Another golden beauty to add to my collection
September 3, 2008
I just bottled up the blend of my dried wild plum/magnolia/peach blossom infused oil.
I used the blossoms from my own organically grown trees.
This little bottle holds a little over one cup. Precious drops indeed !
I started this blend at the end of April and I just finished it on 9-1-08.
This took 4 months - so you see why my perfumes are indeed a Luxury item.
Still though, I charge less for my perfumes than many other Natural Perfumers out there do. And I do not use absolutes or concretes... like most of them do .
Instead, I coax the scents - the very essence itself out of each of my flowers/fruits/spices/herbs... slowly and patiently to get a pure infused oil with no chemicals used and no additives either except for a little vitamin E to keep the oil from going rancid before it can be enjoyed by the wearer.
I will use some of this and some of at least one other of my infused oils in a special blend for my Mom.
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all natural perfume, moms perfume, natural perfume, perfume, perfume oils, perfumed oils, pure, scent, solid perfume
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Yes, we are open today !
September 1, 2008
Diana's Vintage & Gift Shop is open today from 11am - 4:30pm just as a normal Monday (or Wednesday for that matter).
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hours, hours of operation, open, open hours, visiting times
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Progress on Mom's perfume...
August 31, 2008
I am slowly making progress on the perfume blend that I am making especially with my Mom in mind.
I am drying some of my little wild plums that I picked today. When they are completely dried, I will infuse them into oil to capture the scent/essence of them.
I also strained out the various blossoms that I have been infusing for several weeks. This took many hours to make sure I got all of the precious oils from it.
Oh, it smells so good so far - like a earthy-nutty-slightly fruity wonderful thing... .
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moms perfume
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Hurry up - peaches !
August 30, 2008
The peaches are just about ready.
Hopefully in a day or 2, I can harvest them.
I will take some of them and dry them so that I can infuse them in oil for my Mom's perfume.
Of course, I will make a bunch of my famous peach jelly too - Yuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmmy.
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Anyone have an extra well pump ???
August 27, 2008
Mine quit today - well actually, it didn't quit - it was leaking water all over the place each time it came up so we had to shut it down.
So, now I have no water.
Of course, this is the week I wanted to scrub my carpet - LOL
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Handmade Goat Milk soaps listed in my BiSi online store
August 25, 2008
I have been s-l-o-w-l-y getting my handmade goat milk soaps listed in my BiSi online store.
As I get them wrapped up,weighed, and descriptions written AND have the time to upload it all - More will be listed each week.
Keep checking for your favorites.
Organically yours,
Diana
http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/
http://www.dianascraft-antiqueshop.4t.com/
http://www.squidoo.com/OrganicandNatural
http://www.squidoo.com/NaturalProductsbyDiana
http://www.squidoo.com/AllNaturalPerfume
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all natural soap, dianas soaps, goat milk soap, goatmilk soap, handmade goat milk soap, handmade goatmilk soap, handmade soap, herbal soaps, natural soap, online shopping, pure soap, shop online, shopping, soap
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My Jasmine & Myrrh is a hit !
August 24, 2008
Everyone loves my newest Luxury solid perfume - Jasmine & Myrrh.
It is very light and subtle - not overpowering like commercial perfumes.
Here's a link with more information about my perfumes :
http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/category/All-natural-Perfumes_38928_Page1.html
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jasmin, jasmine, jasmine flowers, myrrh, natural perfumes, perfume, scent, solid perfume
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I listed another Neck Pillow - Travel Pillow
August 20, 2008
I have added another neck pillow - travel pillow to my BiSi online store.
This is another of my hand-cut,hand-sewn and hand-filled items that would make for a unique gift for that one-of-a-kind person on your gift giving list.
Organically yours,
Diana
http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/
http://www.dianascraft-antiqueshop.4t.com/
http://www.squidoo.com/OrganicandNatural
http://www.squidoo.com/NaturalProductsbyDiana
http://www.squidoo.com/AllNaturalPerfume
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designer gift, gift, handmade, lavender, natural, natural scent, neck, neck pillow, pillow, roses, scented, travel, travel pillow, unique gift
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Added more Eye Pillows to my store
August 18, 2008
I have listed a few more designs of my hand-sewn eye pillows - eye masks.
Each is hand-cut, hand-sewn and hand-filled/stuffed by me so even when the same fabric style is used, each finished item is a unique gift - a one-of-a-kind original by Diana's Vintage & Gift Shop.
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designer, eye mask, eye pillow, gift, handmade gift, lavender, one of a kind, one-of-a-kind, original, scent, scented, unique, unique gift
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Room scenting pillows
August 15, 2008
These decorate your room and softly scent it too !
I just listed 6 of them in my online store.
These 6 will be fine alone or they will coordinate very well together.
3 of them have lavender buds inside only and 3 of them have lavender buds- rose petals - lilac flowers inside for the scent.
As usual, if you want several items from my store shipped to you - email me and I will add in a little extra something as a thank you to compensate for the shipping charges. There is no way to combine shipping as of yet on the shopping site - so I like to add in a little gift to make up for it somewhat.
Again, for the local folks who do not need shipping - email me with what you want and when you will come to pick it up. Then I can remove it from my online store.
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gifts, lavender, on line store, online store, pillows, scent, scent a room, shop, shopping, web store
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More eye masks-pillows listed on my online store
August 14, 2008
I listed 5 more of my handmade eye masks/pillows today.
I have room scenting pillows to list, but the site was moving VERY slow today and quit working a few times too. I will try to list them Friday.
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eye masks, eye pillows
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A little closer...
August 13, 2008
Okay, I took some photos today and wrote up some descriptions too.
Hopefully I can find time to list these Thursday.
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progress made on getting more items listed
August 11, 2008
I have several eye masks/pillows made up and just measured them.
I also measured the few neck pillows, dream/room scenting pillows (larger and smaller ones both), and sachets that i have made.
I will try to write up the descriptions and maybe even get some of them listed on my BiSi shopping site on Wednesday.
Organically yours,
Diana
My virtual storefront:
http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/
My main website :
http://www.dianascraft-antiqueshop.4t.com
My Squidoo :
http://www.squidoo.com/OrganicandNatural
http://www.squidoo.com/NaturalProductsbyDiana
http://www.squidoo.com/AllNaturalPerfume
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bisi, buy it sell it, dream pillow, eye mask, eye pillow, sachet, scent, shop, shopping, sleep pillow
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I will be listing some soaps... soon
August 4, 2008
I have some soaps ready to list - they just need weighed, priced and descriptions written.
I will also be listing some more neck pillows and eye masks too - as soon as I get them measured, priced and descripions written.
Once school starts, I'll have more time to get caught up on my orders and on lsting items in my store.
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goat milk soap, shopping, soap
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Family Reunion
August 3, 2008
Our family reunion was today at Aunt Linda and Uncle Butch's house.
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It has been a bad month
July 17, 2008
Sorry for getting behind folks.
This past several weeks has been awful !
I wont go into details here, but hopefully I can start to get caught up on some of my work soon.
Organically yours,
Diana
My virtual storefront:
http://organicgiftsbydiana.mybisi.com/
My main website :
http://www.dianascraft-antiqueshop.4t.com
My Squidoo :
http://www.squidoo.com/OrganicandNatural
http://www.squidoo.com/NaturalProductsbyDiana
http://www.squidoo.com/AllNaturalPerfume
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Grandma's Honeysuckle
June 23, 2008
We spent a few hours yesterday and about an hour today harvesting a whole bunch of Grandma's honeysuckle blossoms.
I still need a bunch more, but it started to rain so we had to quit for today.
I will use some for a perfume and soap too.
I might even use some in a Bath salt tea to match.
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bath salts, honeysuckle, perfume, soap
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Gather - a place for writers, designers and other creative folk
June 16, 2008
"School's Out For Summer !"
June 9, 2008
I will be trying to catch up on all of my work while everyone is here for Summer break.
Yeah, right - LOL
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Yet another family funeral
May 29, 2008
I just got back from my cousin Goldon's funeral. He was in his mid 50's and died of a "heart attack".
This is how so many of the deaths in that side of the family get written up - eventhough we all know it is likely from the Marfan Syndrome.
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Have you been Squidoo-ing ?
May 27, 2008
I have two more Squidoo lenses: If you get a minute, please let me know what you think.
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all natural perfume, handmade, natural, natural perfume, natural products, organic, perfume, squidoo
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Time for repairs
May 26, 2008
We moved some more furniture around and did house cleaning again.
We also removed the sink and the under-cabinet in the bathroom because it was in pretty bad shape. Hopefully I can get it replaced SOON.
I also need to do some work on the bathroom floor as the OLD tiles are all beat up and grab the mop.
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For Lisa and Rich
May 25, 2008
Happy Anniversary !
I hope you got your card on time :)
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Sandalwood & Vanilla perfume is coming along
May 22, 2008
The Sandalwood & Vanilla blend is coming along nicely.
The vanilla beans started giving their essence almost as soon as I added them to the oil.
The sandalwood chips are just now starting to release a little scent to the mix.
In another week or 2, this blend might be finished. We'll see.
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natural perfume, natural scent, perfume, pure scent, sandalwood, sandalwood and vanilla, solid perfume, vanilla
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More Cleaning
May 21, 2008
My son and I cleaned some of the the carpets, the bathroom, and picked up the fur from my long-haired cat. You wouldn't think he had any fur left as there was Sooooooooooooooooooo much shed all over the cats tower/bed - LOL
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Mom's perfume blend
May 20, 2008
The almost sickeningly sweet floralness of the fruit blossoms is gone now and it has taken on an earthy sweetness. There is almost a nutty quality to it.
Very interesting !
I will be adding the dried organic fruit peels to the infusion in a few days to hopefully get the scent blend that she wants.
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natural perfume, natural scent, perfume, perfume for mom, pure scent
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Spring cleaning again !
May 19, 2008
My son and I spent the morning and early afternoon dusting, vacuuming and rearranging furniture.
It is starting to look very nice. I will have to finish on Wednesday because I had to work on my two infusions for my next perfumes and work on the computer a little too.
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auction at the Hubbard Flea Market
May 17, 2008
There was an auction at the Hubbard Flea Market today.
It featured antique dolls and arcade games mostly, but there were also many other items too.
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antiques, auction, dolls, flea market, hubbard, hubbard flea market, hubbard ohio
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Do you Squidoo ?
May 15, 2008
I joined today and made a lens.
If you want to write your own page, go here:
http://www.squidoo.com/lensmaster/referral/OrganicGiftsByDiana
Look for my lens "Organic Gardening and Natural Living"
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lens, squidoo
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Photos of first 2 completed perfumes
May 14, 2008
I finally had a chance to finish my first two perfumes and take photos.
I have listed these two on my webstore. You can find the link on my home page.
Here is a photo of my Frankincense & Pink Roses solid perfume and my Jasmine & Myrrh solid perfume:
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frankincense, jasmine, myrrh, natural perfume, natural scent, perfume, pink roses, roses, scent, solid perfume
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