Drippy, Gushy, Lovey Wishes......(and proud of it!)

I admit it....I'm a hopeless romantic.  Don't even mind "admitting" it, nor feel it's something to feel strange about "admitting", as though confessing to a defect.  Afterall....what is wrong with people who aren't romantic? :)

How cold, drab, and generic the world be without .....

.....silly proud romantics who hang red & white lights, yards of silk roses and a heart wreath at their front porch entryway, heart flag flapping proudly in the breeze.....

..... long romantic dresses on "a regular work day", wearing saved wedding jewelry, fresh picked roses from the garden gracing the house, and DVD's like "Somewhere In Time", "Tristan & Isolde", "Letters To Juliet", "Chocolat".....

.....an early V-day celebratory dinner for all loved ones & friends, including artichoke HEARTS and lots of chocolate.....

.....a special lovers picnic "for two only" in the garden.....

.....reliving the passion in a glance, in a touch, in a smile....why you love who you love.....wanting them to know it/feel it as passionately as the day you first said "I love you"......

......and Marvin Gaye.  ;)

And if you're really romantic, you won't wait till Valentines Day.....
(And even if you do not have a significant other, why not celebrate the luuuuv in your own lovely company?!?!?!  Better with someone you LIKE than someone you're stuck with!)

Much love and many garden picnics to you all....... 
Love,
~ Carol

Januray Update! Howdy Folks!

Good Day Newsletter/Blog Subscribees! And Happy New Year!

Firstly, my apologies for the very delayed newsletter update! And thanks to those of you who poked me by saying, "Hey, I signed up for newsletters and am not getting any! Wassup with THAT?" I can only say, the last few months have been inordinately busy for inordinate reasons - family health issues....but we're back on-track with a more normal schedule now. Thanks for the poke! We're ready to tear into 2010 and serve you! And thanks again, All, ...for a great 2009 holiday season!

SOAP NEWS!

We still have some HOLIDAY SOAP leftover for you die-hard Xmas scent fans, and in a continued spirit of giving, we're giving you 10% off of all those marked "On Sale", while supplies last! Don't worry if your shopping cart shows full price...we take care of the 10% discount on our end as we hand-transact each order! If by chance we happen to forget to apply a discount, we'll refund you the discount and give you one full bar of soap FREE! Remember! Sale only applies to bars marked "On Sale" - Visit HOLIDAY SOAP!

Our VALENTINES DAY SOAPS are ready! Chocolate soap, wine soap, romance scent blends, special love potion soaps! Come take a look!

As you may have noticed, USPS postage costs went up after the first of the new year.

ART NEWS!

Cross-Stitchers! We recently had several dozen of our art pieces licensed with a new cross stitch company called Mystic Stitch! Mystic Stitch is undergoing a website re-do and while my own page (under my own name) is not quite available yet, several of my art pieces have been made into cross-stitch patterns that are available...including: (P.S. Mystic Stitch is currently having a great 2 for 1 pattern sale!)

Moon Potion
Out Of The Broom Closet
Orange Birch Bolete Shroom Fae
Tonight, I Fly
Whispers Only Sisters Understand
Yule Moon Magic

Happy Stitching!

In honor of coming Valentines Day, we're celebrating love in the air by offering Limited Edition prints of our piece "Devocean" to you at 10% off! This piece was modeled after a dream I conjured one day of my husband and I, as I was sitting on the bluffs of Point Loma peninsula here in San Diego, looking out to sea....imagining love beneath the water. Hope you enjoy!
We also have new art *in the works*...look for it coming soon!

I'm not one for New Years resolutions....however this year I felt compelled to make just one. And that is, whenever I'm frustrated, exasperated, or impatient with anyone, to consider that they, like anyone, are likely doing the very best they can in that given moment, despite what I may think. So I'm going to focus on that.....Any Given Moments.

I can hardly wait for Chocolate Month next month! Watch for our popular Chocolat' recipe posted next month for your Valentine sippin'!!!

Hope your 2010 is off to a great start! I appreciate the opportunity you continue to give me to share my businesses with you!

Sincerely,
~Carol Ochs

Simply Soap - Handmade Artisan Soaps & Specialty lines including Ancient Alchemy, Wylde Faerie Soaps, Wylde Wytch Soaps
Wild Oaks Art - Fantasy , Fairy, Mermaid and Other Enchanted Creature Art
Enchantasies - Bewitching Witch Art! There's a little witch in all of us.....how little is YOUR witch?