Sweat Shoppe swap-(**discuss round 7: bottom pg 70)

[devilninny]

i would rather have hemp washcloths than tampons this time too!!  and mocha or green tea lip balm?  my bf usually wont kiss me with stuff on my lips, but that i think he would like!

[mjadams]

green tea lip balm sounds delicious.

[hertrigger]

ooooh i want lipbalms!

[licalee]

Ok - I'm officially in for a set of headbands and a set of cuffs.

Woo Hoo!  I love this swap.

[javastain]

Ok, good, I wasn't sure if the lip balm would be a winner, but it sounds like you gals are into it! I would be making some anyway, and the coffee and tea line is new, so I would LOVE feedback... you guys are not total guinea pigs though, I have been trying recipes on my family for a while, but I have recently perfected it... it is hard to get the powders to be smooth (cocoa and coffee powder and the green tea is a powder too...) but I am confident I have it good and smooth now! Also, even though things like shea butter and olive oil are not scented, they have a scent to them, so getting a good smell isn't easy... but that is all worked out I'm excited to see what you all think! I am working on a whole line of skin products, one item at a time! I think I will be making 2 sets of lip balm, and probably the washclothes again, I am trying to make sure I have enough hemp... I just got an order for some hemp tampons and a washcloth, gotta make sure I have enough for all!!!

[madchandler]

Javastain..I just got (at a truck stop, no less) some mocha flavored lip balm....totally made me think of you!

Looks like I will be joining this fantastic swap! *YAY!*

I will be offering two different items: 5 flower pot votives (large sized votive candles in the shape of flower pots) and 5 sets of 20 incense sticks.

Now I just have to figure out what scents you all would like. Anyone have preferences? Bakery? Floral? Fruity? Beverage? Aromatherapy? Or I could just make it a surprise.......

[devilninny]

oh my gosh!  incense!! i love woodsy and floral scents.

javastain - i assume your lip balms are all natural?  just wondering what all goes into them.

 

[mjadams]

hi ladies! i was going to offer beaded flowers, but i changed my mind due to time. i am a perfectionist and it would take me 3 months to make 15 that met my standards. anyway, i made this for a swap, and so my second round of items are going to be id holder, bling style!




they are going out id holders. you can pick the colors and tell me what kind of designs you like! as long as i get everything ordered by the 5th, i am fine.

sorry about changing my mind.

[javastain]

lip balms will have a non petroleum based goo (I'll post an ingedient list, yes it is all natural, no not all of it is ORGANIC), shea butter, vegetable wax, olive oil... and of course real Starbucks coffee and Tazo teas... I will be using the macha powder from the Starbucks green tea latte's too... OH yea, only the best for my girls! 

[javastain]

Hey everyone, here's a question to all of you... since this is not a dictatorship here, someone PM'd me to ask since she was doing 3 items does she get 3 top 3 choices (so 9 top picks)... I said I'd post here and see what everyone said...

here's how I match everyone up, I try to give everyone at least one of their top picks, I assume the one you want most is the one you put first, so I try to give you that one... in the last round it wasn't a problem, everyone actually got both of their top two picks, this time around it might be a little more tricky... there are a lot of factors... needless to say, I can treat each entry as a seperate 'transction' so there are 45 items, I can 'pretend' like there are 45 swappers... the only problem with that, is it is hard to make sure that Javastain item #1 doesn't get Javastain item #3 as a swap, you know? Anyway, I just wanted to see if you all were OK with me giving those who put in for 3 items (or two) extra chances to pick favorites... I think I could work it out, but I don't know until I try!