Lil Waxidents

It was so good to be at my first market of the year yesterday. I know we're 6 months in to 2022 but between one thing and another, it's been the first opportunity 😂 I'm looking forward to making up for it in the second half of the year!
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Even though I've been quiet on social media, I've been beavering away with online orders and local retail so don't worry, I'm still here for all your gift giving needs. All your favourites are still available and some new sets for summer (if we ever have one 🙄) will be making an appearance very soon.
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Etsy link in bio 🖍🎊💕

🥳🎉H A P P Y N E W Y E A R🎉🥳
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Officially into 2022 and I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported in it's first year 🥰 Whether it's a like, share, comment or purchase...none of it goes unnoticed and is very much appreciated.
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Here's hoping 2022 is kinder to us all.
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Diolch yn fawr iawn i bawb 🖍👌

🎅🌲 C O M P E T I T I O N T I M E 🌲🎅
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It may be my busiest time of year...(polite way of saying I've got wax crayons coming out of every or***ce)... but I've always got time for a little giveaway!
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'Pick of the Pots" means that I'll be sending the winner their 3 favourite Big Pots to gift as they please! Big Pots contain a large selection of shapes and colours plus they're great for when you're out and about to throw in your bag and keep the kids entertained. You don't even have answer a question to win....just
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*Tag a friend*
*Share to your story*
*Make sure you're following Lil Waxidents*
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Competition closes Monday at 8pm. Winner will be selected at random and contacted to make their prize selection.
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To view all the "Big Pot" choices, head over to my Etsy page and have a quick squizz 👀 Link in bio!
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Good luck / Pob Lwc / Bonne Chance!

🎅 C H R I S T M A S U P D A T E 🎅
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It's been a great (and busy 🥴) week at Lil Waxidents HQ! I've been prepping for Christmas Markets as well as keeping up with all your Etsy orders...thanks for those by the way! And next week is ramping up again as I get ready for Christmas Markets every weekend until the big day!
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And that's where this update comes in...personalised name crayons will only be available for guaranteed Christmas delivery until TUESDAY 30TH NOVEMBER 🗓 They will still be available to order via Etsy after this date...but I won't be able to guarantee you'll get them before the big guy arrives.
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All other sets currently have good stock levels so I'm anticipating full steam ahead until around 10th/12th December 🖍👌
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Thanks as always for your orders!

💫🧜‍♀️ E N C H A N T E D 🧜‍♀️💫
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Make believe is the best part of childhood 🖍 Using your imagination to create games, friends, pets....whatever your heart desires! Imagine if we could carry that through into adulthood, we'd probably all be a bit happier!
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This beautiful 8 piece collection includes almost everything I thought of as magical as a child. The only thing missing is Paul Daniels 🤪💫
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Available on Etsy now 🎁

🌊 O C E A N F R I E N D S 🌊
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Ocean Waxidents are a sea lovers dream. With creatures from the deep and everyones favourite Penguin 🐧this collection of 16 crayons has something for everyone.
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Our "Big Pot" is great to throw in your bag when hitting the road or out to dinner to keep the littles entertained. They don't have to be used just as crayons either! My girls love to use them as figures, give them names and do silly voices for each one :)
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Head on over to Etsy for more pictures and details on how to order 🖍

🎨 C O L O U R F R I D A Y 🎨
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One week today is Colour Friday, a new annual alternative to Black Friday, which is the brain child of and .co
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"We worked out we have the power to save small UK businesses at risk of closure in 2022 — if we each buy JUST ONE CHRISTMAS GIFT from independent businesses instead this year, we’ll reallocate a vital £2.7 billion between us"
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You don't have to tell me twice! If you can purchase from one small biz next Friday (doesn't have to be mine, but I'm all for it!) you'll be helping beyond measure. I look forward to seeing all your orders on 😉

🦜🏴‍☠️A Y E A Y E C A P T A I N 🏴‍☠️🦜
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Any Pirate obsessed children out there? I think most kids go through the Pirate phase at some point...for my two it was fleeting and stemmed mostly from watching too much Swashbuckle on CBeebies 😬 If your little one likes to dedicate their weekends to eye patch wearing and feeding Polly 🦜 pieces of eight, well this might just be the Christmas gift for them!
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This 10 piece set has treasure galore and vibrant colours to keep them entertained for hours.
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Head on over to Etsy (link in bio) for details on how to order 🖍🏴‍☠️🦜

🎅D E A R F A T H E R C H R I S T M A S🎅
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🎅 A N N W Y L S I Ô N C O R N 🎅
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One of the most exciting parts of the build up to Christmas as a child, was writing my list to Santa. The list writing would normally start around mid November. Revised versions would be submitted to the parents right up until December 24th-ish 😂 (The laminated book of dreams had a lot to answer for).
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Anyway, I digress.... this chunky little set was inspired by my list writing obsession and the excitement of putting words on paper that meant I may get what I wished for 💫
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Each set comes beautifully boxed and ribboned so no need to wrap. 4 large stamps, Santa's favourite Reindeer and 2 santa heads make up the crayons and a mini colouring card with space to write a list in English or Welsh tucked neatly inside.
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Happy list writing ✍

🍾 C E L E B R A T E 🍾
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Sometimes I forget that this all started by accident. An activity to keep the kids entertained turned into something that's keeping me busy every day, and I couldnt be more grateful that I'm able to do it from my home around the girls.
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My first craft fair saw me make more stock than I EVER thought I would need. I made so much that I actually felt a bit daft and had visions of my dining room looking like a storage facility well into next year. Little did I know, I'd be coming home each evening trying to make another handful of sets here and there to keep up with the demand. So this post is a little pause and reflect on how it started, and where it's got to...in less than 9 months. Happy days 🎉🎊
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Thank you to everyone that has purchased, liked, shared and visited us in our first year. Fingers crossed there are many more ahead 🙏

🔍 T H E D E T A I L 🔎
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Christmas in my house usually has colour coded gift wrap and contrasting ribbons (much to The Beards dismay)...so I've naturally applied my love of "making things pretty" to Lil Waxidents. I always wanted Waxidents to be gift ready, but popping them in a box was never enough.
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Each box of crayons gets a perfectly sized bit of tissue paper in the signature turquoise blue. It stops the crayons rattling around too much in transit and in my eyes, looks nicer than the foam inlay that comes with the box 📦 Next comes the label. If it's a name, they get individually made by me from vinyl 🥰 Then there's the sticker. This is my first Christmas trading with Lil Waxidents and I'm sure it'll be a very steep learning curve....but at least while I'm learning, you can have my bilingual Christmas bauble stickers adorning your pressie for the little people.

🖍 U S P 🖍
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Well this was a tough one! Working out your Unique Selling Point is always tough unless you're the only one who does what you do! How often does that happen though?
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So I would say my USP...is me! Lil Waxidents came from a place of wanting to give my kids an engaging activity that ticked lots of boxes when it came to their development. Creative, imaginative play that helped with fine motor skills, colour recognition and loads more. So that's the basis that I try to build Lil Waxidents on. Beautiful gifts to engage children in creative play, with numerous learning and development opportunities along the way. Each part is meticulously thought out from packaging to branding to the envelopes that arrive through your post box. And hopefully that shows when you order from me :)

🖍 M E E T T H E M A K E R 🖍
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The week has begun and today's prompt is "Seasonal".
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If you've been following me for the last few weeks, you'll know well enough that I've introduced a whole new range for Christmas. It really is my most favourite time of year and I do like to harp on about it at every opportunity!
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From Rudolph to Santa and the Gingerbread men, there's something for everyone. Stocking fillers, Christmas Eve box entertainment, a gift for nieces, nephews and all the little creative cretins in your life.
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The best part is, I've still got more to come 🎊
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🥳🎉🪅 P A R T Y T I M E 🪅🎉🥳
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With school back in full swing and Halloween around the corner, my girls social calendar is more jam packed than mine! I have an appointment with Strictly every Saturday, but that's about as exciting as it gets!
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Party Favours can be made to suit your theme or have a pic n mix type vibe with something for everyone. If you've got a party coming up, feel free to get in touch and we can put something together 🖍🥳

🎅 C H R I S T M A S D R O P 2 🎅
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Drop 2 is coming and will include this delicious selection! Rudolph and friends, Christmas Baubles and The Christmas Jumper box 🎊
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It's been a busy week at HQ and good lord it's a lot easier to get things done now the girls are in school 🤪 I'm managing to squeeze what would normally take a whole day into a few hours...and that means time for tea and park walks with a podcast! I'm easily pleased.
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Anyway, I look forward to getting these guys (and a couple more) online, this Friday 8th October at 8pm 🌲

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🎅 W E A R E L I V E 🎅
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The first Christmas drop is officially live on Etsy! I know it's only just October but I get excited as soon as Strictly starts and it's dark before 7pm!
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In all seriousness though...I do try to be organised. Each item is handmade and even though I try to build up some stock...it's just little old me in the kitchen around 2 young children. So feel free to fill your Christmas boots with my normal 3-5 day lead time and feel smug that you're off to a great start with a small business Christmas buy 😀
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Thanks so much for all your support as always ❤

🌲 C H R I S T M A S L A U N C H 🌲
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I love all my customers, obvs! But I super duper love my organised customers who order Christmas gifts in September 😂
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I've been beavering away in the background prepping Christmas sets and finalising the slight changes to packaging and I think I'm finally ready to set the date 📅
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If you're looking for stocking fillers, gifts for nieces and nephews, Christmas party favours and lots more...well you need to be around on Friday 1st October at 8pm. Set an alarm!!! See you there 🎅

It's officially the first day of Autumn, and doesn't my boiler know it! For the first time in months, the heating went on for an hour this morning...don't tell The Beard 😬 There'll be more than a chill in the air otherwise!
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These luscious little Leaves are live on Etsy just in time for the season changing 🍁🍂
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I love a little alliteration 👍

Hi! Have you missed me? I took a little social media hiatus over the summer. It was my last summer with the girls before school started and we all head into a new chapter of our lives. Some of us are taking it better than others if I'm honest, I'm a fan of hot tea and daytime naps 😂
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On a serious note though, even though Lil Waxidents didn't stop making orders and delivering luscious gifts to little people all over the country, I'm glad to be back here in a little insta bubble. Fingers crossed it's not changed too much since I last posted!
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Brand new Waxidents incoming shortly 🖍

🥰 H A P P Y C U S T O M E R S 🥰
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As a complete technophobe, it comes as no surprise that I didn't really know about Etsy reviews 🤔😬 And that's not helped by not being notified when a new one comes through!
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So I had a quiet 30 minutes yesterday reading through all the reviews my lovely customers have left over the last few months since Lil Waxidents was born ☺
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Thank you so much to everyone who has purchased my hand made in the family kitchen crayons, and to everyone who has taken the time to leave kind words on my Etsy page. I'll pay more attention from now on, promise 💕

🐚🌊 S H E S E L L S S E A S H E L L S 🌊🐚
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New set alert!!! Can you believe the detail on these little beauties? Hard to believe they're crayons isn't it!
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Keep your eyes peeled for more details, coming soon 👀

👨‍👧 F A T H E R ' S D A Y 👨‍👦
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With Father's Day less than a month away, these beautiful colouring sheets and cards will be available from Monday :)
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After a quick poll on stories last week, they will be listed as both a standalone item and an add on to any standard crayon set 🖍
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2 colouring sheets and 2 cards for £2....absolute BARGAIN!! Or you can add them to any standard crayon set for just £1!!!! Yep, a quid!
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Get involved quick before I change my mind 🙈🤣

🌳🍁🍃 A U T U M N I N M A Y 🍃🍁🌳
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I dont think any of us can stop harping on about the weather at the moment, right?
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In the early days of Lockdown one we were revelling in the sunshine with ice creams and paddling pools! Now I'm lucky if the blazing sun holds out long enough for me to pop inside and plug the lawnmower in through the window 😬
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Anyway...better days will come I'm sure. In the meantime, here's a tree to take shelter from the indecisive weather 🌳

🌈 R O Y G B I V 🌈
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Who's Roy you might be wondering?
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Well he's my way of remembering the colours of the rainbow obvs! Though he's also the bag for life toting cafe owner in Corrie and the Silver Fox Catchphrase presenter among others 🤪🤣
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It's funny the things that stick with us from childhood into adulthood. I distinctly remember being taught about Roy in school and he's still with me today 🎨 How do you remember the colours in a rainbow?
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Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet 🌈🖍

🌈🖍 S A Y M Y N A M E 🖍🌈
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If you didn't sing that like you were a member of Destiny's Child...well we probably can't be friends 🤣
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My favourite days of the week are name making days. Heading out this weekend for beautiful personalised gifts 🎁

🚀👩‍🚀 B L A S T O F F 👩‍🚀🚀
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I dont know about you, but I'm looking forward to blasting off away from this rain at some point. I want flip flop weather....not weather that flip-flops!!
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These chunky little Astro Waxidents are still in my top 3 favourites. The life span of them is light years too! Each one contains at least 4 standard sized crayons which means not only will they last, but they're chunky enough for little fingers to grip and much less likely to snap when they inevitably hit the floor 👍

🎁 S P E E D Y G I F T S 🎁
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These personalised Waxidents are winging their way to new homes this week...all in time for Eid.
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Did you know that if you order today, your gift will be in the post by Wednesday and depending on your choice of postal service...could be with the recipient by Thursday!!!
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All our Lil Waxidents are packaged beautifully and gift ready. Not to mention all personalised Waxidents get the name on the box for that extra special touch.
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Next time you forget a birthday, remember Lil Waxidents 🖍🤪

🦖🦕 D I N K Y D I N O S 🦕🦖
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Forever the best seller and favourite with the little'uns.
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They have caused some discord in the Waxidents house though...Stegosaurus, Triceratops and T-Rex are pretty much a given. But Loooooong Neck (channelling Ducky from Land Before Time whilst saying that)...the sad looking chap in blue... what is he? Some say Diplodocus, some Brachiosaurus, I just say he's my favourite 😉
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Dinky Dinos just got better too. Since my packaging has been updated, there's a bit more room in the box, so now you get 8 lil fellas instead of 6...FOR THE SAME PRICE!!! Pretty cool huh?
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Always live on my Etsy page :) Link in bio.

🧠 D I S C O N N E C T T O R E C O N N E C T 🧠
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We had a couple of very busy days last week that led to not much action on socials...then it was Bank Holiday and was home...and before I knew it I was taking a lovely break I didn't know I needed :)
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But me and my brain are back!!
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Did ya miss me? 🤪

🖖T H E V I S I O N 🖖
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Sometimes....the vision in your head doesn't really translate when you try to realise it. It's easy to spend endless hours trying, forcing even...but inevitably, you know when it's right to walk away.
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So now I've got a large amount of fingers with nowhere to go. Have you ever thought of giving someone the finger? 😬😂 Maybe I can help 👈👉