Pretty Little Industries

My child hates getting clean, but she prefers baths to showers.  It has always been a struggle to get her to go upstairs and bathe.  My discipline method is to take money away from her allowance if she refuses, but then you have a grumpy child for the rest of the evening.

Enter Pretty Little Industries!!
I first saw them at the Christmas Craft Sale at the Butterdome.  I was looking around their displays and that's where I saw them.  Pokey Bombs!!!  My child and her friends LOVE Pokemon and have watched many Netflix episodes of the show.  I thought that finding a toy in a wonderful smelling bath bomb would put a positive spin on bath time and it did!  She LOVED finding that toy in the bath and it was a good way to get her upstairs. Of course she told her friends and they all wanted Pokey Bombs for Christmas.  So I went to prettylittleindustries.com to order them but they weren't listed on the page.  So I tweeted them wondering where the Pokey Bombs went.  Turns out they had sold a lot of them at the craft sale and had some left but she didn't have all the colours that she had at the craft sale.  I was totally okay with mix and match and ordered two tubes of four.  One for my daughter and one for her friends to share.  I received them before Christmas, and, of course, the kids LOVED them.  Unfortunately, her friends who are sisters, threw all of them in the tub at once because they were so excited.  Oops, but fun was still had by all.

I saw Pretty Little Industries again in May at the Spring Craft Sale at the Butterdome.  This time I bought six bath bombs for myself and only three for the kid.  With names like Giraffe Laughs, Kola Krap, and Monkey Farts, it was fun to pick them out.  Did I mention they smell fabulous? So when my daughter ran out of Pokey Bombs she wanted to use mine because they "Smell so GOOOOD!".  She also says her skin is so soft after and I don't have to worry about chemicals because the bath bombs are vegan, palm oil free, and SLS (Sodium Lauryl Sulfate) free.

Pretty Little Industries first made soy candles from natural products and expanded from there.  I would highly recommend to visit their website or to follow them on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

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Alumination Canada

This past Saturday I went to the Edmonton Spring Women's Show At the Expo Centre at Northlands.  There were many vendors and I found a few diamonds in the rough that I would like to share with you.

ALUMINATION CANADA

I met with Derryk Lenz from Alumination Canada.  His products are very unique and I've never seen anything like them before.

This team of 7 creates various products out of aluminum with machines that are used in the oilfields but these machines haven't seen them.  In instead they see a team armed with the knowledge from their work in the oilfields to create these exceptional items using quality and precision.

These candle holders slide into each other to create countless individual designs and only limited by your imagination.  Using a process called outgraving, unique designs are created on top of the holders and vary from each other.

The items in the background of the picture are called Alumicool.  They are sleeves for your beer or soda that you use as a coaster.  Don't worry about bumping your can because the design of sleeve works as a suction cup to hold the drink in place.  They are also insulated so they keep your drink cool as well.   

The cards on the table are called man cards.  I was a little confused when I first saw them but they are bottle cap openers that you keep in your wallet.  

 The products are also engraved with a maple leaf on the bottom.  They can also create custom engraving at your request.

To see more or to order these exclusive items visit their website at www.aluminationcanada.com. They have a lot more to see on their website. You won't be disappointed.