GreenGoddess Gal's Wild Sense Blog

Christmas in July Coming Up!

2011-06-14T12:48:00.000-05:00

Sneak Advance Notice! Be sure to check my Artfire shop next month! http://WildSense.artfire.com

Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms out there!

2011-05-08T10:34:00.000-05:00

May you all enjoy your special Day to the fullest!

Ladies Night Event Angus Steakhouse Litchfield!!!

2011-04-05T15:51:00.000-05:00

This will be a great shopping opportunity as well as a fantastic meal! For a mere $10 your fee will include Buffet, Drink, Games, Raffle and Giveaways. Of course Wild Sense aromatics will be giving away a huge gift basket full of goodies, as well as scratch off tickets to win products including lip balms and free handmade soaps. Vendors featured will be Wild Sense, The Chandellier Boutique (

Considering some Changes

2011-02-08T15:14:00.000-06:00

Good afternoon from a very nippy southern Illinois. It's a chilly 10ºF here today! I've been thinking on and off about reviewing some other handmade soapmakers here on my blog. If you would like to see something like this happen, please let me know by giving me some feedback! I think it would be a fun way to promote some of my friends and of course, people are still looking at my items, so I

ICE STORM!

2011-02-06T10:22:00.001-06:00

Managed to get these up from the 1st and 2nd of Feb, despite having a horrendous toothache/abscess. Enjoy- especially if you're warm and toasty at home :)

Cut Bars of Frangipani (Plumeria) fragrance from Elements Bath & Body

2011-01-30T08:08:00.000-06:00

Frangipani Good morning and voila, as promised here are the cut bars from the Frangipani batch. I'm very pleased with how these turned out. My inspiration was this photo of the actual flowers.

Frangipani (Plumeria) for Spring

2011-01-27T18:08:00.000-06:00

I fell in love with a new FO I tested today - it's Frangipani from www.elementsbathandbody.com. This will be available very soon! I must get my hands on more as this is just the thing for Spring. Definitely a keeper - this is the first plumeria type floral I've tried that didn't accelerate to the point that I couldn't swirl. I soaped at cool temps and added the FO to my lye water. I added

Valentine's and Easter Soaps

2011-01-23T13:30:00.000-06:00

I'm still playing with my new Soap Hutch mold, and will try to get those first pics uploaded asap. In the meantime here's a pic of some cute M&P soap that I made for the local shop here in Gillespie - The Chandellier (Upscale Resale). They have some gorgeous new items in store - handbags, glassware and some new furniture pieces too. And of course, now have a nice selection of my Valentine's

New Soap Hutch Soap Mold

2011-01-15T17:19:00.001-06:00

The FedEx truck pulled up late this morning and I almost attacked the poor man bringing me in my box. You see, I knew it contained my new Soap Hutch mold. I simply could not contain my excitement! If you've never heard of these or seen one, they are the Bentley (better than a Rolls Royce) of soap molds. I used to think Uplands were the best. Well, no offense to them intended, but this mold makes

2011-01-02T16:00:00.000-06:00

Happy New Year 2011! The holidays are finally over (Whew!) and I can finish my Valentine soaps and move on to the Mother's Day projects so I don't get behind again. I sold more gift basket sets than I ever anticipated I would, so going forward I'll definitely be making up more set each holiday to make sure I don't get caught with too few and have to scramble to make them up. It felt like every

Local Holiday Gift Treasures

2010-11-09T23:16:00.003-06:00

All you local folks should get over to The Chandellier, next to the Miner Family Restaurant in Gillespie. The owner, Valerie and her husband have done wonderful things with their space and it's just full of all kinds of upscale resale treasures.And of course, there are a few brand new things as well, namely my line of Wild Sense soaps and body products.I still have a lot of holiday items to add

Custom rubber stamp

2010-11-04T15:22:00.004-05:00

I'm getting a custom rubber stamp made to stamp all of my bag with. I found a great online site with lots of in stock stamps as well. Lots of nature oriented ones and foliage too!<--Here's what mine will look like. so much to do last minute to get ready for the holiday events and packaging! I got it online here: Hope all of you other soapmakers out there have a great holiday season - I know I

WildSense Artfire Studio is Live!

2010-10-31T17:14:00.003-05:00

Go take a peek at my Artfire Studio.Wild Sense Artfire StudioThe design and photos aren't the concept I originally wanted but I procrastinated so much getting this up it was high time I just DID it. I will mess around more with a "concept theme" for more cohesive photos and graphics on my actual website when I launch that as a companion to the Artfire Studio. In the meantime, get ready to shop!

NEW WildSense YouTube Channel active!

2010-10-18T06:27:00.004-05:00

Just wanted to let you all know that I now finally have a YouTube channel for my videos and I'll be adding many more tutorials on various soapmaking techniques as well as other bath & body product how-to's as I go along. I hope you enjoy them. The above photos are from my CP swirling tutorial, which I made with Cindy Gooding of Pittstown Soapworks, moderator of the Yahoo teaching group,

Wild Sense in new local store!

2010-10-12T11:38:00.002-05:00

Wild Sense soaps and body products will be available locally at the new store called The Chandellier located next to the Miner's Family Restaurant in downtown Gillespie! Grand Opening will be Saturday, Oct 23rd with refreshments and lots of great bargains. I'll be running a special on my soaps for the first week as well. Customers buying 4 or more bars receive a scratch off card with a chance

Aroma Bead tutorial

2010-09-11T15:35:00.006-05:00

Woohoo! I finally figured out some of the glitches in uploading my videos so I will be posting several over the course of the next few days. The following video tutorial is a short video telling you how to use Aroma Beads from www.ElementsBathAndBody.com ((edited to change a couple of frames))

Tropical Fruit Soap Cut

2010-07-09T11:30:00.005-05:00

Just realized I forgot to put up the pics of the Tropical Fruit soap once it was cut into bars.Love this soap!

Artfire store almost ready

2010-06-21T18:21:00.002-05:00

I've been getting a lot of emails asking where to get my soap creations..my Artfire store will be up soon. I have been taking pics all week and editing descriptions. It took awhile to get all the bio and policies done to my satisfaction, and i'm fussy with the photos too. But finally, it's almost ready to launch!My other "regular' website has been taken down so I have redone it with the new

New Video - How to Easily Line a Slab Mold

2010-06-20T21:02:00.000-05:00

Well this is my first demo to see how my FlipVideo works. So far it seems to be pretty cool!

Tropical Fruit Smoothie Soap

2010-06-11T13:33:00.003-05:00

Just had to share this soap slab with you all...It's CP soap with M&P embeds. It is making me crave one very large tropical drink, preferebly with one of those cute umbrellas. LOLI took my time with the embed molds, coloring and scenting each type of fruit for realism. I'm not quite happy with the peach slices, but I will improve on those next time.Hope you enjoyed today's soap porn!

Added splashes of Color to my Work Area

2010-05-25T16:00:00.003-05:00

Just wanted to let you all now I have some new pics up on Flickr of my more colorful work area!http://www.flickr.com/photos/greengoddessherbals/sets/72157624135686790/(or click on the title of this post)

Failure, Reinvention and Hope

2010-05-03T08:44:00.002-05:00

This story about Kayla Fioravanti's journey of transformation, many failures and eventually what I think is a great success has been so inspiring to me and hits so many notes with me personally that I wanted to share it here for those who may have missed it on her blog. It really goes to show that failures can be a wonderful learning experience and as long as you persevere, you can keep going and

Please everybody Vote to get us back in the top 2!!

2010-04-28T18:36:00.001-05:00

We really need to get as many people as possible to vote DAILY until the 30th to win the grant that will help rebuild our elementary school! Please help if you have a minute go here:www.refresheverything.com/bengilelementaryThanks for your help and pass this on to get us as many votes as possible in the couple days that remain!!

New Blogwear

2010-03-08T18:45:00.002-06:00

Well at long last I've finally made a banner and background for my blog. It's been a long time coming but I just haven't had tome to work on it and the times that i did, I got frustrated by the coding when I'd follow all instruction on how-to sites and nothing would show up right. Finally I have it down pat.Now on to other things like my Artfire shop. Giving up Etsy in favor of Artfire, as they

Colorado "safe" personal care products Bill fails in committee! Yay

2010-03-02T10:16:00.003-06:00

Excerpt from Winged Seed's blog: "I’m tipping my hat to colleagues who joined me in blogging, tweeting, emailing and shouting “Stop” to the potential affects of this bad bill. The bill failed in Committee today 7 to 4. Some Colorado legislators reported they had received up to 700 emails regarding the bill. I listened to streaming radio from the hearing and those on our side were far more

Your Personal choices are in danger! Take ACTION!

2010-02-24T08:29:00.004-06:00

If you live in Colorado you have some looming legislation that comes up for discussion this coming Monday, March 1. This legislation, in a nutshell, to include formulators of organic or natural soap & cosmetics, will curtail your ability to operate. Additionally, should this legislation get passed, this legislation gives individuals in the state of Colorado the ability and license to sue any

The New Year is almost here!

2009-12-27T13:45:00.005-06:00

Along with launching the new business name and labels under Wild Sense, I also decided to embark upon a Raw Food diet. Not a diet per se, but as a way of eating, period. Having too many problems with inflammation and joint pain to continue along the way I am. (Thanks, Dianne).Here are a couple more pics of the new product "look" which have already been posted in my Facebook soaps album but for

Happy Holidays

2009-12-21T05:20:00.002-06:00

I finished with the new label design and have several fresh batches yummylicious whipped sugar body scrubs all ready for holiday gift sets. I used to make a denser version, but now I find that both my customers and my family prefer the lighter whipped formula. Too bad you can't quite see all the gorgeous label background detail in these pics. There's a soft leafy pattern on aged paper as a

New Look for Green Goddess Gal

2009-11-16T22:13:00.005-06:00

Since the business name has changed to Wild Sense aromatics, it made sense to change the blog so I've just designed a whole new layout template for it. Ditto for a new label look for us; I really like this and want to publicly thank Bobbi Smith of Secret Garden Creations for the use of her lovely graphics that I've used liberally throughout the blog and my product label designs. I'll be featuring

More Design fun, new Soaps, Crafty bliss!

2009-10-23T11:33:00.003-05:00

I've been on yet another creative kick lately. Being sick has left me no choice but to sit with my laptop on the couch or in bed for hours, playing mostly with digital designs and honing my skills to work up to selling my designs at some point. I have such a blast working with PSP, I have Photoshop, but only on my desktop cpu and these days I seem to avoid that in favor of the trusty laptop that

Delving into Digital Scrapbooking

2009-10-17T14:46:00.003-05:00

I've been trying to do something with all of my family photos, so I have plans this winter to make albums and scan as many as possible so I can also make digital albums.I found this nifty little site with a free scrapbooking program, I thought I'd try out, although I also use Paint Shop Pro. I'll see how I like it and post my results here at some point.I've been exploring a lot of the digital

The planetary Meditations Aromatherapy line

2009-09-02T19:13:00.002-05:00

Just wanted to remind all you mountain dwellers to visit the Celebrations Metaphysical Fair in Denver September 4, 5 & 6Fri 1 pm - 9 pmSat 10 am - 7 pmSun 10 am - 6 pmat theDenver Merchandise Martand be sure to check out Holistic Mountain's new line of exclusive aromatherapy products created by GreenGoddess

Planetary Meditations

2009-08-16T10:55:00.002-05:00

As promised, here are some pics of my newest creation for my friend. I've done planet embedded soaps before, but I've never tried to make them quite as three dimensional and these just took my breath away when I cut them!

Crystal Cluster Soaps

2009-08-13T10:25:00.019-05:00

Several orders included my Crystal Soaps this month, so I've been making quite a few of these. I had offered these many years back and they weren't popular but suddenly there are quite a few sites out there selling something along these lines. However, I personally strive to create the look of a real mineral cluster, with striations, inclusions and even a bit of clay in the base. It's all about

Lavender Herb Beadwork

2009-06-27T23:20:00.006-05:00

Well this is my first attempt at making beads with herbs (no clay) and I am thrilled with the outcome! I did buff them somewhat but not to a shine, as I wanted them as natural as possible. With my next batch I'm going to see if I can use my pro bead roller to make the beads more uniform, since I'm not so hot with the freehand rolling. Too bad you all don't have Smell-o-Monitors because these

Feeling Creative

2009-06-18T10:59:00.009-05:00

Firstly, I have to show off my beautiful new Leaf business card holder and Leaf soap dish that I found on Etsy from Pinoak Pottery. Wonderful stuff! Look how cute my cards are in there! Be sure to check out her other wares ;)I've been in a very creative kind of mood and have been playing around with making beads and jewelry from herbs. Yes herbs. First of all let me tell you I am on an amber

Get Your Kicks....

2009-06-03T11:05:00.004-05:00

Benld Adopt-A-Pet will be at the"Cruisin' Route 66" festival in Litchfield on Friday, June 26 & Saturday, June 27th. Visit their booth while you attend the bands, foods, contests and of course... the great cars! They will have lots of great "Rt. 66" and cat and dog themed items for sale, in addition to a raffle or two! All the proceeds benefit the shelter.Click here for more info.

2009-05-18T16:09:00.003-05:00

It was a fun weekend for all at the Litchfield EarthDay festivities and Jubelt's Strawberry Festival Days. Since our main website is still under construction, we have made a one page site that features our Etsy Shop in miniature. What a clever idea these Etsians had! Now you can shop my Etsy store either directly from http://www.greengoddessherbals.etsy.com/ OR from the actual Green Goddess

Big weekend coming up for May 16th & 17th!

2009-05-06T16:38:00.002-05:00

Just a reminder about next week's Strawberry theme at Jubelt's where they will be grillin' out and have all sorts of strawberry yummies on sale...http://jubelts.com/holidays.htmand we'll be there with our soaps and of course the special Whipped Berry Soap pictured below too!

Strawberry Festival at Jubelt's Bakery May 16th & 17th

2009-04-21T10:33:00.004-05:00

Yes, Green Goddess will have a soap vending table at Jubelt's on Sat 5/16 and Sun 5/17 on Route 66 in Litchfield, as well as having a booth on Sat 5/16 at the Earth Day Event 2009 at the Litchfield Community Center!We'll be featuring a special edition bar At the Earth Day Event, the proceeds of which will go to Adopt-A-Pet Shelter. The focus there will be on our Botanical Soap line, made with

Missing old friends

2009-04-18T14:37:00.004-05:00

Well folks, I finally broke down and got myself a Facebook page. So that means I'm on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Yahoo 360, Mobile texting and Google Blogger, as well as developing my GreenGoddess website. Guess you could say I'm connected enough for now. But there are so many friends I've lost touch with over the years, it's been difficult trying to find them all. Alas, I am shaking myself out

May 16th Earth Day Festival in Litchfield

2009-04-07T23:41:00.003-05:00

It's planned for a bit after Earth Day, but better late than not at all. The Green Goddess will have a vendor booth at the festivities at the Community Center in downtown Litchfield, IL on May 16th. Specific hours will be announced soon, but we expect to be there all day. LOTS of fun activities and events going on so be there to celebrate with us! We'll post a list of other businesses/activities

Blooming Magnolias and other Inspirational Signs of Spring

2009-04-04T12:43:00.004-05:00

I just adore this time of year, when the magnolia trees start to blossom and you can smell the flowers instead of just the wet dirt. I have daffodils coming up in the front yard, and many new plants started in the house that are almost ready to be hardened off outside. Thankfully, my neighbor has a lilac bush, as I do not, and I'm looking forward to getting a sniffer full of that delicious odor.

Spring has Sprung

2009-03-14T11:01:00.008-05:00

Enjoying the day with my hubby, relaxing after some Tai Chi, and having a vanilla coffee. I feel so good today that I just want to accomplish a million things before the aches & pains come back again! It's rough when you have so many things you want to do, but can't on any given day. With fibromyalgia you just never know how you're going to feel. Today I could make coffee and lift the pot without

Ode to Jasmine

2009-03-05T12:24:00.005-06:00

Green Jasmine Jewel in a bath most delightful, her petals unfurl in the wee evening hours into a wisp of ethereal aroma. There is something mysterious and sensual about the soft persistence of jasmine. You catch a mere whisper outdoors on the night air and you almost want to chase it down, to breathe it in more deeply. That's the feeling I wanted to evoke with my Jasmine Jewel Soap. I

New Spring Soaps

2009-03-01T16:50:00.005-06:00

Well I'm happy to say there are at least four of the new Spring Floral Soaps cured and I'm making more every couple of days. Ready to go are Jasmine Jewel, Lovely Lilac, Hummingbird Hibiscus, and Ume Blossom. Although these aren't classified as "all botanical" they each contain beneficial extracts and special ingredients. Lilac, Jasmine and Ume Blossom (Asian Plum Blosom) all have added Silk

Valentine's Soaps

2009-02-09T13:59:00.004-06:00

Today I'm decorating some Easter & Mother's Day soaps so they will be all ready for Spring. It's coming up fast! We will be featuring some pretty layered soaps in floral scents and several new Botanical creations as well.For our local customers:A few Valentine's Soaps were added to the temporary website front page GreenGoddess Herbals so that you may purchase them through the Paypal cart. They

This is it, my new "SoapLog"

2009-02-06T15:33:00.006-06:00

Well a big helloo to everyone! I am getting things together slowly but surely. Now that the Patchouly Moon store is closed I've had a lot of restructuring to do throughout the year. We're back as an online presence only, but that suits me just fine. Despite the best of intentions, I simply cannot seem to achieve the vast array of daily accomplishments my peers seem more than capable of, as I