Thursday, October 18, 2012

Change

So my life has recently brought some changes into it. And with change comes the closing of my Etsy store, Sofia's Rose. I am hoping that this is only a temporary closing and that next year at some point I will be able to reopen. So until then I am offering a 40% off sale in my entire store. Use coupon code 40OFF .
Sofia's Rose Etsy 

Monday, October 8, 2012

Day to Day

I thought this a beautiful picture and thought I would share. Not a whole lot happening. Just working my real job and Etsy! Have some items to mail out today, which is always a good feeling. Yesterday at work was crazy busy and so I am glad for the relief of two days off.... in a row! LOL Always thankful for the small things in life. It is those things that keep you going!

Monday, October 1, 2012

KYANITE

Smooth Kyanite wand
Kyanite is a great stone for meditation! It is amplifier of high frequency energies, aiding in psychic capabilities. This stone helps one connect to guides and installs compassion. Helps with dream recall and also, creates healing dreams. This stone automatically aligns the chakras. Per Judy Hall, Kyanite does not hold negativity therefore does not require cleaning of energies.

This stone helps self expression and cuts through fear. It unmask ignorance and opens one to spiritual truths. Helps confusion, anger, and stress. Used as a mediation tool, Kyanite shows how one has created the role they are in currently and how to create balance.

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Friday, September 28, 2012

Pink and Pretty!

Rose Quartz is the stone of love! Love for others and yourself. It is the most important crystal for the heart chakra! It aids in teaching the true meaning of unconditional love. By opening the heart center, it aids in deeper inner healing and self love. In relationships it can help restore trust and balance. Rose Quartz draws off negative vibes and replaces it with loving energy. Great stone for mid life changes and crisis. It is a beautiful stone with it's soft, gemmy pink color and loving vibes. Rose quartz is known to help with heart ache and releasing unexpressed emotions while it soothes internal pain.For extra" umph" wear Rose quartz near the heart.

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Monday, August 20, 2012

Some Good in the Midst of Bad on Etsy

Today I am off work! YAY! I haven't really done anything today- just rested and chilled in the Florida heat. I have done a few small things. Lite a candle for my business/ Lakshmi, Ishtar and St Claire (3 seperate candles!). Worked on a Smokey Quartz necklace for a friend and had some cookies. I have been watching a BNR (Buy ~N~ Replace) board on Etsy today. A fellow estian's(Treasure Kelly) son was in an oil rig explosion and was badly burned and flown to the Minnesota Burn Unit. These wonderful people put this BNR together in hopes of raising money to help Kelly be able to fly out and be with her son. The son is in an induced coma currently and I can NOT imagine the horror that Kelly must be going through. In 3 hours they have had 34 sales, raising at least $170.00. Several people did not buy in, but did make a donation. How wonderful to know that people out there still care! They are continuing to plan out other ways to help this wonderful person who has helped so many of us.

~EDIT~ As of 08/22/12 $1000.00 has been raised to aid Kelly and her son!

There has been a lot of issues for me going on dealing with Etsy and their new guidelines. I understand that these guidelines are coming from the FDA,but the way that Etsy has handled it is what upsets me. It affects a lot of people on there and they don't seem to give a hoot about that fact. Many herbalist, pagans, bath and body, free loving spirits, and anybody else that would use a medical term are now having to change their listings (some have 100's of items). Disclaimers are still allowed, but do not affect the fact that medical terms are no longer allowed to be used. For example- acne, insomnia, headache, rash, depression- are words no longer allowed to be used in descriptions. For some this would hardly seem a horrible thing, but to those that make or sale items for these types of things- it hurts.I recently bought a organic lotion for problematic skin that works wonder. But the owner will have to edit the listing since it has the word acne in it.  And I can't help but notice that Etsy is looking to become public with the stock, instantly making a lot of employees very rich. While good for them, how many new rules with there be placed on sellers. Etsy is not a new form of Ebay and sellers don't want it to be. Etsy has been a great venue for me to start out and I would seriously hate to leave (at this point I am in compliance with the new rules), but if the rules get in tighter, I will have to leave. Is this the start to a modern day witch hunt? Or maybe the government just wants us to have no free will? Or do you think it simply boils down to making Etsy employees/ owners instant millionaires?

I have been looking at ArtFire and I do know that they have been contacted about the new guidelines on Etsy and to see what their stance is on the matter. They have agreed to look into it and I know that several shops are considering ArtFire as a possible new venue. I just do not know if ArtFire has enough traffic to help these sellers actually sell their items.

Ok, so maybe I should have reversed the two topics to end on a positive note!


New Guidelines
Questions about new guidelines
More info on the new Laws
Article of Taking Etsy Public

These articles are just a few, if you want to know more feel free to look us up on Yahoo chat groups were there is much debate about what is going on Herbal Sales Team .


Friday, August 17, 2012

Clearing Negative Energy With Salt Water

Guest Post by Francie (Abbie)

We have all heard of clearing a space of negative energy with a smudge stick or smudge mix as the Indians did but what about Salt Water! Salt naturally cleanses and absorbs negative energy from your home.Sea salt is best for this purpose! and change the water everyday so you get rid of all that negativity!!! keep a bowl of salt water in places you feel you need a little extra cleansing.So next time you grab that sage bundle for a house cleansing don't forget about SALT! It can be a very useful tool for clearing a space of negative energy.

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