Currently reading....

I have just finished The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield, which is one of those books you can't put down and spend all hours of the night reading. You know what I mean. Now I have moved on to a book that has sat on my shelf for ages, but I never really noticed it, but it has caught my eye, and my attention and I am stuck in the pages of it daily. The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter makes you look at everything with a new perspective. So far I know how to catch wild turkey, I know that having a secret space in the woods all your own is a must, and that you literally can live off the land if you know what to look for. More updates later.

Diary of a soap maker.

We have been busy as bees at work, which is a VERY good thing! I love making soap, and never thought in a million years that I would be a soap maker our be part of such a cool family business. It's totally out of the norm, but alas I love it, even though I must admit the soap business can be stressful sometimes! But I get to work with my family everyday and I get to keep Clara with me at work, which if you're a mama you know how great this can be! Here are just a  few photo's of soap in progress at the Shop. And by the way I promise every blog post I do will not be all about soap, the Shop has a separate blog for that!;)

And our little soap maker in the making! I'm hoping pretty soon here she'll be able to bag soap and tie bows!!!

Wishing everyone an amazing Friday, and a great weekend!

New obsession....

Newfoundland! I want to visit so badly, it looks beautiful, like something out of a fairy tale! Could you imagine living is a place like this? So rural, so gorgeous and so close to nature.

~ The Butterfly Project.

Thanks to my good friend from Hippie Chick for telling me about this! The Butterfly Project is to honor the 1,500,000 children who died in the Holocaust. The Houston Holocaust Museum is asking the public to submit butterfly artwork to total 1,500,000 to match the number of children who lost their lives in the Holocaust. The project is based on the poem I never saw another butterfly by Pavel Friedmann, a boy who was in the Terezin concentration camp. Unfortunately Pavel Friedmann did not survive the Holocaust.
I am planning on sitting down with Clara and making a piece of butterfly art to send off for the project. Check out the website for further information. This is something that everyone can do, and I mean everyone!
Click here to go to the website to find out more:
The Butterfly Project

~ I'm back in the saddle again!

I'm going to make this short and sweet, I know I've tried to re-start this poor blog over and over again, and so I'm not going to make any promises on regular posts, but I will say I sure will try. Honestly when you're trying to juggle a toddler and a full time job, and house work it can get hairy!
So here's a quick update, my husband and father in-law took over a soap business here in Locust Grove, Georgia where we're living quite happily in the country, goats, chickens and all! I work full time at the Shop and I get to take Clara with me which is awesome, and I get to work with my family all the time, also pretty cool I think!
What have I been up to personally, let's see, chasing escape chickens through the woods, making fairy houses with my sweet girl who will be 2 next month! Can you believe that? Decorating the house, making soap, gardening, reading like a mad women, and attempting to make some art which is a new project! Here are some pictures of the going's on around the Edmonson house, so enjoy! Oh and I have quite the little "beekeeper" helper now!

~ Let's start at the very beginning, a very good place to start.

It has been so long. So long in fact that I'm not sure if anyone reads this silly blog of mine anymore!
We (B.B. and I) met, fell in love and lived in Savannah, GA for a little over 5 years. Savannah is a wonderful, mysterious city that I never thought I would miss as much as I do. We found out we were expecting in July of 2008, and on March 23, 2009 I gave birth to the most amazing miracle who is the love of my life, and my entire purpose for being. Brent and I moved back to his hometown south of Atlanta when I was six months pregnant where we lived with his gracious parents until we could get back on our feet. We felt like we were living in a whirlwind for quite a while, and stressful it was, but we stuck together and made it through what we had to. We moved into the cutest most cozy house ever in late August of 2009, and we cherish our home so much, not only were we able to get our own house again, but we got to spend time as just us, our little family of three with several dogs in the mix. In December of 2009 we decided it was about time we got married, so we did in a small little ceremony with just close family. I was a stay at home mama with Clara and even though I loved it, I missed, and I know this sounds crazy.....working! Yeah I know I am a freak. B.B. and my father in-law took over the soap business that they had been working for, and work became a family business! So I told the hubs I wanted to work again, and work I got! I am now a full time working mama, who loves her job, stress and all, and gets to take my awesome daughter to work with me everyday where I also get to work with my husband all day long.
So that's the story in a nutshell. I am sure that some of you have wondered where I went, what happened, blah blah blah, and now you know. Life changed so fast and I just stopped blogging, I really don't know why, but I do apologize, so I am restarting The Lavender Beekeeper. I have missed it so, and even though I don't live in Savannah anymore, I have jumped into the history of the county and surrounding area that we live in. It's amazing what you can find out in a small town if you do a little searching! So here I go again and you're more than welcome to come along for the ride!

Beautiful baby.