It Never Stops Growing, Part II

Remember when I got this new box for my essential oils, and I thought I could never fill it up?

 

It’s almost full already. 

I may have to find a new home for my business cards.

But then they won’t smell all pretty!

Fun with Labels

Remember when I talked about all the great free products I ordered from VistaPrint? Well, I’m not going to talk about that again.  Because they seem to be adverse to giving their premium products away for free anymore.  Now the deal is free shipping when you spend more than $30, but it’s basically a wash because they always overcharged for shipping.

Anyway, what I am going to talk about are the self-adhesive “return address” labels.  These have uses that extend far beyond being stuck in the upper left-hand corner of an envelope!

Being the clever devil I am, I co-opted them to use for quickly labelling small bottles of essential oil and custom blends.

I downloaded a template right from the VistaPrint website and added my own background. The only text I included is my URL – this leaves plenty of space for writing in names of oils.  These labels have worked fabulously for my needs. I also use them to label sample bags, seal envelopes with a quick message, or even stamp with my return address so I can use them as their originally intended purpose!  They are so fabulous, in fact, that I just ordered another set of 140 of them – for a whopping $2!

Now these simple, blank labels are all well and good for personal use, but when I’m selling a blend to a stranger, there needs to be a bit more information on the label.  Things like volume, warnings, my business name.  I’ve been printing my labels at home, but that gets tedious.  (My label creation technique is this whole long, convoluted process that is probably worthy of its own blog post. Or not. Maybe it’s just worthy of some lengthy therapy sessions.)

So I came up with these babies:

Again, only $2!  I tacked them onto an order of brochures and business cards so the shipping would be free.

All the necessary information is there, plus space for me to neatly print in the name of blend.

See them in action:

Now available in my Etsy shop!

Final Stretch

I finally did it.  I booked dates at the end of March to write my CFA board exams.

This must be the longest ever that it’s taken someone to finish their Aromatherapy studies! People have become medical doctors in less time.  Okay, that’s an exaggeration.  I started studying in the Fall of 2007.  What would take a normal person one year to do has taken my procrastinating ass almost three.

These exams are my last major hurdle. Then there is just the small business of taking a First Aid/CPR workshop and I’ll finally be able to use the CAHP designation.  That’s Certified Aromatherapy Heath Professional, for those of you just joining us.

 

Now take a look at the cute new stuff I added to my shop!

Travel Sized Hydrosols:

Mini Head-Aid Oil: