The Handmade's Tale: Rebecca from Purple Sparkle Crafts

The Handmade's Tale introduces you to self-taught, independent artists who toil away creating beautiful and inspiring pieces. Please welcome the lovely blogger and crafter Rebecca from Purple Sparkle Crafts.

Who: Rebecca Amesbury
What: Soap and candle maker
Where: Purple Sparkle Crafts
When: Rebecca's been making her scrumptious products for two years now.
Why: Because she loves all things that smell lovely and enjoys being crafty and creative, a friend suggested she try making her own candles. "I don't know why I didn't think of it myself," she says. "Once I got started I was hooked and couldn't wait to get home from work and make some more gorgeously scented creations from wax!"
Her Philosophy: "Unique, individually handmade products, with prices that mean you can treat yourself to pure decadence every day." she says. Rebecca only uses highest-quality ingredients and specially blended fragrances so that you won't find the same thing anywhere else. "I love that my producs are unique, and individually handmade with lots of TLC, with a good dose of fun!" she says.
Her Inspirations: "I'm definitely inspired by my love of cupcakes, glitter and sparkles and kitsch," she says.

Always and Forever Bath Bomb, $3 (£1.99)

Experience pure bath-time decadence with this extra-large bath bomb. Contains the finest ingredients, natural colorings and is topped with real dried rose buds. Beautifully fragranced with English Rose.

Floral Fizz Bath Cookie, $2.30 (£1.49) 

Oh, the decadence of bathing amongst rose petals! These English Rose bath cookies have it all. Enriched with cocoa butter, simply drop into a pre-run bath for fragrance, moisture and fizz!

Rocky Road Cupcake Candle, $10 (£6.99)
Mmmm.. a giant cupcake candle highly scented with Chocolate Cake fragrance, generously topped with whipped wax icing, chocolate chips, pink and white marshmallows and wax chocolate sauce!

Sugared Pink Marshmallow Cupcake Candle, $10 (£6.99)
A pink base, topped with oodles of whipped wax and pink marshmallows, this one smells so sugary sweet and delicious! Another Purple Sparkle custom blend, this candle is highly fragranced with Sugared Pink Marshmallow, toasted marshmallows topped with pink sugar on a base of fresh cream cakes.

Vanilla Cupcake Wax Melts, three for $6 (£3.99)
Yum! Three creamy soy wax melts topped with whipped wax and sugar sprinkles, and highly scented with Vanilla Sugar Cupcake fragrance...these smell absolutely delicious!

Where to Buy: Check out Rebecca's blog where she writes all about her latest bath products and lots of other cute stuff for sale at her Purple Sparkle store located in Wincanton, Somerset, England. (If you're in the area, she'd love it if you stopped by!) Then be sure to head over to her online store for the yummiest selection of bath bombs, melts, soaps, candles, fragrances and lots of other cute stuff for your home. Rebecca delivers worldwide, welcomes custom orders and also supplies to wholesalers, retailers, party planners and gift shops. Her products are so yummy, how will you be able to resist?

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