Well I’ve got the updates to the site running. I lost a bit of the formatting in the process so I have to go through all of the products again and do some editing to make it look pretty again.  I think everything works, but I have not processed an order with the new setup yet, so if you have any problems let me know right away.

The snow is finally almost melted… we’re being hammered by big winds after the snow melt and massive rainfall in the last 24 hours, so I’ve been watching the trees around our house very closely.  We just lost a huge one about an hour ago, luckily it was several yards behind the back yard and did not fall toward the house.  I watched it come down and snap like a twig, scary!

I am trying to get back into the swing of things after the holidays.   I took a much needed week and a half off after working 12-16 hour days that started in November getting holiday orders ready.  We enjoyed lots of good music, getting snowed in in Portland with great friends, getting home to record breaking snowfall, and spending Christmas at home being lazy in our pajamas playing video games and eating non stop.  Somewhere in between all of that, my new obsession with baking bread, learning to play guitar and keeping the household at a dull roar, I have to make the time to actually get some work done!  It’s so distracting working from home.

Well yet again, I think I have fixed the checkout.  When you click the “Make Purchase” button from the shopping cart, it will take you to a paypal log in screen.  You can either log in to your existing Paypal account on the right side of the screen, or if you don’t have an account, look closely to the left of the log in box and there is an option (that is unfortunatley very small and unobstrusive) that says “Don’t have a Paypal account?” and then there is a link to click that will take you to where you can use your credit card directly.  EASY!

After the holidays are over I am going to submerge myself in the website to update WP and the shopping cart.  Hopefully everything will go smoothly and things will fall into place.  If not, I will be looking at other options to speed things up and get the website (mostly my end) more efficient.

Happy Holidays!  Thank you to all of you that put in orders this year, especially in the last month.  I appreciate my clients spreading the word, I certainly could not have done this without you.  For those of you that missed out on getting orders in for the holidays (and those of you that just can’t stay away), keep an eye out, there’s a rumor going around that I may be having a January post-craziness sale to clear out the last of the holiday stock.

I keep thinking that I’m going to get better at writing a regular blog for my site, but I just keep getting so busy that my brain is all a jumble with so many things at once that it would be impossible to get them written out.  One of these days I will be diagnose with ADD, I’m sure of it.

I mentioned in my previous post (omg 2 months ago!) that there was some wholesale stuff going on, and yes indeed there is!  My products can now be purchased at Skinthia’s Full Body Spa & Massage in Lake Stevens.  If you are a local, it is really in the best interest of your well being to get in there and check it out!  I would highly recommend seeing April for some massage because she is truly talented (and you just might get my products used on your booty to boot!)

I’m preparing a Winter newsletter to get out to all of my customers, but that also keeps getting back-burnered.  I was waiting on getting the new products ready so that I could officially announce them, but I guess I’ll do that here.  I should have them on the site in the next few days, but please look forward to the new solid perfume sticks, and the most fantastic anointing balms made with Rae’s Herb Majicks oil blends.  They are truly fantastic, and I’m not just saying that because I made them… other people are saying it too, I promise!  The Herb Majicks site is also finally getting its grand makeover, so very shortly you will be able to order the incredible line of HM products online.

I am still working on the whipped shea butter recipe.  I’m not sold on it 100% yet, but I am still hopeful for it.  It will probably be a project for after the holidays.  I am also playing with the idea of producing small tins of cuticle butter, and maybe doing a hair wax which is something we already use here at home.

Ok, I am off to get started on cleaning and doing inventory after the very successful product party last night.  As soon as everything is updated I will work on getting that newsletter out and will most definitely encourage you to get your holiday orders in asap if you want them in time for Christmas!  I need to have orders in by probably the 11th or 12th of December to promise Christmas delivery.  I will be out of town again December 19-21 so will need to have everything ready to ship before then.