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Holiday Newsletter & Organic Gift Guide 2013 – Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday

Holiday Happiness for You and Yours

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Gift Sets
Getting you ‘set’ for the Holidays
Need that perfect gift for all those tricky, hard-to-buy-for family and friends? Want to present a present to that mum-to-be in your life? Care for a nice bundle of goodies for your fuzzy bundle of puppy love? We have a gift set for everyone in your life!
Need a Little Something for Fido?
Every holiday season, your pup sits and watches as you open crystal knick-knacks, reindeer socks and yet another box of cordial cherries. What is he thinking the whole time, besides that he’s going to grab that reindeer later and chew the antlers off? He’s thinking you forgot him once again. Not this year, Fido. We got you some “Gone to the Dogs” goodies, buddy ol’ pal! He’ll be smelling great and making all the other pups jealous. Good job, mom and dad!

Take Some Chai Time

Black Ginger Chai  
Serves 3-5

When a nip is in the air, try some chai in the cup. Use health giving ginger and cardamom to spice up this black chai.

INGREDIENTS – YUM
• 3 cups cold water
• 3 tsp Darjeeling black tea
• 3 cardamom seeds (not pods)
• 3 whole cloves
• 3 black peppercorns
• 1 slice fresh ginger (1/2″)
• 1 cinnamon stick pieces
• optional – add Holy Basil to spices for extra health boost
• milk to add in tea cups (cow, soy, almond)
• sugar, honey or stevia to taste1.  Bring water to a near boil in small saucepan. Add spices. Cover and remove from heat. Steep for 3 minutes.
2.  Return pan to heat and bring to a near boil. Add tea. Remove from heat and cover. Steep for 3 minutes.
3.  Pour tea mixture through fine strainer into teapot. Compost strained spices.
4.  Pour tea into tea cups. If desired, add milk and sweetener to taste. Garnish with cinnamon sticks (optional).
5.  Enjoy with a friend, good book or lap cat.

Need holiday gift ideas? Give us a call and we’ll brain storm with you.
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You can feel great about using Wee Bees Baby products on your little sweetpea. Our Wee Bums Organic Bottom Cream and Quiet Baby Organic Aromatherapy Calming Blend can help soothe and calm baby when they need it most, with calming lavender, healing calendula and soothing chamomile. Have a mama-to-be in your life this holiday season? A Wee Bees Organic Gift Set would be the perfect gift. She’ll feel great knowing she’s taking care of baby using pure, organic goodness from the start. And yes, we use it on our own little ones. The cutest guinea pigs ever.


Want a Great Gift for the Woman in Your Life?
Every woman loves to feel beautiful with Organic Essential Oil Perfumes
You want to be a hero this year with your mom, wife, mother-in-law, grandmother, sister? Get ready to be the person who gave the women in your life the “best gift she’s received all year”. OK, maybe we’re overenthusiastic but we’re not far off. Indigo Blooms Botanicals has an incredible line of organic essential oil perfumes and they’re not the overpowering, chemical perfumes that the salespeople at the big stores spray on you as you walk past the makeup section. Our perfume is made from organic citrus and flower essential oils, along with sandalwood, patchouli and other aromatic treats. Only essential oils in an organic jojoba base; that’s it. For a big gift-giving impact, give her a lovely, decorative perfume bottle. She’ll feel like a pampered queen every day, thanks to your good taste. You rocked it!


10 Great Tips to Simplify and De-Stress the Holidays
We all do it. We over-extend. Over-spend. Drive too much. Sleep too little. Rush around like crazy elves that can’t make their deadline. Time to rein it in, sister…
1.  Meet with the family and decide what holiday traditions are important. Ditch the rest. Create some new, simple ones that are meaningful. DON’T BAKE ALL THOSE TREATS – Maybe just those gingerbread men with the kids.
2.  Create a budget, get creative, stick to it. Review as you go so you don’t double purchase. Have a theme? A NOVELIST – Buy a pretty journal, a classy pen and some ear plugs so they can concentrate.
3.  Pre-plan your holiday dinner. No surprise, last minute, can’t-find-the-ingredients the day before. Lighten it up by researching something similar with healthier ingredients. TRY COOKING LIGHT.
4.  Want to do away with the mall-crawl, the hype and the crowds? Shop on-line with your favorite small biz. Support small businesses! REMEMBER INDIGO BLOOMS BOTANICALS – we’re an artisan crafter of small batch organic and botanical body care for the whole crew  (including Fido).
5.  Turn off the t.v. and grab that juicy book. Go for a stroll in the nippy air. Call a friend for a glass of wine. OUR NEW FAVE BOOK SERIESOutlander by Diana Gabaldon (over 8 huge books in the series).
6.  Learn to say “no” to that one more event, party, activity. If you really want to go, great! If not, explain you have a prior engagement (your family night). IT’S GAME TIME – we love Balderdash (who doesn’t like making stuff up?).
7.  Don’t forget to breathe. Put a few drops of your favorite essential oil blend in a diffuser or dilute and apply to your skin. Stand tall, close your eyes, place your palms together and raise over your head. Exhale. Return your arms to your sides. Relax your shoulders and drop your head forward. Slowly open your eyes and breathe normally. MAKE A MIND CENTERING BLEND – 5 drops each essential oils of peppermint, lavender, rosemary and sweet orange.
8.  Holiday cards are fun to receive but time consuming to write (and expensive). Create an electronic card (who doesn’t have a computer anymore?) and personalize the greeting. It’s faster than writing and you’re saving trees. SEARCH FOR “free electronic holiday cards” FOR A SELECTION OF WEBSITES.
9.  Let go of ill-feelings and old hurts. Embrace a new viewpoint and be open. FIRST STEP – write a holiday card and sign just your name. Who knows what door it might open.
10. Concerned about all that gift paper that will be thrown away? Buy gift bags that can be reused and recycled. Or buy material scraps at the thrift or fabric store. Wrap around the gift and secure with twine or recycled ribbon. Consider using the Sunday funnies. SHOP AT THE DOLLAR, CRAFT OR THRIFT STORES or SEARCH FOR “make a gift bag” ON HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN.

Don’t forget to celebrate the season in a way that means something to you and embrace those you love.

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