Upcoming Crafts Festival

Been making lotions, shower gels, foaming handsoaps, shaving soap, etc. for weeks now, prepping for the Coupeville Arts and Crafts Festival (coming up Aug. 14 & 15).

Coupeville Arts & Crafts Festival Poster

I’m gettin’ pumped and feeling that nervous, am-I-going-to-forget-something-big feeling. But I am several deep in every scent, so the display will look full. Now, please do a sun dance for me.

A charm-ing addition

Castle charm

This sweet little pewter castle charm is going to be a new addition to Realms packaging — around the necks of full size lotions, shower gels, room sprays.

Realm-eth by mail

I’ve been asked how you can buy my Realms products. You can email me at terrykaye(at)fastmail.fm and if you’d like to preview any of the scents beforehand, just send me your mailing address and I’ll pop a swatch in the mail.

* All 8oz. lotions, shower gels and foaming hand soaps are $10 each.

* The 4oz. room sprays are also $10 each, but are probably the best buy in the line. You only need one spritz and it lasts for hours.

* All the mini shower gels and lotions are $3.50 each.

If you order 4 items to make up a gift basket, I’ll give you the organza covered basket free of charge. And of course, all shipping is extra.

Please place Christmas orders by December 1st.

Realms Gift Baskets -- smaller square baskets in foreground

Gift baskets for the Holidays

I’m putting together gift baskets for the upcoming crafts fair season. There are two sizes. The smaller square basket holds 4 lotions or shower gels in the mini-size only. The larger oval basket can be filled with all of the Realms products, including foaming hand soap and room spray. At least two of the items need to be the large 8 oz. size in order to hold the basket’s shape. I’m really pleased at how well the translucent organza wrap works.

Realms Bath & Body Line Gift Baskets

lotions & potions, the realm I’m in

Realms shower gels, lotion and room spray

I’ve always been in love with scents. Ever since I was a little girl and my best friend’s mom let us harvest the petals from her roses to make “perfume,” the fascination has grown. Now, the window ledge in the shower is full of shower gels and the cupboard full of lotions, most all of which are my own making.  I created Realms Bath and Body Line a couple years ago. I started with shower gels and lotions, then added crystal potpourri, and this year added room spray and foaming hand soap. I have these scents so far, but add more all the time. Zangezur is my latest; I just put it in the line-up last week.  It makes a luscious shower gel and hand soap.

– Avalon
Ripe apples from the orchard

– Hanalei
Island pear and coconut

– Luxor
Honeyed citrus

– Ojai
Sweet blackberries blended with southwestern sage

– Coquille
Bright, sweet cranberry melded with an earthy musk

– Zaria
Sensuous ambergris

– Provence
Lavender fields forever

– Kai
Crisp, fresh morning after a hard rain

– Idyllwild
Romantic lavender, rose, violet and musk

– Gaea
Sweet scented spring waters

– Fukushu
Chinese kumquat, bursting with citrus

– NaPali
Mountain jasmine at the source of rivers

– Veracruz
Sweet vanilla orchid

– Mrr
A complex blend of black myrrh, amber and lavender

– Jaffna
Sri Lankan sandalwood

– Shambhala
Nag Champa straight out of the Summer of Love

– Zangezur
Armenian apricot and freesia

Now in beta, thanks to my beaming, beautiful daughter-in-law, Mindy who’s expecting in January — NaPali Satin & Silk Lotion for Moms-to-be, with a healthy dose of Vitamin E oil for elasticity to prevent stretch marks. Give me a few about 4 months and I’ll let you know how it works.