Day 7 of RSS feed on Blogger being down.....

Well it's day 7 and the list of belly-achers on Blogger help "Something is Broken" is growing. Our feeds are broken and therefore if you have subscribed to this feed; alas, you are not getting notification.  I feel like I am blogging into the darkness, so I am saving my best posts until all is fixed.

Today 2 beautiful Surfer Girls living in Isreal posted Thundering Surf soap in their beautiful Treasury!
I've been selling more of this soap and have just made a fresh batch!   It's great to be noticed, and this is authentically unique to CassiasGarden!


In other news, I am busily fixing my shop SEO after getting the help of a wonderful Etsy seller named Mary of SEOWebDesign.  I have alot of decisions to make about my products, and sections, and wordings.  So if you think of it, say a little prayer for Moi, that I will be able to have the wisdom to decide all that is needed at this time.   I am also working with a wonderful young lady on the East Coast with branding issues.....yep, it's ongoing.  I mean, even Starbucks is undergoing branding updates, so don't tssk tssk, now.....it's just that important!    Now is the time to do it, because before long we will be hearing sleigh bells in the snow and that's not the time to do this dirty hard hair splitting work!

One good thing that just happened....we received a gentle soaking downpour here in Montgomery, TX!   The trees and grass are smiling.  The puppies are looking in amazement at this strange phenomenon...and we feel refreshed knowing that God is smiling upon us....

So, fair reader, adieu for now!
Did you see our last post yesterday?
It's hilarious, go check it out!

A Stitch in Time

Another lovely Treasury featuring the HANDSTITCHED WORK of my fellowETSY artists!
I hate to handstitch anything, so I can especially appreciate their hard work!



My Blogger feed is down and I don't know what to do!   I have all my Blogger, Etsy, and Twitter configured to feed to my facebook page and business page and the feed won't pull.   My analytics are telling me that most of my traffic comes from facebook to my blog!  YAY!  That is good for my blog!

Oh well, difficulties will come, but it's how we handle them...right?

Onward!

Have a most beautiful weekend, my dear readers!

Panache du Paon

I seriously love peacocks, y'all! When I was a little girl growing up in Arcadia, California, my school was right across the Arboretum where they filmed the Tarzan movie. I used to go there frequently to take classes and it was one of my favorite places. There were wild peacocks running all over the place, and they used to escape every so often and come to visit my school! lol....it was so great to see these majestic and very mystical birds.





On my last trip to India, again I saw these beautiful birds just strutting around tiny streets in villages. So stunning. I picked up a bunch of the beautiful plumes and they are still in a vase in my kitchen! I just love the colors...don't you? There's just so much you can do with the lovely plumes!

What's your favorite in this picture? Me? I adore the tutu (of course!) and the beautiful Swarovski necklace....

What's Your Creative Style?

So, Y'all know I have been seriously blogging lately, right? Well I have and it really has been fun and I am making new friends! It's great to have a readership from all over the world.   It gives a sense of empowerment to push that Publish button, and then scroll down to my little widget that says,  "Who's Among Us", all credits to my friend Jessica over at Jess Clark. TV and believe it or not, I can see who is reading my blog at that very minute!

So, you stalkers, I know who you are!  I know what city you are in, and even your IP address!  No, I don't know your Social Security numbers, so stop sweating.   Truly, it would be a delight to me if you would join in on the conversation!

I digress.  I advertise on Sonya's Blog (which rocks, by the way) and I can say that she and I are similar, not as artists, mind you, but in our interests in organic, sustainable living.  The super-cali-frag-i-list- ic thing about it, is I met Sonya on ETSY where we both have online shops, and we are fellow team mates on the Success Team headed up by the fearless and oh so charming Daniellexo who is a goldsmith by background, but currently the Seller/Educator at Etsy.com Admin.  I just love danielle; she is so friendly and helpful, and ALWAYS answers  my convos promptly.  I try not to convo her too often...

I digress.

Sonya talks alot about business on her blog and has very helpful tips, recipes, and even How To's.  From what I read lately, this is a DIY generation, so those who post How To's will become successful once found!   I have been giving much thought about this....

She had posted this test on What's Your Creative Style?   I don't usually do these kinds of things but since we are so altruistically inwardly introspective as artists whose expressions are always fluid, always aspiring, always growing and evolving, I thought I would give the simple test a go.     Mind you it was hard to accurately answer all 8 or so questions, but I did my best.

This is Me:   (I know you have ALWAYS been dying to know, haha...so I now bare my living soul)

Creativity is a release

For you, creativity is first and foremost a form of expression: it creates a special link between the internal and external worlds. It allows you to get a grasp of your powerful emotions, by moulding them into a physical form. In fact, the most important thing for you is to be able to release your emotions. You need to be able to touch them or look at them in concrete form, and to do that you have to find a way to make them come alive. This is how your desires and anxieties take shape. Keeping things bottled up creates a tension that can only be resolved once you have expressed how you feel. This means you have to be strong enough not to let yourself get swept away by chaotic impulses; if you turn your creative urges on everyday life — making a picnic, singing to the baby, choosing what to wear — you can express yourself while staying rooted in reality. Creativity is principally cathartic. It relieves a deep need, an almost primal, archaic impulse. For you, being creative is about having the power to give form to something you feel, to those deep personal issues that are often raw and disorganised. For these reasons you are usually attracted to art that demands physicality, that allows you to express what’s inside, and that unites spontaneity, strength, freedom, power and movement. • To find out about how to tap into your creative side, see our feature in the August issue out now.

To which, by the way, I wholeheartedly concur, in fact.

Here is a pictorial "Word Cloud" of my company mission; my WHY.

What is YOUR WHY?


Have you visited it for awhile?


Or, are you just stuck with your nose in Google Analytics?


Yep, I thought so.


Yep, I know....me too.




So, What's Your Creative Style?   


Go ahead, take the test!  Be sure to share your results with all 43 of us! 
We're dying to know!


Thanks for stopping by!
See you tomorrow!

PERFUME SALE! Now through Midnight Sunday 6/05

Fair Readers, we are having a spectacular PERFUME SALE!   NOW THROUGH MIDNIGHT June 6th, Buy one, get one 1/2 OFF!  That equals 30% off retail price. Use code BOGOPERFUME at checkout for perfumes only.

We just added two new fragrances to our collections, that are PERFECT for Summertime!
These are not up on the website yet, so you will have to comment to ask me for a listing....

ciel lazuline  a light floral fragrance with topnotes of Sicilian citron, Granny Smith applies and bluebells, entwined with middle notes of jasmine, bamboo and white rose, rounded off with cedar, amber and musk...


and....


l'eau sucrée an exquisite fragrance that is the memory of something delicious with the taste just lingering....like a light an airy meringue, with notes of orange blossoms, wild berries,  and vanilla.  


So lovelies, I will be designing the labels and preparing these to list on my site, so if you want, please do comment below and I will fix you right up!

Search our perfumed oils here:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/CassiasGarden?section_id=6348684

Or: our 100% natural aromatherapy living perfume oils here:

http://www.etsy.com/shop/CassiasGarden?section_id=6864561

Stock up and save!

Would you like to know what our best sellers are?

BlackAmber&Lavender:  http://www.etsy.com/listing/48395902/black-amber-and-lavender-33-oz-roll-on
Fleurs d'Oranger:  http://www.etsy.com/listing/46418995/fleurs-doranger-type-perfume-oil-33-oz
Karma:  http://www.etsy.com/listing/37432978/karma-type-essential-roll-on-perfume-33
Royal Princess:  http://www.etsy.com/listing/46272271/royal-princess-perfume-oil-a-delectable
Sugar Plum & Lemon Drop:  http://www.etsy.com/listing/71607762/sugar-plum-lemon-drop-perfume-oil
Saffron & Honey:  http://www.etsy.com/listing/57388097/exotic-saffron-and-sweet-honey-perfume
Pink Peony:  http://www.etsy.com/listing/73538658/pink-peony-33-oz-roll-on-perfume-oil

Cassia Aromatic Oils NEVER contain alcohol. Perfumer's alcohol, which at the very least is very drying to skin, and not good to retain the scent of your precious oils, has also been found to contain dangerous hormone disrupting chemicals. Think early onset puberty, and a host of other maladies. Yes. Also, the oil we have mixed with the aromatic oil helps retain the scent longer while conditioning your skin. Why would you want to waste your precious hard earned money spraying fragrance into the air. Wear it close to you. Apply to pulse points, décolletage just after bathing for best results.

In many cultures around the world, women apply coconut and or scented oil to their locks along with fresh blossoms. I watched in amazement as young women walked to school and to work with the perfumed oil in their hair in India. The fragrance was so bequiling. In fact, men love a woman to dress her tresses in this way. It will add shine and condition your hair, keep frizzies away and allure all in the same moment....try it!

Never apply to wrists and then rub or grind them together. This "crushes" the delicate fragrance molecules.....I did this for years, by the way, never knowing.

Would you like to try before you buy? You can!

http://www.etsy.com/listing/71471162/three-perfume-oils-samples-15-dram-75-ml

You pick any three and we ship for $5.00 plus the cost of a postage stamp!

Or pick any five here: 

http://www.etsy.com/listing/46850603/set-of-5-sample-spray-perfume-oil-for-15

Each sample is good for multiple uses, depending on how much you decide to apply.

Blended with fractionated coconut oil.

My dear friend, may your life, 
your body
your boudoir
your bath
be ALWAYS fragrant!


Oh, and, do you want to know about future sales?  I would!   Why don't you migrate on over to our Facebook Fan Page and like us?    Then you'll be the first to find out about sales, specials, promotions and giveaways!   Thank you!

Au revoir!

See you at the shop!

A Man who Loves Color: The Tall Paintings of Holton Rover

Hi everyone!

This video has been floating around YouTube and it totally fascinated me.
You know how I LOVE COLOR!  
Would this not be awesome to make in soap?
Like a psychedelic soap?  
 Like my awesome
Odyssey Soap - Blast from the Past?
Yep, I do think it would!

When I get ready to do this project, I will do a You Tube rendition or just basic shots of
the pour.   Took me awhile to find a piece of wood that was 2" square; the cylindrical shape
must be heavy enough to withstand the pour, and tall enough and perfectly square.   My darling
husband trimmed mine down for me and now I'm all ready to go!

What do YOU think I should make?    What colors, fragrances, or essential oils?
Share!

OK, lovies, more later!
Hugs!

 I LOVE COLOR!  I LOVE COLOR! 

 I LOVE COLOR!  I LOVE COLOR! 

 I LOVE COLOR!  I LOVE COLOR! 

 I LOVE COLOR!  I LOVE COLOR! 

 I LOVE COLOR!  I LOVE COLOR! 

 I LOVE COLOR!  I LOVE COLOR!