End of a amazing season.

Thank you to everyone that showed me so much support  this season at the Eagle Idaho Saturday market.    From the greenhouse grown plants to my handmade soaps and. Tinctures and teas and herbs everyone was so supportive. I’m grateful that I can make a humble living  doing what I love. So Thank you!  And with that....Well, its a wrap.  Seriously... food wraps that replace foil.  So much better for you.  The crowd at the farmers market loved them so I will be posting them her for sale here so you can get yours too.  

A lot of people are asking me where they can get my products since the farmers market has ended for the season so I said I would load my products here . I will do it forstbweek of November because I have just two weeks to prepare for two big events coming up and frankly, finding the time to sit at my computer for any long period of time is just not going to happen.   The Pinners conference in Utah is taking up my hours prepping for a  scrapbooking booth with Kiwi Lane Templates.   Winter is all about promoting my craft business by teaching classes.  

Check out my scrapbooking template website at      Create.kiwilane.com/Mary. 

New offerings at the Eagle Saturday Market.

It’s been a amazing year at the Eagle Saturday Market and It’s not over yet.  I’ve been listening to my customers and one thing that has been asked of me to make with my bees wax is food wraps.  Basically baked cotton fabric with bees wax will replace foil and plastic and help save the environment one wrap at a time.  Bye bye to toxic foil and plastic .
 Food wraps are reusable , safe and economical. 

I also will be offering our freshly harvested Local Honey and bees wax candles.  

 Yummy smells and tastes for your senses.  Our honey is raw .  Beneficial for you. 

I also will be selling my herbs and Tea blends  as we’ve been approved by the health department and are legal to sell now.  No chemicals .. only the good stuff! 

And of course my lucious Body Butter is lighter and fluffier than the last batch.   This time I added pure lavender oil tonit to add to the healing attributes and compliment the. Plantain, comfrey and calendula.  

Good for what ails the skin. 

Eagle Farmers Market

Hi everyone, I’ve been super busy and haven’t updated this for a while and for that I apologize.  My grandchildren came to visit, the garden and keeping the family busy with summer activities took over my life. They left this morning so now I had the time to sit and update a few things.  First being my blog.  The Eagle Idaho Farmers Market has been a wonderful blessing as far as selling my plants and my herbal items.  The Tinctures are working and everyone is loving my bath products.  So if your from Idaho and have stopped by my booth THANK YOU.  It’s very exciting when someone takes the time to let me know that my herbal recommendations worked.   Here’s a few pictures of what my booth looks like. 

Altered box for tinctures

As a Herbalist, nothing makes me happier than making plant medicine.  As a crafter, artist, nothing makes me happier than creating something.   This little piece took 4 weeks to complete and I learned this technique from a little lady living in the country in Ontario that was happy to teach me.   I took felt, gesso, paint and a few other ingredients and wham. Transformed a box into a beautiful carrier for my Tinctures and salves.  Love it and am thinking of my next project.   
 Inside holds my saves and tinctures

3-D  front  is “ day”

The other side is night

When the box is open... it reads ... I am a day dreamer( on the day side)  And a night thinker( on the night side) 

Not seen when open unfortunately, but I had nowhere else to place these words.Day is over, tonight has come. Today is gone. Embrace your dreams,as tomorrow comes with a whole new light. 

My set up at the Eagle Idaho Farmers Market.  The tincture box was a hit with many visitors. 

Herbals and my passion for them,

I have always gardened. I mean as long as I can remember even as a little girl... I've always had plants that I have nurtured.  Watching them grow and bloom or produce food has always fascinated me. There were times when I lived in apartments or small townhomes... even in those times I have had planter gardens.   When my children came along I always included them in whatever growing we could do at the time.  Flowers, Vegetables were my thing form many years.  Now that I have acres in Idaho...a huge greenhouse  and a huge garden to experiment with I have  enjoyed growinga variety of things over the past 5 years.  Lufa, Gourds,  sunflowers galore in every color imaginable. Vegetables galore.  Something was always missing in my gardens... and that something was Herbs.  Sure I'd throw in cilantro or chives once in a while... but I have always wanted to learn more about herbs.  Culinary and Medicinal herbs.  Gotta eat, may as well grow what I can of my own culinary Herbs.. but.. dare I step into the realm of Medicinal Herbs?  Dare I?.... well. I have.  This year for the very first time I dedicated  two entire large large garden beds to Herbs... and I am giddy with the results.  I have so many herbs that I don't even know all that I can make with these herbs.... So, I took a herbal course from Herbal Healer Acadamy.  Its a very intensive herbal education that had me reading 4 books and doing homework that included making tinctures, balms, salves, liniments, polstices, and more.   I'm so excited to know now .. that this is going to be the source of financial supplement for ken and I. I have decided that I'm getting into the Herbal business and sell my products here online .  So , look out for updates on my herbal offerings as well as medicinal teas and tea accessories.   The Name of my little herbal business is Essentially Mary ... Essential because natural medicines are a essential element in health.. and mary .. well, what else would I call it... essentially its the heart of Mary... because if you know me.. anything I do .. I put all of me into it.   I have had a facebook page for 4 years already called Essentially Mary I had indulged myself in making body butters, sugar scrubs, lip balms, Bubble baths and essential oil bath salts...  thinking I would focus on bath pampering products.  I am delighted to also offer Good herbal products homemade by me as well as Tea Blends and accessories.  And of course I will always have My essential oil classes and oils available.  Love my Oils.