Free Gift from Julep

Good afternoon lovely readers!  I hope everyone is having a wonderful day so far :)

As some of you may have seen on Facebook, a while back I received an e-mail from Julep with tracking information for an order I didn't place.  I wanted to make sure there wasn't a mix-up in their system so I e-mailed to inquire about it.  The lovely Shelly Neighbors let me know that it is in fact correct, but it is Julep that is sending me a surprise!  I LOVE surprises, and love that Julep is taking the time to send me a little something special :D  They really DO care about their Mavens!

So I waited and wondered, and dreamed about what I was receiving, and finally it came in the mail!  It isn't want I expected, but that is OK :)  I still love it!

It came with a lovely personalized note!

Inside was a cute little travel package with the Julep Hand Brightener, Hand Scrub and Lip Balm.  I have the Lip Balm and Hand Scrub, though I'm not overly fond of the Hand Scrub (I will still use it though, winter is coming!), but have never tried the Hand Brightener.  I love Julep's Lip Balm (it's my favourite of all the ones I have) and the Hand Brightener smells like fresh linen ... MMMM!  I'm all about smell, if I love the smell, I will use it, and I really do love the smell of the Hand Brightener.  I'm not sure it makes a difference with my own hands appearance-wise, but I don't have a lot of dark spots or wrinkles on my hands :)  And I constantly use hand lotion and cuticle oil/balm.

This was a great gift to receive from Julep!  Though it isn't much, it still shows that they care that their Mavens are happy and will remain Mavens :)  Personally, I love getting my Julep in the mail every month, and though I will say that their sales draw me in every time and are breaking the bank, I still love them ;)

Keep up the great work Julep, you have a Maven for life with me :D

P.S. - this is one of the last "nail mail" posts I will have.  The poll was taken for what my readers want to see when it comes to nails mail, and majority ruled they want quick pictures on Facebook when I receive nail mail so that will be how I show you guys what I get after I have all the posts used up from receiving nail mail so far :)  I have already started this photo album on Facebook, you can see it here.

Hanging Hummingbird Planter

Today's my first entry in my first-ever blog!  Go me! :)

I didn't do my nails today and that's what I am aiming to have the majority of the entries in this blog to be about.  So, instead, I thought I would blog about a present my parents brought back for me from their Canada Day weekend camping trip.  Come see what I got!

A little background information:

I am a "mother" to 3 wild hummingbirds and am obsessed with keeping my "babies" happy :D  There are 2 male and 1 female ruby-throat hummingbird in my little family that are constantly fighting over our standard 4-place hummingbird feeder.  I have named them Mr. Georgie, Mr. Georgie (can't tell the 2 males apart, lol) and Mrs. Georgie.



Ruby-Throat Hummingbird - male
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Ruby-Throat Hummingbird - female
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My parents, knowing how important my hummingbirds are to me, brought me back an As Seen On TV product called a "Hanging Hummingbird Planter".

As soon as I saw what it was, I immediately planned to go to the local fresh produce store that also sells plants after my workout today so I could get plants to assemble this feeder for my birds.  There wasn't a large selection of flowers when I got there, but I was able to choose a 4-pack of Impatients in Dazzler White and 2 larger Double Impatients in Musica Spicy Orange.  The Double Impatients have some blooms on them so I put them in the top with one of the White Impatient plants, with a White Impatient plant in the bottom.

This was really easy to assemble, the only thing that is a little tricky is finding somewhere to hang it while you are assembling it -- you can't set it down anywhere because you have to insert the bottom plant in the planter first before putting any dirt into the planter.

The planter is filled, hanging and ready for some hummingbirds to come and have a snack!  Can't wait to get a picture of it when the flowers are in full bloom ;D

When the flowers are in full bloom, this will be a beautiful addition to my parents' bird feeding area.  However, this planter will be coming with me when I move ;)

 

*Update* - August 1/12

Last night Mrs. Georgie was perched on this feeder and I was able to capture a picture of it :)  She's getting awfully chunky!  LOL!

 

My planter hasn't been doing overly well with all this hot, dry weather we have been having :(  The bottom flower is pretty much toast, but since we got rain last week the red flowers on the top have really flourished compared to what they looked like before :)