Got myself a tattoo - finally!!!!

I have been tempted to go get a tattoo every time I see my husband and every time I see someone having something nice and meaningful done....months back, when we searched for something for my husband - I came across a picture of a mandala that just took my breath away and since then it has been in my head and wouldnt leave me alone....so I decided to do it!

Because I was scared of the pain, I told my dear husband to find someone to do it for me - NOW...lol....Honestly, I could have changed my mind in no time.

Well...talking about a pain. It did hurt - but only when he was drawing the lines over my spine. I thought that I can bite through metal, thats how bad it was. Luckily, it didnt last long and the rest was a piece of cake!

Here is my tat, pic taken the same day when it was done:

I want to appologize to everyone

From the last virus attack I wrote about earlier, I am not able to leave comments on blogs....weird, I know....I cant even open my own posts here - it shuts off my Mozilla right away.....so if you leave a comment in the shout box, I will be able to visit back

This sucks big time :-(

Four Ways to Sooth Your Eyes - Naturally

CHAMOMILE EYE SOOTHER


1/8 Chamomile Tea Bags
1 cup Distilled Water


Heat the distilled water to a point of boiling and remove from heat after it comes to a full rolling boil. Add the tea bags and let them sit there until the water is lukewarm. Remove them and squeeze out the excess liquid. Place the tea bags on your closed eyes for 15 minutes. Remove and discard. The infusion can be stored in the fridge for up to 3 days and used as hair or facial rinse.




CALENDULA EYE SOOTHER


2 Tbsps dried calendula blossoms
1/3 cup distilled water


Add the calendula blossoms to the water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer covered for 10 minutes. Strain the blossoms and let the infusion to cool. Soak gauze squares or cotton pads in the infusion, squeeze out excess liquid and place on the eyes for about 15 minutes. The infusion can be stored in the fridge for up to 3 days and used as hair rinse.



FENNEL EYE SOOTHER


3 Tbsps crushed fennel seeds
1/3 cup distilled water


Follow instructions as with the calendula infusion. Leftovers can be stored in frudge for up to 3 days and used as skin rinse.



TIRED EYE RELIEF


1/2 cup dried lavender buds
1/2 cup distilled water


Follow instructions as with the Fennel infusion.

Viruses from visiting way too many blogs?

Since I started using Entrecard a LOT and visiting every blog possible, my computer started acting funny and hubby found 45 funky little things.....this is making me re-think using this venue as means of traffic...

Has this happened to anyone?

Bags full with Bath and Body products from different sellers! Grab yours now!

What IS EGCG Swag Bags?
The Swag bags are a collection of 18 generous sample-sized products from different Bath & Body shops - all members of EGCG ( Etsy Green & Clean Guild!) It's a great way to try different products from different shops at the same time. It's also a great Mother's Day gift idea!
Another awesome feature is that your EGCG Swag Bag is a special reusable, eco-friendly shopping bag! So make sure you put it to good use long after you use the products.

What's IN it?
This round, we have a variarity of handmade bath soaps, lip balms, lotions, facial soaps, laundry soap, candles, bath fizzy, body mist, sugar cube scrub....wonderful goodies!

Where to get them?
Swag Bags will be available on April 15th on EGCG Etsy's shop.

Participating shops:

Morgan Street.
Bunny Butt Apothecary.
Spa Therapy Works.
Right As Rain Creations.
The Bath Project
DressGreen
Jadewicks
You Stink Soap
Shower Treat Soap
Sweet Creek Herbs
Farnham Soaps
Kelle's Kitchen
Mea Culpa Body and Bath
Inseine Creations
Rachel Rene
Grumpy Girl
SudzNThings
Mirasolfarm

A big thanks to Shannon of The Bath Project who originally authored this post

Dyed my hair and I hate it! Now what?

Well....first to say that I am a natural (very dark) redhead and I wanted change...usually I get some highlights and looks good, but I wanted something little darker.


Sooooo.....here I go at the store looking at the hair dyes and mulling over which one to get. My hair is not very good at accepting color.....I liked the look of the Medium Golden Brown and picked that.


Well....nope, it was not bad, but I couldnt SEE any change! It was darker just for a little tone and thats it!


Back at the store.....I picked the color that almost everyone (except 1) is putting an X on as a No-No for me - I get Soft Black.


Couple hours later and here I am, with black hair, white face and looking like something is sitting on top of my head - its sooooo not natural and sooo not fitting :-(


Can I go with a light brown now to lighten it up? Will it take the dye? I am desperate, I dont even wanna leave the house looking like this! My husband LOVES it because it gives him the whole "different person" outlook to me (you know what I mean), but IMO, its just way too dark


Here are some pix for some visual aid...lol.....I know they are of bad quality, but my bathroom lights are the worst lights to use! They would make ANYONE look like they just rose from the dead! Hate them! So, I didnt use them

More jewelery porn!!!

Oh...how I wish I had all the money in the world!!!! I would buy all these precious pieces of gems, all the tribal chokers and cuffs and pendants and dream catchers and...and....and.....everything!!!!

Next find is Alisuns at ArtFire..yeah, yeah, ArtFire again! When I opened her store and took a look inside...wow.....my jaw dropped and my eyes jumped out of my eye sockets!!! Dont laugh at me for trying to fit in macedonian words translated in english and then fit into a sentence - I know it sounds silly, but it makes perfect sense to me.......lol


Today I present you with these few drooling worthy items (if you want, you can click on the picture to be taken straight to the listing):





Moss Agate, Jasper and Jade Choker!!!! It looks so perfect, soooo earthy and calm and peacefull....I gotta stop before I go and buy it ona whim!!!

Isnt it pretty? I havent seen a necklace like this








Agate freeform Arrow Shaped pendant on sterling ..............do I need utter a word? I like the cut and how I can see the gem just as if you are looking at the precious trunk of tree with all those....eh.....how do you call them? My loss of words is sometimes killing the magic I wanna make!!!!







Budha Resin silver plated necklace - nope, this is not a gem nor a crystal....but I picked it as a favorite becuase it feautures His Holyness Budha and I would loe to have this around to remind me to be patient, to love everyone and everything and to work on myself!!!!