Lavender Gift Baskets

Everyone Loves Lavender & my Lavender Gift Basket is a popular Gift! I ship them around the country and make Lots of People :)


Think I'll come up with a New Gift Basket for Father's Day~ They like getting Yummy smelling Gifts in the Mail too~ I'll have to include my new Fudge Brownie Candle and Butterscotch Bundt Cakes........Hmmm This is sounding more like a PMS Gift Basket!



Aren't these Garden Markers Adorable!! Besides sticking them in my Potted plants, I use them in Gift Baskets, tied w/ Homespun on the Outside or tucked into a Gift Basket with Fresh Herbs~~~ Super Cute!

Organic Soaps & Salves

Finally a Sunny Day~ I Rushed home from the shop this afternoon to take advantage of the "light" and get some good pics of my Soaps & Salves.

Out of the Box contributions

Finished a bunch of Sweet Orange & Lavender Sample candles for my contribution to "Out of the Box Sampler" Phew!



I'm also working on a bunch of Sweet Orange & Lavender Tarts for the box as well. It's been Fun!

NEW!! Bite-Size Beeswax Melting Tarts in my "Primitive-Home" Scent~


Scrumptious!!!

Spooky Photo Shoot

I took my camera with me this morning while Spooky and I explored the yard. She's feeling much better (thanks to organic food, herbs & love) and she had her sight on a nearby red squirrel.




Soon after the picture was taken, she ran as fast as she could back over to the house. Not very brave that Spooky :)

Blueberry Muffin Candles

I've been having fun making NEW candles & tarts!
They seem to have a theme to them~ Cakes, Muffins & Pies!!!

Here's my Blueberry Muffin Soy Candle and Melting Tarts







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New Primitive Pottery

Aren't these ADORABLE!!


My New Salt & Pepper Shakers with Red berry & vine design are the perfect addition to your Primitive Dinnerware!

Printed Catalogs

CATALOGS are Finally Ready to Mail!! Between everything else, I've been working on a print catalog for my retail and wholesale customers and I'm finally finished~ Phew! Of course I've already come up with new products that need to be added to them~ but for me that's to be expected :)



~NEW PRODUCTS~
Cottage Garden Primitive Soap: Made with my Organic Flowers & Herbs plus Essential oils of Rose Geranium & Lavender. I've also attached a rusty Watering Can. Too cute!




Plus I've created "Primitive HOME" melting tarts and Country Cupboard Melting Tarts. My candles have been very popular in these scents so I thought I'd offer Tarts too~



These are All really Fun to Make!

I'm also participating in "Out of the Box Sampler" May Sample Box, if anyone is interested just check out their website www.outoftheboxsampler.com

The Crow's Nest also has an updated Logo! I've been busy working with Deb at Deb's Lost Treasures to create this logo and I'm very pleased!
My offerings have changed and "grown" over the past few years and I felt it was time to reflect that in my logo. Besides creating Prim, grubby, spicy items I enjoy working with beeswax, organic flowers & herbs too, and I feel it should reflect in my logo as well:)


Thanks for all the Positive Feedback!!

Lavender~Vanilla Votive Candles

She Just Can't Help Herself!! LOL!!

Such a "Camera-Hog"






I was just trying to get a picture of my new Lavender-Vanilla Votives when little Miss Spooky jumped on the scene :)

New Spicy Candles

NEW!!

~COUNTRY CUPBOARD CANDLES~

These came out Great!! All made with the Yummy Scents you'd find in Grandma's "Country Cupboard" including~

Cinnamon, Allspice, Cloves, Ginger & Vanilla
Mmmmmmmmm!

New Herb Garden Soy Candles

To Celebrate the Coming of Spring I've been busy making HERBAL goodies!!
The crocus's and snowdrops are starting to poke their little heads up out of the ground~ that's all I needed to see!!!!!

Here's the New Herb Garden Soy Candles~



And my New Herb Garden Votive Candles~


A warm Thank-You to all of Spooky's friends!
She's had a GREAT week!
We owe it to all of your prayers :)

Poor Spooky

Please send a prayer for Spooky~




Our sweet little Spooky has been having unexplained seizures for the past few weeks.

She's made many "friends" on-line and we know the power of prayer~ so we're asking :)


Spooky came into our lives almost 10 years ago. She was abandoned in a box along with 8 other cats when she was only a few weeks old.


I managed to find good homes for all of the other cats and Spooky has stayed in our family ever since.

We LOVE her very much!!

Primitive Pottery

Snowing AGAIN, here in New England~
Besides doing the ~normal chores around the house today, I thought I'd rearrange my pottery and displays~


I just LOVE how these blue rimmed plates go with my collection of blue glass~






Got the Winter BLUES?

Get Inspired~ Go thru your basements & attic. I'm sure you'll find some old wooden crates, tins or ceramic plates that you could use in a display.
Start organizing your Homespun Fabrics, fold them nice & neatly and display them in that wooden crate you just found~
Besides adding New (really old) things, remember to TAKE-AWAY items that have been on display for a bit too long :)

Hand-Dipped Beeswax Tapers

Besides my new Beeswax Tapers, I've been busy making Hand-Dipped Beeswax tapers too!!




I'll be posting all the new fragrances for my Soy Jar Candles shortly~

Beeswax Tapers

New Beeswax TAPERS!

Love Em!!




I'm having Lots of Fun making these!!

Cottage Garden Candle Lights

Cottage Garden Candle Lights are Ready~
Just in time for Valentine's Day!




Here's a few shots of my big helper "Spooky"
I snuck up on her while she was taking over my Blog~~~










Little Devil :)

Happy 2009

Happy New Year!!

Guess this means I have to take down my Christmas trees & decorations!

That's ok because I'm already excited about Valentine's Day! Whoohoo!!!





I started making some new goodies for the shop. Lots of Roses & Dried flowers, beeswax & Sweet Annie. I'm going to also be making some new Flicker lights rolled in Rose petals & Lavender, Rose petal Pomanders & New Cottage Garden Candles.


Plus I'm creating Organic Lip Balms that I'm hoping will be ready for the "BIG" day!!
Check back~ there's more to come :)

Holiday Decorating

It's a Snowy Sunday today~ perfect for Holiday Decorating!
I love how the Primitive Pottery looks in this old hutch we found in Vermont a few weeks ago.




Spooky loves Holiday decorating too!!




Soon after this picture was taken she jumped over to the Christmas tree and started smacking the ornaments around~
If she only knew that Santa was watching :)

Prim-Herbal Recipes

Check out my new RECIPE link!
I've started to put together a collection of my Prim~Herbal Recipes and Formulas.



Check back~ there's more to come!