the Toys because we didn't have the kids with us. We went right were we always go to the Clearance spot on a back wall.




And What do I see!!!!





A 3/4 Size Washburn Hannah Montana Acoustic Guitar


The one thing I know my daughter wants more then anything in the world. So we had to get it. :) They normally are $90.00 and it was on clearance for 22.75 What a great deal. That is just the prefect gift for Christmas.

We also got our Son Cameron some Star Wars Ships but they were normal price. But that is ok because us getting Alyse's present on clearance made it so we can get more for both of them.

It always makes us so happy when we can get our kids stuff they want or like. Our kids are easy to please but it is always nice to get them stuff they really really wanted.
So that was our exciting day today.

The Grass :)

Oh August 23 I was looking around shops and found a Saturday Night Special in TheBumbleBeeStudio's shop. All we had to do is pay shipping. What a great deal.


This is what it looked like when we got it. So cute right.


We were very excited to have the kids plant the seeds.












They had lots of fun doing it as well. I do have to say that The Windowsill Wheat Grass grows like crazy.

TheBumbleBeeStudio
has a great shop and I hope to do some
of our Christmas shopping there.
Our daughter Alyse just loves to munch on
the grass with our little kitty Princess.

Hat and Scarf

Well winter is coming as we all know. Weather we like it our not. I am one of the ones that just wants it to stay fall. But I did manage to get a hat and scarf made for my daughter.



I made it for her in her favorite color, and she just loves it.
The morning after I finished it she saw it when she got up and I got the biggest hug and kiss for it.

I am working on my son's hat and scarf now so when they are done I will show you how cute that is a well.

I've been tagged

I have been tagged by twiddlestix! Take a look at her great blog: twiddlestix

Here are the details:

1. Link to your tagger and list these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog - some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blog.
4. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

Here are my 7 random facts:

1. I like to sing in the shower

2. I hate thunder storms

3. My favorite color is Purple

4. I'm married to my best friend for almost 8 years now

5. I am going back to school in a year

6. I like to crouchet even though I'm not really good at it.

7. I am an animal lover

Here are the 7 people that I am tagging:

MaryMarsh

UniqueCharms

Threeloudkids

brightonearly

artisanne-scotland

fancifulflair

paperchick

WooHoo its party time :)

Do you want to earn free stuff for Christmas presents or just get some free stuff to pamper yourself well this would be a great idea for you then.

We host on-line candle, bath and body parties. Here is a link to the page:

On-line party

So now for some more info on here about the party's

They run for 2 weeks
You have to have them put your name in comments to get credit for it.
you get 20% in free stuff at the end of the 2 weeks. SO this means if you have a $400 party you will get $80.00 in free items.

You will receive a free 6 pack of tarts or a 3 pack of votives just for hosting a party with at least $75 before shipping in total orders.

I think you might want to do this we have had quite a few really good party's on our website already. There was one that $1000.00 Woo hoo so they got $200.00 worth of free stuff and we threw in a few little extras :) so if you are interested please mail us at:
erin@crazytimescandles.com

just and update.

Hey everyone sorry we have been slacking again on blogging. But I (Erin) had surgery today so we have been dealing with that lately.

It wasn't anything big I just got my tubes tied today. So we have been going over the hole are we sure we don't want any more kids for the last month or so. And we thought it was for the best. 2 kids is enough we have a boy and a girl so you really can't have anything else.

So everything went fine today and I am in a little bit of pain. So if I talked in circles you all know why now. :)


We hope to put up some pictures of a show we did a few weeks back tomorrow I think.

Today was a great day!

Last week Saturday we attended Sputnikfest in Manitowoc, WI as a vendor.

The turnout was great, especially for a first year show. There was a good chance of rain that luckily stayed away and left us with a nice partly cloudy day to enjoy.

During the day we met some great people including Betsy from http://ladybugbeads.etsy.com and Xanthe from http://oddstuffbyXanthe.etsy.com.

Much thanks to Kim Geiser, owner of Persimmons and event coordinator, for hosting such a great event.

Pictured above you'll see just one of the great moments of the day. Darth Vader getting his picture taken while holding a bottle of our Moisturizing Body Spray! Our kids, especially our son, thought that was the coolest thing in the world when they saw the picture this morning.

Unfortunately, we didn't get any pictures of our own this time.

We do have another show this Saturday that we will make sure to bring our camera to. If you're in the Appleton area Saturday and would like to join us we'll be at:

SEPT. 13th - Grand Chute Parks Day - Grand Chute, WI - Indoor arts & crafts show. All handmade items highlighting Halloween, Thanksgiving & Christmas. family entertainment, continental breakfast, chili, brats, burgers & more for lunch, huge raffle. Grand Chute Town Hall, 1900 Grand Chute Boulevard. Event starts at 9:30AM and ends at 3:30PM.

Also, This morning Erin found our Coffee Sugar Scrub on the top of the front page after waking up to noticing skyrocketing item views.

Thank you so much 3dots.etsy.com for including us in your amazing coffee themed treasury!

Etsy Venus Zine Co-op Ad - Fall 2008 Issue

Today we also took a trip over to Barnes and Noble and found some copies of the fall 2008 issue of Venus Zine. Of course we couldn't get just one, so we got three copies.

We were very excited to see our Lemon Drop Soap on the right side of the ad only a few pages into the magazine right after the table of contents.

Our Coffee Sugar Scrub is supposed to be featured in a new magazine in Denver, CO as well in their premier issue in November. We'll be looking forward to seeing how that ends up. http://onemagdenver.com

I can't believe it.

My daughter has really curly hair and she wanted it straight. So my mother in law got her a hair straightener.

Last night after her shower I straightened her hair. It makes her look like 2 years older. My husband well I don't think he liked it at all. But I was very happy with it this morning when I went to brush her hair and not even one snarl. That was so great for both her and I. So anyway here is a picture of what she looks like with it straight.

Our babies are growing up!!!

I was so sad at the start of school this year. My son went in to the 2nd grade this year and our daughter started kindergarten this year :( I can't believe our little ones aren't so little anymore. But I was so happy that my little girl was so excited to start school. She was such a big girl. My son well he just loves school. Well here are few pictures of them on there first day.

See how proud he was of his sister :)

Great news!!!!

Well I went to a NEW doctor today. And he read over all my tests and told me that I am going to be just fine as of right now I have to get a pap done every 6 months just to make sure...

But the reason I wasn't getting my monthly friend is because I was not ovulating... My hormones were very low so he gave me some pills to help it come. I don't know if any of you know but it is not good for you to go anymore then 3 months with out having your cycle. It can cause you get get uterine cancer and that my friends is not fun. So I am so sorry if I scared any of you with my bad health post but every thing as of now is going to be ok. And as for all the pain I was in it was my body telling me to get in to the doctor and get checked out I think. That and I have a very small cyst on my ovary.


And thank you all for the nice comments and for all of your support. Oh and I also thank my lucky stars that I have such a GREAT and wonderful husband. I hope everyone of you lovely people can find a soul mate like I did.

thank you for reading this and have a creative day.

Our son loves his Skull Pouch.

This will be short and sweet as I'm a bit pressed for time at the moment, but I just wanted to share a great Etsy shop with everyone.

We got him a black pouch with a white skull on it from tenthstreet over on Etsy.

The quality of the pouch was great and it is quite larger than the picture would make you think. The dimensions of the pouches are in the description for each listing so you'll know the size.

If you have a moment please check out her shop. We think you'll love it.

Etsy: Your place to buy & sell all things handmade tenthstreet.etsy.com