Events – Spring 2011

Spring has sprung! There are lots of local events coming up for Lilith’s Apothecary. If you are in the Philadelphia area, I do hope you’ll come to visit me. I often have things at craft shows that I don’t have posted on Etsy, such as a large selection of soaps, lotions, bath salts, and other goodies for your home spa.

April 17
Herbal Medicine Making @ City Planter
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Location: City Planter, 814 N 4th St, Philadelphia, PA
Time: 2:30 – 3:30 PM.
Come join City Planter’s expert staff to learn about how to grow and maintain common medicinal plants such as Sage, Thyme, Lavender, and Rosemary. And then join me in a discussion and demonstrations about kitchen medicines using these herbs, including tinctures, salves, infusions, and decoctions.
Cost: $10 — but you get two free take-away herbs! Register here {City Planter Events Page}

April 23
Fishtown Shad Fest
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A fabulous craft, food, and music event taking place in Penn Treaty Park on the Delaware River. This is always one of my favorite events of the year! Check out the full schedule of events in the latest version of http://www.gridphilly.com/. {May 2011}
Location: Penn Treaty Park, Fishtown
Time: 11am – 6pm

May 14 & 15
Art Star Craft Bazaar
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Location: Penn’s Landing
Time: 11am – 6pm both days
An outdoor retail art/craft show that is organized & juried by Philadelphia’s Art Star Gallery & Boutique. Over 100 local & national artists have been chosen to set up shop & sell their wares along the beautiful waterfront @ Penn’s Landing. For this event, Lilith’s Apothecary will be partnering with Melo Studios, a lovely, local mom-owned company that specializes in beautiful hand-poured soy candles in vintage and upcycled containers. The cut glass goblet candles are especially gorgeous.

May 21
Trenton Avenue Arts Festival
Location: Trenton Avenue, East Kensington
Time: 12 – 5 pm
Another favorite! In connection with the Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby, the Trenton Avenue Arts Festival is always a great group of local vendors with a wide range of crafts/art on display. Live Music, good food, beer from our favorite Philadelphia Brewing Company.

Can’t wait to see you there!

By the way….where can you find Lilith’s Apothecary products in Philadelphia?
Local Locations:
Affordable Skin Care Salon, Girard Avenue (facial & body care)
Greensgrow Farms (garden products, tea)
Contessa’s French Linens (soap) @ Reading Terminal Market
Herbiary (herbal facial care) @Reading Terminal Market

Coming Soon to:
Bee Natural (infused honey) @ Reading Terminal Market
Barefoot Doctor Community Acupuncture Clinic (east Girard Ave)

* Fine Art Photography image “Tulip Tree” by Magbug (Mary Anne Morgan Photography) on Etsy.com *

Labor Day Weekend SALE!

Yup….i love these sporadic sales to celebrate the holidays! Here’s another long weekend S A L E

Friday – Monday 12 midnight
10% off all orders before shipping
convo me to issue you a new invoice OR I will just refund you via paypal.
If paying by check/money order, just convo me for the adjusted total or write to lilithsapothecary@gmail.com

Just mention “Labor Day” in the Message to Seller box in my etsy store.
Visit me at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/lilithsapothecary

Earth Day Sale! One day only

Dream Journey Bath Tea

Yup! I can’t resist. One day only EARTH DAY SALE on all day tomorrow (24 hrs), April 22, 2010. If you want to place a custom order for local delivery or pick-up at Cornerstone Market in Fishtown, just let me know. Otherwise, make your purchase in my etsy store, as usual, and I will reimburse 10% of your order (excluding shipping) via paypal. This refund will probably occur on Monday, as I am participating in Fishtown’s Shad Fest this weekend.

Spring Rain SALE on Etsy – this weekend only!

courtesy of AlSmithPhotography on Etsy

Hey fans and readers! This weekend only, I am offering a special SPRING RAIN SALE for all orders placed between 11am on Friday, March 12 and 11pm on Sunday, March 14.  I’ve already planted my sweet peas, and this weekend I think I’ll start dropping some lettuce seeds into the ground, so the early spring rains we’re experiencing here in Philadelphia are welcome assistance to our early spring gardens. Let’s celebrate with a weekend sale!

Orders over $35 receive 10% discount
Orders over $50 receive 10% discount PLUS a free lavender, oatmeal & cocoa butter soap, scented with pure lavender essential oil ($5 value)

Simply place your order on Etsy and I will automatically issue you a refund via paypal. If you would like your paypal invoice ammended before payment, simply place your order, select “alternative payment” of check/money order and notify me that you would like a paypal invoice issued.

A Crowd Ready to Rally: Crafters in Lean Economic Times

There’s no question that the impact of the ecomomy has affected all of us, not least crafters who depend on a loyal customer base, local craft events, and on-line venues such as Etsy and Artfire to sell our products. After hearing about a local Doylestown bath & body business closing its doors, I wanted to explore the impact the economy is having on businesses like my own.  I wanted to share with my readers, especially all of you working on a business that is based on your own handmade items, my recent blog post with just that subject.

Please do check out my latest blog post for Tara Gentile at the amazing blog, Handmade in PA. Tara works night and day to bring the stories, products, and promotion of Pennsylvania crafters to the fore. She’s been such an awesome support and I’ve been having great fun writing for her blog.

Limited Edition Art Print – Puddle Jumper by Robert David Bretz (Girard, PA)

Scullcap and St.John’s Wort tinctures now on Etsy

I decided to post my fresh organic herbal extracts/tinctures of both Scullcap (sculletaria lateralist) and St. John’s Wort (hypericum perforatum) on my etsy site. These are such great quality extracts made with fresh, organic herbs from Pacfic Botanicals in Oregon. I have a nice fat disclaimer there because I have to. It’s a shame, really, but the main thing is that I want to make these kinds of quality, home-crafted tinctures available to my customers.

See Scullcap: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19669005 and St. John’s Wort: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19669005

Hello everyone!

Well, I finally have my own blog, devoted to all the fun aspects of herbal-inspired (or should I say ‘infused’?) self care, including mind, body, and spirit… I am going to post recipes for home use, information to help sort out current debates about preservatives, chemical ingredients, and what constitutes a ‘natural’ product, as well as what some of our very mysterious precious ingredients, such as buckthorn berry and carrot root extract. I welcome questions and queries that will lead me down the research highway.

I currently have an ever-expanding line of bath, body & beverage tea products::: LILITH’S APOTHECARY ::: on my Etsy site: www.lilithsapothecary.etsy.com and I have a www.lilithsapothecary.com site in progress.

Also check out the Etsy Philly Street Team for some great, local Philadelphia artisans! http://phillyetsy.blogspot.com/

I also have a shop devoted to jewelry creation on Etsy: www.lilithsjewels1.etsy.com ~ as a friendly FYI !!!