Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Selling On Wheedle - For New Zealand Residents

Check out my listings on Wheedle! This site is for New Zealand residents only and have the same listings as my Etsy site.

http://www.wheedle.co.nz/Dashboard/MemberProfile


Sunday, September 1, 2013

Wormwood (Absinthe) Cupcake Recipe

WARNING - These cupcakes are not for the faint of heart, they are bitter and mind altering.



  • 125g vegetable shortening
  • ½ cup, plus 2 tablespoons of caster sugar
  • 2 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 1 cup flour 
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 3 tablespoons milk
  • 2 tablespoons dried wormwood (artemisia absinthium)
  • 1  tablespoon dried peppermint
  • 1 tablespoon dried lemon balm
  • 4 tablespoons chinese 5 spice (fennel, anise, clove, ginger, cinnamon)
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 1 cup powered sugar
  • green food colorant

Before hand, put a metal bowl into the freezer for the whipped cream icing and preheat oven to 180C.

Take vegetable shortening, lemon balm, wormwood, and peppermint and place in a jar. Screw on the lid and set into a pot of boiling water to infuse the shortening. Turn down heat and allow to simmer in the water for about an hour.

Strain your shortening with a cheesecloth and add more shortening if you come up short of 125 grams.

Place the shortening, sugar, 3 tablespoons "5 spice", eggs, baking powder, milk and flour into a bowl and whisk until blended.

Pour into cupcake molds and bake for about 15 minutes or until a toothpick or knife comes clean when poked through the middle.

Take cream, powdered sugar, 1 tablespoon 5 spice, and green food colorant and pour into metal bowl and whisk until thick.

Top the cupcakes with your icing when cool and enjoy.



Saturday, August 24, 2013

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Individual Manuka Facial Soaps


This soap was made by rebatching a hot processed vegetable soap ( saponified coconut oil, olive oil, sunflower oil, & soybean oil ) with a generous amount of coconut oil.

I then added manuka honey for its world renowned healing properties, brown sugar for genlte exfoliation, & manuka essential oil for its anti-bacterial action. Then I topped it off with dried common English daisies for decoration.

The result is a very creamy & nourishing lather ideal for all skins types - even oily, acne prone skin.

The scent is mild & earthy.

This listing is for a single 20 gram soap that has been hand cut & wrapped in handmade blue or tan packaging.


PURCHASE HERE:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/157324054/manuka-facial-soaps-individual?ref=related-7


Rosewood Fizzing Bath Soak


This herbal bath soak is hand-made with rosewood essential oil, sea salt, sodium bicarbonate, sunflower oil & wild crafted red clover flowers.

This soak is designed to ease muscle aches, arthritic pain, and relax the mind.

This listing is for a 200ml jar filled to the brim.


PURCHASE HERE:

 http://www.etsy.com/listing/157332801/rosewood-fizzing-bath-soak?ref=related-0


Rosewood essential oil: Eases pain, regenerates skin, & uplifts & relaxes the mind.
FOR MORE INFO:
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-rosewood-essential-oil.htm

Sodium bicarbonate & sea salt help to relieve some of the pain caused by muscle aches and sprains and other such injuries as well as clean the skin.

Sunflower oil helps to moisturize the skin.


Lemonesque Fizzing Bath Soak

This herbal bath soak is hand-made with lemongrass essential oil, sea salt, sodium bicarbonate, sunflower oil & lemon verbena flowers.

This soak is designed to ease muscle aches, arthritic pain, calm rashes. and uplift.

This listing is for a 200ml jar filled to the brim.


 PURCHASE HERE:

http://www.etsy.com/listing/157333017/lemonesque-fizzing-bath-soak-lemon?ref=shop_home_active


Lemongrass essential oil: "often used for easing anxiety, calming the mind, and helping to ease insomnia and depression."
FOR MORE INFO:
http://www.wisegeek.net/what-is-lemongrass-essential-oil.htm

Sodium bicarbonate & sea salt help to relieve some of the pain caused by muscle aches and sprains and other such injuries as well as clean the skin.

Sunflower oil helps to moisturize the skin.

Citric acid causes the fizzing effect as well and the sodium bicarbonate.

Fey Green Perfume Oil Set


Fey Green Perfume Oil Set is comprised of a 20 gram vial of absinthe scented perfume and 2 mini lotion bars of the same scent.

The perfume oil is scented using essential oils of aniseed, sweet fennel, balsam fir, nutmeg, cinnamon, & lemon balm. I added a sprig of mugwort & wild crafted fennel flowers for decoration. The bottle is sealed with black sealing wax.

The lotion bars are made with wormwood-infused sunflower & coconut oils, beeswax & scented with essential oils of aniseed, sweet fennel, balsam fir, nutmeg, cinnamon, & lemon balm.




PURCHASE HERE:

 http://www.etsy.com/listing/158381755/fey-green-absinthe-perfume-oil-set