Michelle

[Guest guest]

, " Michele Seretis "

<mseretis> wrote:

> OK...Call me crazy but this was just forwarded to me through

another

> list.

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LOL! OH MY, Michele, this recipe or variations thereof, have been passed

around and around for years! I believe the original came from one of the

housecleaning books, Clean House Clean Planet, but I have had my recipe AND

several others on my website for over 4 years. Many of us exchange

housekeeping tips and recipes all the time, mixing them up and improving and

they tend to always return to about the same original formula, with a little

tweeking here and there. I have almost the same recipe for cleaning kitchen

counter sinks, a little different for cutting boards, etc. with a variation

on the EOs ... mix and match as you please ... I've been cleaning with

non-chemical / natural recipes for many years (probly since you were in

diapers <G>) and have sent the recipes out every so often to several lists

and customers who ask for suggestions, but especially when someone asks for

one which happened most recently.

Peace to you too.

Simone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

-OK...LOL!! My Bad!! When I read it ...I was like didn't I just

read this on another list?? So it was just a OLD recipe that is a

standard I guess? My humble apologies to you!! I try to be

different than everyone else with my products in some way. I really

hate those sites that are nothing but copy-cats. I just did a show

and have been really creative the last few weeks and it is so

important to me to have my OWN recipes. How much is Research and

Development worth per hour...anyone know..LOL!!!?

Chris..I'm glad you are getting settled in and will be situated

for the Holidays. Make it simple this year. It is sooo hard with wee

ones....

Has anyone else done any shows lately? How was it and what type of

crowd did you get? What was your best seller? Mine was the soaps,

butters, and solid herbal perfumes. I got a few requests for lip

balm. I would love to hear......

 

~Peace~

Michele Seretis

http://www.thesoapgardenboutique.com

 

-- In , " Simone ~Flutterbye Aromatics~ "

<skarsman@c...> wrote:

> , " Michele Seretis "

> <mseretis> wrote:

> > OK...Call me crazy but this was just forwarded to me through

> another

> > list.

> =========

>

>

> LOL! OH MY, Michele, this recipe or variations thereof, have been

passed

> around and around for years! I believe the original came from one

of the

> housecleaning books, Clean House Clean Planet, but I have had my

recipe AND

> several others on my website for over 4 years. Many of us exchange

> housekeeping tips and recipes all the time, mixing them up and

improving and

> they tend to always return to about the same original formula, with

a little

> tweeking here and there. I have almost the same recipe for

cleaning kitchen

> counter sinks, a little different for cutting boards, etc. with a

variation

> on the EOs ... mix and match as you please ... I've been cleaning

with

> non-chemical / natural recipes for many years (probly since you

were in

> diapers <G>) and have sent the recipes out every so often to

several lists

> and customers who ask for suggestions, but especially when someone

asks for

> one which happened most recently.

> Peace to you too.

> Simone

>

>

>

>

>

>

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Michelle - good to see you again and glad to hear you did so well

at the show :-D I do agree to what you write about beeing unique - I

read up a lot about ingrediences and stuff, read other peoples

formulations and then try to create something of my own. I would

never ever copycat someone elses recipes, but instead get inspired by

them.

Right now I'm doing my first business plan (sounds grand hugh,

LOL!!), that is trying to descide what products to bring to the

public (that is, trying to figure out what products people would be

interested in to buy) and what scents to give them. How to set up my

stand, decorate it, items to order etc. Trying to come up with some

extra ordinary packaging and label ideas, what to write in a broshure

(jeezz, that's a tough one - I'm not much of a copy writer, taht's

for sure. Everything sound soo meek and plain.)

 

Fragrante Blessings,

Ylva

[Guest guest]

Hey Michele,

I understand and agree with what you're saying. I, too, get bored to

death seeing the same products everywhere you turn.

 

But speaking of " household cleaners " , now that is NOT something I sell

on my site, nor something I spend any time laboring over for variety. A

good recipe for cleaning is a good recipe for cleaning, LOL, and that's

about it.

 

I do, however, spend ages on the recipes for my products. Sometimes to

the ridiculous point. I just spent about a year sourcing the ingredients

for one of my new products, testing, price comparison, testing again, and

all that.

 

And no, there's no compensation for the R & D end of it, is there. But

for me that's the fun part of this business and the part that makes it the

job I love.

I don't do any shows, I stay busier than I can usually comfortably

handle with my website, but I do love hearing about the shows you all do.

I keep a long list of new products that I'm working on and planning to

add to my website inventory, if I just had a clone, LOL!

 

~Simone~ email: skarsman

Certified Holistic Aromatherapist, Flutterbye Aromatics

Pure GC tested essential oils, pure hydrosols, aromatherapy products &

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Everything is ~Natural~ " : http://www.FlutterbyeAromatics.com

 

 

 

 

.....I just did a show

and have been really creative the last few weeks and it is so

important to me to have my OWN recipes. How much is Research and

Development worth per hour...anyone know..LOL!!!?