This year I had abundant herbs. The cooler weather with hot flashes and abundant rain made the herbs happier than any of my vegetable plants.
We have had a popcorn shaker seasoning for several years, but this year we crafted two more to make it a threesome. We placed two (your choice) in decorative shaker jars holding .75 oz., along with an ear of microwavable popcorn. The set is packaged in clear cellophane bag with a decorative ribbon tie and full instructions. This gift will have a pretty tag and each flavor will be labeled. They include: Original Popcorn Sprinkle, Cheesy Herb Sprinkle, Spicy Hot Sprinkle.
Is this not a cleaver idea. I was tossing around bath scrubbies as I was putting them away and one fell onto a mason jar and suddenly I got to thinking if it was a parfait glass it would look like a Sundae! So here is a bath salt-filled parfait glass, complete with a red tulle wrapped rose herb soap as the "cherry" on top! This is another gift perfect for teachers, groomers and others life helpers!
On the left is the thyme bed at my community garden and on the right is a portion of the Mediterranean wing, with savory, oregano, fennel and calendula. The purple flowering plant in the back is traditional hyssop.
With the herbs being lush we were able to craft more tea and herb cooking blends then usual and this got me to thinking about ways to package them to make the perfect gifts.
For the Tea Lover
A pretty window box holds a demi tea cup (no saucer) and three small (.5 oz) tea tins with blends of your choice. Each box with be perfect for gifting, tied with ribbon including a tea infuser and ship-ready.
Tea Towers
Along the same lines as the sampler we have full-sized Tea Tin Towers. With a tea tower you get 3 or 5 teas in our full-sized 2 oz. tins gathered with ribbon into a tower of flavor. Tied to the ribbon will be a bead-decorated tea infuser. You can choose the teas included in the tower, or use our premade-choices. We have a three-tea tower or a five-tea tower
For the Foodie in your life
Popping Popcorn Sprinkles
We have had a popcorn shaker seasoning for several years, but this year we crafted two more to make it a threesome. We placed two (your choice) in decorative shaker jars holding .75 oz., along with an ear of microwavable popcorn. The set is packaged in clear cellophane bag with a decorative ribbon tie and full instructions. This gift will have a pretty tag and each flavor will be labeled. They include: Original Popcorn Sprinkle, Cheesy Herb Sprinkle, Spicy Hot Sprinkle.I have long thought that packaging herb seasoning blends in groups was a great idea, but I never could find the right medium. This year I found the perfect jars and containers. We have two different sets
Everyday Seasoning Kit
This is a single herbs kit with 6 different individual herbs. We call it a Seasoning Tower. The tins are in a colorful cardboard tube with a holiday ribbon. Serval different colors of tube are available.
Soup Mix Gift Sets
Our soup mixes are a popular gift item and the new packaging we created last year has really helped with that. This year we decided on a few gift combinations you can check them all out in our soup collection on the website
For the Queen (or King) in need of relaxation
Bath items are very prolific online so our items, even though they are crafted without chemicals from herbs raised organically, do not stand out. We have decided to fix that. We are repackaging our Bath and Spa items in a whole new way.
Bath Salts
Many different versions of Bath Salts -- the Skin-Soothing Bath Salts, Relaxing Combination Salts and the Milk Salt Blends will all be available in lovely and colorful organza bags instead of the envelopes we have used in the past. And the best part of this is there will be no change in price. They are still available for $3.25 for 3 ounces. Now you can mix and match to create sets too. We have them listed in a Bath Collection.
Is this not a cleaver idea. I was tossing around bath scrubbies as I was putting them away and one fell onto a mason jar and suddenly I got to thinking if it was a parfait glass it would look like a Sundae! So here is a bath salt-filled parfait glass, complete with a red tulle wrapped rose herb soap as the "cherry" on top! This is another gift perfect for teachers, groomers and others life helpers!
Like our tea tower this collection of 3 bath salts will be packaged in square boxes tied together with colorful ribbon to create a wonderful gift package that will need no additional wrapping.
With 4 different blends of Bath tub tea to share we thought it was time the presentation got a facelift. We are making a decorative tea bag with raffia tie that can hang from the faucet. The tea filter bags will be filled with a single bath measure of herbs and packaged in groups of 3 ($4.95) and 5 ($7.95) in a pretty decorated cellophane bag or a set of 10 that will be presented in a colored mason jar ($20.00).
We are hoping you enjoy our special gift selection as much as we enjoy making them!
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