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Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Frankincense and Myrrh

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In my imagination, things were going to slow down once the shop finally got finished and open. Yes, I can hear you chuckling, and as the wh...
Monday, November 28, 2005

opening weekend

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We opened our little shop doors on Friday. It was a fun weekend, even if I'd forgotten what hard work retail can be. The weather turne...
Friday, November 25, 2005

The shop and stuff

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Well first, I thought I'd share an image of Thanksgiving at my sister's house yesterday. Her dining room and kitchen are open and th...
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Black Friday.... and they're off!!!

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We've spent the last couple of months whipping up all sorts of goodies to put in the shop along with our books, jewelry, and soaps. Tod...
Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Design your own postage!

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Ok, this is totally off topic, but I saw the coolest thing ever today! At photostamp.com you can make real postage stamps with the photo o...
Sunday, November 20, 2005

product review heaven

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There are a lot of pros and cons to editing a magazine. One of the cons is trying to be fair. Here at The Essential Herbal , there are time...
Monday, November 14, 2005

Why Blog? ... and some shop shots

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The other day I was talking to a friend who started a blog, but can't get into it. The conversation made me think about how much fun thi...
Saturday, November 12, 2005

Meeting Mary Ellen and the Juniper story

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The other day we headed up to The Rosemary House again, this time because one of our regular writers, Mary Ellen Wilcox (left) of SouthRidge...
Thursday, November 10, 2005

Leaves and 10,000 Villages

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This morning I noticed that the leaves lying on the ground are spectacular this year. Some of them seem to have borders around them of dif...
Tuesday, November 08, 2005

salt soap recipe

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The following article appeared in the July ’05 issue of The Essential Herbal Magazine , written by Maryanne Schwartz . The original idea was...
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Sunday, November 06, 2005

working on the Frog Hollow shop

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Today was supposed to be a day filled with lots and lots of productivity. We've gotten thrown off by several things, and finally got th...
Thursday, November 03, 2005

Still Life... sorta :-)

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Today we took our brother home.  He's so much better than he was 2 days ago.  Here he's attempting to look crazed.  That's a hob...
Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Balsam Fir Sachets and Spice Clay Ornaments

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We got a breather today from the trips to watch over our brother, and actually got to play in the studio for a little while. While I jumped...
Monday, October 31, 2005

the many floors of a hospital

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Over the years, I've spent lots of time in hospitals. We have a fairly large family, and that tends to mean that occasionally someone g...
Thursday, October 27, 2005

The frost is on the pumpkin....

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We had our first frost of the season last night.  Its a few weeks late for our area, and considering that daylight savings time is over in a...
Tuesday, October 25, 2005

An Herbal Halloween

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Right now the weather is ugly. It has me going back in time, to other Autumns, other Halloweens, and the deep blue skies, crisp breezes, and...
Thursday, October 20, 2005

The Ones That Got Away

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You should see the pictures I took today! It was one of those incredible autumn days where the trees are ablaze and the sky is so blue it m...
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Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Spice Clay, Simmering Potpourri, and ....

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We've been working on a few products for the holidays, mostly for the shop at Frog Hollow.  The are also up on the website under "F...
Monday, October 17, 2005

clay ornaments, and walking around

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The idea of pressing plants into polymer clay for tree ornaments has been rattling around in my head lately, and today was the day.  They ar...
Sunday, October 16, 2005

renaissance faire - visiting old friends

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My sister was gifted with a couple comp tickets for the renaissance festival where we honed our "herb lady" skills. This was wher...