Yearly Archives: 2011

I have felt so bad for Andee since she sprained her ankle. She hobbles around here doing what she can without her ankle paining her. 🙁 I decided to make a menthol cream to give her some relief. This butter also makes a great way to start spring. I wanted […]

Spring Relief Menthol Butter

March 28, 2011 in Fast and Simple Gifts / Lotions and Creams by Taylor

Deena emailed in asking for help to formulate a lip balm that she could put in our Daisy Butter Pots. Today, I will share that recipe with you. Deena was interested in a softer lip balm. For that reason, I used Mango Oil. Mango Oil is one of the softer […]

Deena’s Daisy Lip Balm

March 24, 2011 in Fast and Simple Gifts / Lip Balms by Taylor

I am thrilled to announce that we now carry Helichrysum Essential Oil! I have been so excited for this new product, I can’t stand it. I have a snipit of a song running through my head. “Celebrate good times, come on!” I can’t wait to get into the blog kitchen […]

New Product – Helichrysum Essential Oil

March 23, 2011 in Notices and Alerts / Thoughts from The Sage by Taylor

Last time I visited with everyone I was cleaning my desk. I would like to report that my desk is MUCH cleaner now that I have cleared a few projects, had the blog team ship the 1 oz bottle samples AND prepared a few new items for the catalog. Today […]

Tea Tuesday – Good Hope Vanilla – Pomegranate Vanilla

March 22, 2011 in Community Pursuits by Tina

In my spare time I love surfing the websites of various soapmakers and crafters to see all the cool things that people make. My home computer has LOTS of bookmarked websites that I find inspirational. Several weeks ago, I helped put a little gift package together for Emily Caswell since […]

Special Feature: Emily Caswell of GCDSpa.com

March 21, 2011 in Featured Crafters / Thoughts from The Sage by Andee

I had such a fabulous time making all of these Lemon Poppy Seed Cookie themed products, I just had to share a Lemon Poppy Seed Cookie recipe. This cookie recipe is from the cookbook Baking Illustrated from America’s Test Kitchen. These cookies are soft and chewy with a fabulous lemon […]

Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies

March 18, 2011 in Food and Recipes / Thoughts from The Sage by Taylor

This lotion is as fabulous as the scent! It is super yummy smelling. It makes me so hungry. This lotion is a great way to a foodies heart. I found the when the staff got a whiff of this one, they would pounce on me and seize my jar of […]

Lemon Cookie Lotion

March 17, 2011 in Lotions and Creams by Taylor

I had such a great time yesterday when making the Lemon Poppy Seed Soap, I just had to make a lip balm to go with it. Ok. Maybe those fabulous looking soaps have inspired me to make a Lemon Poppy Seed Cookie inspired line. We will have to see what […]

Lemon Cookie Lip Balm

March 15, 2011 in Lip Balms by Taylor

Okay, I will admit it. I LOVE spring. I spend all of my time making spring themed products and I bake up a storm. I was browsing through one of my favorite baking books when I ran across an interesting recipe. Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies. Well, that just caused the […]

Lemon Poppy Seed Soap

March 14, 2011 in Cold Process Soap / Soap by Taylor

I have several fragrances on my desk that have accumulated there for testing purposes. The funny thing is I often use a Perfume Testing Strip and sample the scent then do nothing more with that particular bottle. These bottles vary in size but most are 1 fl oz. Would you […]