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Joely
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09-24-2005

Monday, January 16, 2006 - 4:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Joely a private message Print Post    
Oh, and... I now have a labeler!

Bonzacat
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07-08-2003

Monday, January 16, 2006 - 4:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonzacat a private message Print Post    
I know, Joely - I am so slow!

Mama - that's so cute about the SBC guy noticing Cinnamon Stick. DH had the same sort of reaction here to Banana Nut Bread.

Joely
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09-24-2005

Monday, January 16, 2006 - 4:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Joely a private message Print Post    
My plumber noticed and he was cute! I didn't have BNB on, but I tell ya, that would be a sure thing!

"Aw... just threw some Banana Nut Bread together... too bad it won't be out of the oven for couple hours!

Men usually have NO idea how long things take to bake! lol

Bonzacat
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07-08-2003

Monday, January 16, 2006 - 6:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonzacat a private message Print Post    
Cute Denim Basket Alert at Michael's... $14.99 for set of three.



Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, January 16, 2006 - 7:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Oooh! I might have to go to Michael's tomorrow.

The sili-cups are closer to a need for me since I have no freezer capability at present.

Julip
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09-28-2005

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 8:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julip a private message Print Post    
Bonza - I love love love your illustrated tutorial on all things tart! I am definitely keeping that on hand for future gifting. Thanks! You should add DLR's mouth with a "no" sign across it. LOL

And how adorable are those denim striped baskets?? What a great price for the set! 'Fess up...how many sets did you buy, and how are you going to use them?

Mama - I agree - how cute about the SBC guy noticing the yummy scent! Set him up with a custom enabling kit, and you will have the best reception in town lol.

...and Joely about the cute plumber! Stuff some things down the drain a la Susan in "Desperate Housewives", get a BNB tart on the warmer, and call him back, for goodness sakes!

Bonzacat
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 9:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonzacat a private message Print Post    
Julip - great idea about the "no eating" warning! Maybe Sea could delete my pic from 3:48 pm yesterday since I am posting this revised Tart Chart. lol



Bonzacat
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 9:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonzacat a private message Print Post    
Oh, and I only bought one set of baskets (so far) and am not sure if they will be for tarts or just how I want to use them. But they spoke to me. rmao

Julip
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09-28-2005

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 9:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julip a private message Print Post    
Oh, Bonza - you know the baskets are going to become cat beds...they will do all they can to stuff their little bodies in there. Might as well go ahead and line it with the towel! Then go back to Michaels for another set. lol

And RMAOROFL about the addition of the DLR - no eat sign!

Julip
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09-28-2005

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 9:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julip a private message Print Post    
Joely ... is this your labeler?


cute cute!

No better deal than free! Did your slave worker give it up willingly, or did you encourage her to give it to you? lol

ETA: ...and omigosh, but the list price on that model was $159.99!

Pajomu
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07-26-2005

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 10:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pajomu a private message Print Post    
Well, I'm finally in on this tart mania (minus the silicone cups...I can't find them!). I can see I won't be going through as many tarts as all of you seasoned professionals. The last two nights I put on a Boysenberry Butter Cookie tarty part after I got home from work. I love it and can smell it from everywhere in my house. It's a small townhouse, but not that small. So I don't think I'll be using two different scents at one time. Unless, of course, I get really brave and combine some. Hmm...

So...thumbs up to Boysenberry Butter Cookie. Next up is Creamy Peppermint. I can see now how this can become addicting. Not saying I'm there yet, but...

Bonzacat
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 11:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonzacat a private message Print Post    
Paj - congrats!

While I own more than one warmer, I have yet to have more than one going at the same time. I found a spot to place one that seems to almost fill the house.

I can't wait to try Boysenberry Butter Cookie - thanks for adding to the great reviews of that one.

Julip
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09-28-2005

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 11:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julip a private message Print Post    
Yay, Paj! Isn't that one delicious? That was a good one to start with. I am glad you are enjoying them...but more importantly, is Katze enjoying them?

Cathie
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08-16-2000

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 2:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cathie a private message Print Post    
Yikes! Two more hours before I'll be home from work and my first tart order has been delivered to my front porch!!! Wish me luck on driving the speed limit, lol.

Joely
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09-24-2005

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 2:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Joely a private message Print Post    
Julip ~ Holy Toledo! That one is that much!? My cousin, gave it up willingly. I don't think I'm going to claim it as mine unless I give her money for it! So... we'll see! :-) I like it! But, I don't have time to run around a label everything in the house. I don't have anything so far that I don't know what it is... lol, except for tarts!

I am going to use it to put notes on Kaden and Kael's PB & J sandwich bags for their school lunches though :-)

Bonza ~ I can see why you couldn't walk away from those baskets! Too cute, but I like mine better Oh, and thanks again!

Paj ~ (sucker!) JK lol I'm so glad that you joined us! Creamy Peppermint is nice... but it did clear out my nose! And so I let it cool and am saving it for my next cold or Christmas! lol

Cathie ~ DON'T SPEED! I just got a ticket last month... not fun! :-)

Jinksy
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09-28-2005

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 2:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jinksy a private message Print Post    
Bonza- I love your new revised tart chart! I will definitely be including it with all my gift starter kits. I wish I could've had it for the petsitter. rmao.
And your baskets are great and the price is right! I love LOVE love them. Gotta love Michael's.

Joely- What's this? A speeding ticket? Do tell.

I have to share with all of you fellow tart addicts how much I'm loving the bedtime bath tart. It has such a nice soft musky smell infused with lavender. Nice combination. I'm crazy for it!

Bonzacat
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 3:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonzacat a private message Print Post    
OK - I have a good tart arrival story ----> I receive much of my mail at a retail mail spot, a Postal Annex. Just now, my guy was handing me a Priority box and told me it smelled so good in the package area, but he feared perhaps my box had wine or something in it, and perhaps it arrived broken. I told him it was scented candles and he was relieved it wasn't breakable and then said, "I loved getting near this area because it was smelling so good!"


Joely - - YW!

Jinksy - your petsitter so needed the "no eating" graphic. Maybe Alyce could have a roll of stickers, just small round stickers with the circle/slash + DLR's mouth and a tart. Can't you see that on every bag that she makes? RMAO

Can't wait to sample Bedtime Bath. Oh boy, another scent to love.

I have to go sniff some bags......

Julip
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09-28-2005

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 3:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julip a private message Print Post    
Bonza - you bag sniffer! RMAO!

I love hearing about all these men loving the scents. They truly are the best smelling packages one can get. It can be quite a worry during the summer, though, but luckily my stash survived a July cross country move without any melting.

Oh, and would that not be wonderful to have DLR on each and every tart bag! Alyce would get a kick out of that, I am sure, though she may not be quite old enough to have experienced DLR as we did. lol

Was the box from Alyce - one of your orders with made up names??

Joely - the cheapest I've seen on a short search for that model (which is discontinued now) is $77.99. I bet the boys will love your love notes on their lunches!

Cathie - yay about your order, but yes, no speeding! LOL!

Jinksy - oh, I can't wait to smell Bedtime Bath again. I only had one little sample a long time ago and it sounds so relaxing the way you describe it.

Joely
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09-24-2005

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 3:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Joely a private message Print Post    
Jinks ~ 50 in a 35 completely traveling along with others and got pulled over (okay, this is great) by a motorcycle cop who was able to walk across two lanes of traffic with his hand up in front of my car in which I was able to slow down to pull over without running him over. (I was going 45 and there is NO way that he could have gotten my speed with 3 cars in between us... but WHATEVER! I'm so over worrying about stupid crap like that. Carma + motorcycle = oops.

Bonzacat
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07-08-2003

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 4:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonzacat a private message Print Post    
Oh, Joely - that sucks!

Julip - yes, from Alyce - my first order with made-up names.

Cathie
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08-16-2000

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 4:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cathie a private message Print Post    
Yippee!!! Sniffing away like crazy here!

My hubby arrived home before me and brought in the package. When I came in the door he asked if I had ordered any coffee, because it came in the mail. When I picked up the box I could instantly smell it, too, my coffee bean tarts, lol. Of course there were 6 other bags but the coffee was the predominant smell.

My free bag was cinnamon sugar, and my sampler has green tea, turkish delight, georgia peach, vanille banane, eau de biarritz, creamy peppermint, anita's vanilla bean, paradise passion, sunwashed linen, orange chiffon cake, fresh cut rose, satsuma guava, fruit slices and amour de cacao (14 samples, yea!!!)

I am trying to have will power but I may have to burn "just one" tonight. Since the coffee is so strong I guess that would be the one to go for now???

Mamapors
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07-29-2004

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 5:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamapors a private message Print Post    
First thing--my phone is working fine now. No reason to call back the big burley cute SBC buy who loved my Cinnamon Stick tart. Darn!!
Question--When a tart doesn't smell anymore, is it better to throw it out and start a new one, or can you add a new one to the existing one? I was thinking the ramekin would certainly hold two tarts, and that might make the smell of the second one last longer. Don't know. What do the experts think?

Holly
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06-19-2005

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 5:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Holly a private message Print Post    
Good question Mamapors, I was wondering the same thing too.

Julip
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09-28-2005

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 6:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julip a private message Print Post    
Joely - What rotten luck that day!

Cathie - woo hoo! You got a lot of really great scents. The Amour de Cacao is one of my favorites...it is delicious. I hope you are enjoying the coffee bean right now! That one is good to keep separated from the other scents, because as you have already found out, it is overpowering.

Mama - oh well about the SBC guy, but good that your phone is non-static-y now! I would think you might as well throw out the tart if you can't smell anything off of it. If there is no more scent, it means the oil is dried out of it and you are left with plain ol' soy wax. You could always try it to see if you can squeak out a little more, or see if you can get another facet to another scent by blending with another stronger scent. Let us know if you experiment with it!

Bonza - oh boy, oh boy about your box o' tarts!

Julip
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09-28-2005

Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 6:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julip a private message Print Post    
Today I tried Rice Flower & Shea...very nice, but bordering on a bit too musky/floral for me. It is a beautiful scent, but just a little heavy. I had to turn it off after a while to take a break, but I was drawn back to it later in the day. I think I would buy this again, but probably in Tarty Parts for every once in awhile. Those who like florals would probably like this one...though it is not quite a floral. Reminds me of a lotion scent that has a touch of floral scent.

I also tried a sample I've held onto for awhile - Tomato. It is very soothing! It is not "ripe tomato" smell, but more like tomato leaf - tomato on the vine. Refreshing. Alyce used to have a scent I enjoyed called "Raspberry Tomato Leaf" which she doesn't carry anymore. Hope she brings it back sometime!

Anyway, I may have to get more Tomato - maybe in a full bag, but definitely at least in Tarty Parts.