New Products For Our Store

It's almost that time again.
What time is that? you ask.
Time for CANTON WEEKEND! I say.

Canton weekend (1st Monday Trade Days) this month is from January 3 - 6.  I'll be leaving my house early Thursday morning to go to our store, Time to Thyme Herb & Soap Co., in Canton to get everything ready for the weekend. Our store has a good vibe and just walking through the door lifts our spirits. We hope all of our customers experience the same feeling when they come into the store. We are looking forward to seeing everyone.  When you come in the store be sure to try our tea sample, which we make using our special tea blends. If you like it, drink another cup or two.

Last month we had several requests for products that we didn't have in our store. During the last month, Vannoy, Lin and I have worked hard to make the products that were requested so we could have them ready to put in our store this month.
A few on the items that were requested, and we'll have on hand this weekend are:
Chamomile tincture, Angel Wing's soap, Rainforest soap, flavored salts, and The Queen of Hungary's Water (an excellent astringent).

If there's a product that you are specifically looking for and we don't have it in the store, let us know what it is and we will always do what we can to create that product before Canton weekend the following month. We want to make our customers happy.

Our store, Time to thyme Herb & Soap Co., is located on "The Mountain," next to Old Mill Marketplace. The address is, 542 Hwy 64 East, Canton, TX 75103

Walk under the sign that says, The Mountain, The Boardwalk, and walk across the wooden bridge. Our store is slightly to the left of the end of the bridge. See  it? It's the two-story light yellow building. So cute. I'll have to take a new picture because since I took this pic, we've added signs to the front and the side of the store that say, Time to Thyme Herb & Soap Co. We hope to see you this weekend.
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The new store for Time to Thyme Herb & Soap Co.

Last weekend we had a booth in Canton, Texas, on "The Mountain," next to Old Mill Marketplace, where we were selling all of our Time to Thyme products.  While we were there, we found the most perfect little store for our business.  See the two-story light yellow building with  purple trim underneath The Boardwalk sign in the picture? That's the new store for Time to Thyme Herb & Soap Co. It's very easy to locate, as it is at the end of the little entrance bridge on "The Mountain." We're very proud of our new store and when we're finished fixing it up it's going to be so cute.
We can't wait to move in and set up our products. It's going to be a long hard month getting everything ready before Canton's 1st Monday Trade Days, in December (Nov. 29 - Dec. 2), but we're going to do it. For those of you that have never been to Canton's 1st Monday Trade Days, you're in for a real treat. Canton weekend started 150 years ago and now there are over 7500 vendors.  I mean, it's a seriously HUGE flea market.
We will have soaps, tea blends, herbal preparation kits, sugar scrub, sachets, Mala/Prayer beads, salves, lip balms, tinctures, essential oils, and many other herbal products. We'll also have unique merchandise from India. We hope to see you there in a few weeks. When you come in the store, help yourself to a free sample of our tea, which will contain one of our many herbal tea blends.

Tattoo Salve

20 years ago I made a salve for wounds.  One day, my son came home with a tattoo.  He put some of the salve on it and was amazed at how quickly the tattoo healed, and there wasn't any itching.  The tattoo healed so fast that it sealed in the color and the tattoo looked the same after it healed as it did on the day that he got it.  Needless to say, Brian was extremely happy about that and had me make him a lot of what he dubbed "Tattoo Salve." 
When Brian's friends realized how fast his tattoo healed and that there wasn't any itching and the color remained the same, they started going to Brian's house and use his "Tattoo Salve" after they got tattoos.
I haven't made Tattoo Salve in a few years and the other day when Brian found out we made some, he was incredibly happy and immediately started plotting and planning his next tattoo just so he could use his "Tattoo Salve."
We've added the Tattoo Salve to our list of products on our website, www.timetothyme.com

T3's Store Debut

This has been an extremely busy two weeks for us.  We've been brainstorming, creating products, and getting everything ready for our Time to Thyme debut at our first store.  As of last week, we have some of our products on display at StarDragonfly Herb Company, in Winnsboro, Texas, (a.k.a. The Little Herb Shop on Elm Street).  We're very proud of our display and would like to thank Susan Thames for including our products in her herb shop.  We love StarDragonfly Herb Company because we feel instantly comfortable when we walk in the door, therefore, we were delighted when Susan contacted us requesting some of our products. 

Our products on display at
StarDragonfly Herb Company
in Winnsboro, Texas

 This is one of the display areas in Susan's herb shop.  If you happen to find yourself near Winnsboro, Texas, drop in and take a look. 
We've been working on new products and have already included some of them on our website, www.timetothyme.com and plan on adding more in the very near future, so be sure to check back from Time to Thyme to see what's new.
We've been testing one of our products on several family members for quite some time, and have found it to be amazingly AWESOME! and will include it on our website soon.








Busy, Busy, Busy...like a BEE

Time to Thyme Update:
Vannoy, Lin, and I have had a HUGELY productive weekend of creativity, brainstorming, decorating, and very hard work at our new Time to Thyme Distribution Center, which we affectionately call T3. We spent 3 days working as hard and fast as we could from early in the morning until late at night. We made soaps, tinctures, herb infused oils, tea blends, and many other herbal inspired goodies.
Most importantly, and much to our delight, we updated our Time to Thyme website, www.timetothyme.com  We added more products to our website, and reduced the prices on some of the pre-existing products.  We got so much accomplished this weekend and can't wait to go back for another round of busy creative activity. 

Help deter lice with lavender and tea tree

School starts in a couple of weeks and one thought that is always at the back of your mind is the possibility of the dreaded LICE INVASION. Lice can be a real problem at some schools and it can also be so very hard to get rid of, especially if you have small children.  Little kids don't understand why they can't wear their friends hats, jackets and scarves, or use their combs and brushes. If you're like me, just thinking about the possibility of having lice shoots you right into a full-out anxiety attack.

This is what I've been doing for the last few years to help keep lice at bay, as I have quite a few grandkids that go to school and another one starting his first year of school this fall. I went to the local health food store and bought a bottle of Lavender Essential Oil, which is usually between $7.25 and $11.50 for a 1 oz. bottle. It all depends on where you live and what stores you have access to. I live in a small town, so it's $11.50 per bottle at our health food store.  If I want to drive 65 miles and go to Drug Emporium in Tyler to buy it, I would only have to pay $7.25 a bottle. Needless to say, unless it's an emergency, I wait to get my essential oils until I go to Tyler.

I went to Walmart to the vitamin section and bought a bottle of Tea Tree Oil, which is around $7.97 for a 2 oz. bottle. Lice DO NOT like the smell of lavender or tea tree. (You can also buy tea tree essential oil at health food stores but it will cost more than it does at Walmart).

While at Walmart, I went over to the section for eye drops and contact solution and bought a pack of two eye droppers, which were about $1.50 for the pack. Then I bought bottles of Suave Lavender shampoo and conditioner. I buy Suave because I can't find lavender shampoo in any other brand.
When I got home, I took the tops off of the shampoo and conditioner and added 10 or 11 drops of lavender essential oil to each bottle. Then using one of the eye droppers, I added about 15 drops of tea tree oil to each bottle. I put the lids back on the shampoo and conditioner and shake them real good to mix the essential oils, which is hard to do since the bottles are so full.

I feel safer sending the kids to school after they've been using this shampoo and conditioner.  The essential oils I bought will last a long time, and it was money well spent for me to have peace of mind. I know that it's still possible one of the kids will eventually pick up lice somewhere even though we use this shampoo and conditioner, but at least I feel better about the possibility of that not happening very often. We also still use all the other precausions to avoid a lice attack. Blah! That stuff freaks me smooth out.
I read in one of my many herb books that if you put a sprig of lavender under your pillow, it will deter head lice.