Started a NEW JOB!!

Alright so its been a while since I posted. I know last time I was talking about leaving my prior job. Now well I have found a new job and I love it so far. It is in an office environment, which I have been wanting. The shifts work great with my children and I am not physically tired when I get home from work. Don't get me wrong I am still mentally tired but thats just from reading and typing all day. But all and all the trade off is better. Being the end of the summer though I am missing out on the time during the day with my girls, but I have been trying to make sure our evenings and weekends are fun and filled.
So with the school year approaching, I am working on my kids back to school supplies. I want to hear from you what you are making or doing for your kids back to school. We will be going shopping on thursday to let them pick out a few things they want, being that they are still young they actually don't need much, which is nice for the bank account.

Big Decision and Sad but Happy

Today was not a pleasant day for me. I have had a show booked for over 5 months. I thought I had everything worked out with my kids for who would watch them so I could do this show. Unfortunately it did not go in my favour. I was okay with this. Sure I was sad I was out the money I paid for my spot, I was sad about the potential sales I could of made, new faces I could of met and see familiar faces. You see, I absolutely love doing shows and being part of the community. I however love my children more. I have not had as much time as I would like for my business with the girls getting older and we all being more active.
I think after today, Kay eLle Handmades will be an online store only. I don't think I will be committing to as many shows as I once did. I just haven't had the time nor really the energy to do so. I work (hmm I guess I should write a new blog about that eh) and when I am home I want to spend the time with my kids.


I loved my day today with my youngest, we had a blast. That's what really important right now. I LOVE crafting and making things, but I just don't think I can do it as much as I once did. It has been 7 years to get to where I am at and I will still continue to work towards where I want it to be, but for now I will be dialing back in the public events and shows. I hope you can all understand that and will support me through buying online! Thanks everyone as always I appreciate all of you and all the support you have given me.


Scalp Cleaning (a method that actually worked)

Yellow is the build up!

First I am gonna write that I know it has been a long time since I have blogged. For that I am sorry. Summer has been busy. But I have something I want to share. A method you all might know about but might not have tried or might have.

It started a few weeks ago I was talking to a fellow mom. We were talking about money saving and the different things we do to save money. As some of you may know I make my own children's clothing, my own laundry soap, dish soap, pasta... Well whatever I have time for really. I try and make sure I am well planned a head for some of these things as they are time absorbent. Anyways, back to the story. She was telling me how she stopped using shampoo. Immediately I was like, "What how can you not?" She was telling me how she now using baking soda in the shower and how her hair has never felt better. I might add I had noticed proir to this knownlege her hair had been looking quite nice and silky smooth, I was jealous.

 

Well the other night I was braiding my daughters hair and I noticed a build up, might I add yet again. This has been an issue with her since she was a baby. For some reason her scalp is always got a build up on it. I don't have baby photos on this computer or I'd show you, but perhaps I will add that photo in later. Well after she went to bed that night, I talked with her dad and we agreed this needs dealt with as soon as possible. We have tried the oils, the shampoos, we've even taken her to salons to have them wash it and still there is a lot of build up left.

Knowing that this is a issue we are very cautious with the shampoos and conditioners we use as well as we rinse completely. But no matter what, her scalp is always, might I say GROSS! Now I know some of you are probably wondering why am I sharing this? Well, while I was sitting in bed reading I remember the conversation with my fellow mom about how she using baking soda instead of shampoo. I thought, hey tomorrow after work we will attempt this. I had NO IDEA what I was going to do, or how to do this, but figured everything else has not worked lets see if this will.

I set up the counter, and got a towel wrapped up by the sink, for her to have some comfort, cause I knew it might be awhile massaging her head. I also gave her a towel to chew on if she felt it hurt, my daughter is a bit of a drama queen when it comes to her hair and cleansing it.

With her head over the sink, her laying on the counter I soaked her hair. Then I had a bowl of baking soda beside the sink. I took small handfuls and placed it on her head and rubbed it in. Of course she cried it hurt so I immediately washed it off, afraid that it was hurting her. I tested it again on myself, and felt no pain, but demonstrated to her what I was doing. She was at ease and wanted the yucky cleaned. So we went back to work. In small sections I went at her head, putting the baking soda on and rubbing and massaging her scalp. I could feel it all in my nails and had to rinse my hands a lot. This took about 15 minutes, but her hair was really bad! After I was done massaging her scalp, Her hair had a lot of flakes in it. It took took shampooing to get it all out. The end result was amazing though! She told me after, her head feels lighters and was excited for me to get her hair ready for bed.

 

Before!



After!

So there you have it! Baking soda helps clean the scalp. I think this is something her and I are going to do every couple weeks just to keep it maintained. My other two children do not have this issue, so it is a mystery to me why hers is like this. Let me know your thoughts!



All ready for bed!