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Nature's Gift Holiday Newsletter |
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The Holiday Spirits are here! Our Christmas Season newsletter features 1. Newly arrived Canadian oils and hydrosols Canadian goodies - Balsam Fir and Scotch Pine oils had been out of stock, and arrived just in time for the holidays. Balsam Fir Hydrosol - the specific for Seasonal Affective Disorder. We've not been able to make this deepwoods scented herbal water available for several years, so are delighted to have it in stock. Also new, an old favorite of mine - Ginger Hydrosol. One of the world's yummiest 'tummy settlers'. Back in stock are Ledum and White Sage hydrosols, all available on our Hydrosol page. NEW Holiday Joy synergy - the best and brightest ever - and other holiday Synergies. This year's "Holiday Joy" synergy simply sparkles. It is a true delight. In spite of this year's skyrocketing costs, we've held the price of our three Holiday synergies to 2006 pricing, just until New Year's. News Clippings - ShopSmart Magazine (by the editors of Consumer Reports) runs an article on Aromatherapy for Stress Relief in their December/January issue. Among excellent safety warnings and suggestions, they list three sources for essential oils: your local Health Food Store, a giant supermarket chain, and www.naturesgift.com. On page two of the article, they featured one of our products as a suggested Christmas gift. We were totally surprised by the mention, and delighted. http://www.shopsmartmag.org/ Gift Suggestions and Contest: Still holiday shopping? We've put together a list of suggested gifts, and links. See them at http://www.naturesgift.com/Gift-Suggestions.htm CONTEST - .Email me with additions to the list. Any suggestions added to the page will win a prize with your next order. Please send suggestions to marge@naturesgift.com and use "gift suggestions" as the subject. 5. Visions of Sugar Plums - Holiday recipes... Mulled Cider w/ EO's, water w/ ginger hydrosol for an after dinner drink... adding a drop of Peppermint or Orange EO to your favorite fudge recipe. Make a jar of Vanilla Sugar by adding a scrap of tissue with two or three drops of Vanilla CO2, seal tightly for a week. Put in a pretty sugar bowl or decorated canning jar for an instant gift - use in coffee or tea, dust on cookies or cake or cut up fruit for instant delight For more "formalized" recipes using our essential oils or hydrosols as flavoring, go to our 'Recipes" page. 6. Featured products on our New and Special page. Angel Aromalamp FAST BUY: Chinese Geranium Oil... offered at less than our cost: See and order it our Fast Buys page. Holiday Mailing Schedule - to get your package there in time - According to the U.S. Post Office website these are the deadlines for Holiday mailing, to have your package arrive in time for Christmas. Africa and Central or South America - International Express must be mailed by
Dec. 12, International Express Military Mail, via Priority Mail, ranges from December 4 to December 11. The schedule for the different APO addresses is to be found at http://www.usps.com/holiday/mailing-holiday-deadlines.htm?from=holidayhome&page=mailingdeadlines#H2 Express Mail to most APO addresses may ship as late as December 18th. The Postal Service claims that Priority Mail (our default shipping) will be delivered on time if mailed by December 20th, and that Express Packages mailed on the 22nd will be received in time for Christmas. Personally, I wouldn't wait that long. We have had too many delays with the post office over the past few months to trust that time table. Please, folks, if you are doing your Christmas Shopping with us (and we hope you are!) give us time to mail it early. You all know by now that under normal circumstances we ship your orders either the day they are received or on the next business day. We fell a bit behind during the Cyber Monday crush. We may not be able to get your order out in as timely a fashion as we have all year long. We are doing our very best, but please, don't wait until the last minute to order. Also, remember, that EXPRESS MAIL orders always take precedence. They go to the front of the queue. Our Holiday Hours We will be shipping orders that arrive up until noon our time on Friday, December 21st. That afternoon we will close for family holidays, reopen for inventory, and resume shipping orders "Next Year"...on Wednesday, January 2nd. The phones may or may not be answered while we are here for inventory. Orders will be billed and shipped in the order received. 12 days of Christmas Gifting From December 25 through January 5th each year we give back. One order placed each day will be selected to receive a gift from us. Gifts will include a Week of Bliss, one of our Aromatherapy Beginner's Kits, a diffuser, an aroma-lamp, A Cleopatra's Secret Travel Kit, various and sundry essential oils or absolutes, books, whatever else strikes our fancy. Will you win? We don't know. But if you don't order, you can't win! Client Feedback: Cleopatra's Secret: Kathy Tillman recently wrote: "I would like to say I received
my latest shipment which included the Cleopatra Face Serum - even if it weren't
good for my skin I would still use it - it feels and smells wonderful!!"
When I wrote and asked for permission to quote her, she wrote back : "On the
Cleopatra Face Serum it would be my pleasure for you to quote. Also as an
addition to that - my husband loves the fragrance also - so that's a plus for
me!!!! He's a fan of Frankincense and Myrrh. I'm going to order the Helichrysum: Susan Farr recently wrote:
and my friend Dabney (of http://www.dabney-rose.com) distiller and perfumer par excellence, recently wrote two messages. (well, they weren't recent, the first was a few months ago: "I've been distracted lately...got a motorcycle..my first at
age 51!! even had my first (minor!) spill..after Just this week she wrote, adding another two bottles of our Rose-de-Mai absolute to her order, saying, "I'm making up a perfume to honor my father, as he gave me the name Rose! and taught me distilling..but it has ended up with my daughter's name: Rose Aimee (beloved Rose) and the Rose de Mai IS exquisite!!" We're honored to have our Rose de Mai be part of this tribute
to her dad. Pomander Ball Cleaner: (this is always in our Holiday Newsletter, for our first time readers.) (adapted from a recipe from Barbara Lucks) COLD Weather mouse invasion Came across an old Email from Linda Isbell - who said that now the cold weather has hit, the mice are trying to take up residence in her kitchen. She's found that not only does Peppermint Essential Oil keep ants away, it also discourages the mice. A few drops on cotton balls in the corners of her cabinets seem to have encouraged them to move on. Winter Wonderland Blend (from my friend Beverley, Principal of the West Coast Institute of Aromatherapy.) a great blend for the lamp or diffuser. Just a wee bit energizing. 3 drops Juniper; 6 drops Black Spruce; 3 drops Cypress; 7 drops Balsam Fir; 6 drops Pine; 1 drop Peppermint; 1 drop Benzoin; 1 drop Vanilla. Christmas Carpet Refresher I think I'm going to make a variation on my friend Wendy, of Aromaweb's, carpet cleanser/freshener for the Christmas season. Wendy's recipe, with my variation: to 4 cups of Borax (20 Mule Team, in the Laundry Aisle) add 3 mls (or 60 drops) of either Holiday Joy Synergy or Balsam Fir Essential Oil. Take a spoon and mash up the little clumps that will form when the oil hits the Borax, stir until well mixed. If the scent seems too strong to you, just add a little more Borax. Before vacuuming, I walk around the house and sprinkle it by hand in the same manner one would sow seeds. Let it sit on the carpet for 10-15 minutes, or longer if you like, and then vacuum. This formula will cover approx. 1000 square feet, give or take a little. (I keep the fur family in another room until I've finished vacuuming. Don't want them walking on the borax OR the essential oils!) Quotes of the season: Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love!
~Hamilton Wright Mabie Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! |
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