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Welcome to It's A Scentual World.... 2007-03-11 19:43:00 We don't spend all our waking and non waking hours on blogs, forums or chat rooms. But we have finally reached a point where we would like to engage in a online community talking about what we love to do - Essential and fragrance oils & incense! My name is Kerry and my partner is Larry and we are Crystal Mountain Oils & Incense (found at www.crystalmounta-aromatics.com). Since this is my first post I know no one is out there listening right now, but the more we talk, the more you'll want to put your 2 cents in. So this blog is our thoughts and experiences about the past 15 years as we have made and sold incense, essential and fragrance oils. We'll post comments about technical stuff and links to interesting articles on the web. We'll talk about the magical, "un-scientific" side of oils (and the herbs they come from), mythology and lore about oils. I'll start by posting twice a week. You can check out our website and contact us directly, or you can also visit our Google Gro Read more:Welcome
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The shows begin.. 2007-03-24 17:48:00 Spring is here, only officially for some of us. But here in Texas the trees are leafed out and the days are more than warm. The wisteria is in full bloom, along with the dogwoods and redbuds. And of course the pine pollen is making EVERYTHING yellow. But I never cease the wonder of each passing season. It seems the gods have it all figured out and no man will ever, ever improve upon it.And the shows are about to start. We are going to Norman, Oklahoma next weekend. Funny how far the season has progressed here in south east Texas and yet when we drive up to Norman next weekend it will be like driving backwards in the season. Slowly, as we get closer to Fort Worth, then past Denton, the trees start to loose thier green look. The grass will still be brown up there. Some tree buds will just barely be peaking out, hoping that this day will be sunny and warm so it can continue it's yearly journey through the seasons.Waxing too poetic for you? We love going to Norman OK. There are Read more:begin
Norman, OK 2007-04-12 04:36:00 Finally! I get to sit down and write some. Norman
Medieval Faire was just awesome and everyone there was great. We've got another show under out belt that we can tell stories about, so here goes.All that work leading up to Norman went well. We were packed and loaded about 1 pm on Thursday afternoon. Since our set up is easy, we figured we could get in anytime and be ready for opeing on Friday morning. But, as per the ol' "April showers bring May flowers" saying goes, Texas on that day had a terrific line of thunderstorms that were just stewing along I-35 from Oklahoma City to Waco. We sat and watched the Weather channel for several hours. We figured as the storms moved eastward, we could leave here and slip up along the back side of the system. Larry choose wrong this time. It seems the storms just stalled right on I-35 and kept moving northward without moving east. Finally, about 4:30 pm we decided it wasn't getting any better so we headed out. Things looked ok and just cloudy unti
*sheepish grin*....try again? 2008-03-24 20:03:00 As I stated in my very first posting.....I'm not in the habit of typing my thoughts on the computer. Ah Contraire! I LIVE on my computer (as much as I can) but usually I'm checking emails, answering customer questions or orders, playing with Dreamweaver or Photoshop etc etc etc. It has been a year now and all I got posted was 3 little posts last spring. SO LET ME TRY THIS AGAIN! It is the same time as before - we will be leaving for Norman next week. A lot has happened since then and I'll be talking about a lot of it as time goes by. Misty the granddaughter is living with us and she is working with taking over Crystal Mountain as time goes on. Perhaps, just perhaps, I'll actually find it easier to do this ....blog stuff. More on her later. Also, this past winter my life has been distracted
work work and more work 2008-03-30 18:14:00 I'm amazed that after doing shows for 20 years how I can still get stressed before a show. It's all about getting everything done in time and not working til 3 am the night before we leave. Certainly we've done that before, but the older we get the less fun it is. Misty - I mentioned her in the last posting - is 22 and she so reminds me of how much I would stay up all night at that age. While it seems I work harder and get more done during the day than she does, I'm out like a light come 10 pm. Is this what age is all about? That's hard to believe. And you would think after doing shows for so long I would have it all done and organized. Well, we are much better than we use to be. And this is the type of mental information we are trying to pass on Misty....gee, were my parents really so rig
Norman again.....and Misty 2008-04-13 19:57:00 I hope I hope I hope.....We could never have hoped this hard. If we were to pick a goal to aim for this spring at Norman
we would have fallen sadly short. It was crowded, it was sunny and beautiful, it was fun, and did I say crowded? Larry says it was "Mardi Gras" crowded. Everyone had fun, we sold TONS of aromanecklaces (so all ya'll can smell good). Thank you Linda Linn for producing yet another perfect example of a festival.Did any of you meet Misty
? Without her help, Larry and I would have been very tired puppies. Come to think of it, we were ALL tired puppies anyway! This years' Norman was a 3 person weekend - it took all three of us to run the booth. Misty is the new face of Crystal Mountain. Over the years you will see her everywhere, and eventually she will BE Crystal Mountain. Lar
carbon footprints 2008-05-22 11:31:00 As I watch CNN in the evenings it seems that the only topic they talk about, besides the campaign, it the cost of everything. Even if W is your boy, it seems that just about everyone I talk to is not happy with the direction things are going. Price of fuel fuels the price of every thing else. The 3" x 12" ziplock bags that we use for incense has tripled in the past 5-6 years. Why? Plastic is
Thoughts at Waffle House 2008-06-18 10:34:00 It's Monday morning and Larry, Misty and I are sitting in WaffleHouse
waiting on breakfast. I love Waffle House, maybe because I love eggs. We had a really killer opening weekend at the Colorado Renaissance Festival and Waffle House is a common treat after a good weekend. Certianly I don't want to cook and clean up on Monday mornings. Actually, I'd rather sleep all day but the nature of our busin
Summer musings.... 2008-07-10 12:54:00 Summer is half gone. That's hard to believe. Surely the biggest reason Larry and I do what we do is so we can live where we want to live, and that is in the mountains at Whitehorn. I've noticed a lot of rennies and artists we know on the circiut live in Colorado. But driving back and forth to CRF every weekend it seems like we aren't at Whitehorn as much as we would like to be. We noticed that las Read more:Summer
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