Twigs & Honey on the Oregon Bride Magazine cover!

Posted on | Thursday, October 14, 2010 | 2 Comments

Thank you, Oregon Bride Magazine and Liz Hummer!!:

Movie :: Dinner for Schmucks

Posted on | Tuesday, October 12, 2010 | 4 Comments

I forgot to blog about the movie Dinner for Schmucks the other week, but Matt and I watched it at the local discount theater in town and were pleasantly surprised that it wasn't half bad - we were desperate to watch something. It was actually pretty cute. Well, anyone that knew me as a child knows that I have a weird obsession with mice (and birds!). I really like them. Sorry if that is nerdy or weird, but I do! Anywho... I had no idea that there were going to be so many mice in this film! The character that Steve Carell plays is skilled in taxidermy and specifically, he stuffs mice and outfits them and builds entire scenes around them. I just love it! Sooo amazing and cute... you have to watch to understand. :D They are really impressive:

Thinking about spaces today

Posted on | Thursday, October 7, 2010 | 1 Comment

Just one more...

Love anything by Ann Wood Handmade.

Dream studio space...

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I saw this on Alyson's photo blog, Mossière and daydreamed about someday having a space like this for Twigs & Honey...

Production line...

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Hand beading and sewing leaves in multiples for made to orders...

Pretty, pretty shoot!

Posted on | Wednesday, October 6, 2010 | No Comments

I just received this pretty photo yesterday from local Portland stylist, Rebecca Westby. Photography by Cully Wright.

See more HERE.

Lovely young lady...

Posted on | Monday, October 4, 2010 | 1 Comment

Elizabeth Messina's lovely daughter:

Photo credits: Elizabeth Messina
Headpiece: Twigs & Honey
Backdrop: Drop it Modern
Necklace: Anthropologie

New Grey Likes Weddings site + Twigs & Honey Giveaway!

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I've been loving the new Grey Likes Wedding blog and if you haven't seen it yet, you should definitely add it to the blogroll! Summer Watkins, the creator of Grey Likes Weddings, is an amazingly talented stylist and always finds the perfects bits of inspiration to share on her blog. She also has a beautiful BABY site and NESTING site, so be sure to visit them all. To celebrate the newly relaunched blog, she's doing giveaways this week including a big Twigs & Honey giveaway right now! The winner will receive a $100 gift certificate for Twigs & Honey piece and a 1/2 bottle of Rumpledcake eau de parfum from the new Twigscent line. The entry period is from now until midnight tonight so not much time but nice because you don't have to wait very long to find out the winner! Enter HERE!

Little Winter :: November 6-7th

Posted on | Tuesday, September 28, 2010 | 5 Comments

The wonderfully talented Abby Powell Thompson and Chelsea Fuss have organized the most amazing group of designers, artists, jewelers and more for a handmade market called, Little Winter, which will be November 6-7th at the Ace Hotel in Portland, OR. I'll be one of the vendors so definitely stop by if you are in town and say "hi"! Even if not to say hello to me, come by and support the lovely handmade community and be prepared to find some delightful buys. I am actually really excited to have the opportunity to meet the vendors who I have admired for quite a while. I'm predicting that I'll be walking away with some treasures.
For the last few weeks and probably until the night before, I've been and will be developing some new goodies for the event. New pretties that haven't yet been seen... actually, I'll be enlisting the help of my hubby to help make some of these things. Many of the new products will be at much lower prices than most of the Twigs & Honey pieces you see online - nice things to treat yourself with and maybe loved ones during the upcoming holiday season? ;) I can't wait to show you what I've been up to. Very exciting! Very new! I will also have Twigscent products available AND popular Twigs & Honey styles at deep discounts, so if the new stuff wasn't enough to draw you in, perhaps the latter will be? Lots of everyday pieces! I hope to see you all there! Just a few of the vendors:

Twigscent on Etsy!

Posted on | Wednesday, September 22, 2010 | No Comments

I forgot to mention but I opened a little etsy shop for Twigscent for all those who love to buy on etsy. :) You can find it HERE or http://twigscent.etsy.com.

Oh! And has anyone recognized Twigs & Honey on the Etsy FrontPage up top these past few weeks... you might need to refresh. Yeah! Top front and center! Thank you, Etsy. Model: Megan Hodge; Photography: Lisa Warninger.

More on Twigscent fragrances :: Why jojoba oil as opposed to alcohol?

Posted on | Monday, September 20, 2010 | 1 Comment

Most perfumes on the market use alcohol as the "carrier" for their fragrances. Twigscent perfumes use 100% clear organic jojoba oil for the carrier. Why? Because jojoba oil is natural, and behaves very similarly to the oil our own skin produces so it is well tolerated by most skin types. It is also nearly odorless and has a very long shelf life if properly stored. Alcohol can be drying for some and may cause skin irritation for others and although grain alcohols may be natural, they are often "specially denatured", as in, chemicals and/or additional ingredients are added to render the alcohol undrinkable. Why do they do this? If they didn't, then people who made and sold perfume would be essentially serving liquor, so they have to alter it to make it poisonous to drink. You should never drink perfume, ever, but when you see the ingredient "SD Alcohol" on the ingredients list, you'll now know that "something" else was added.

Current Likes & Oktoberfest recap

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Matt and I look forward to the Mt Angel Oktoberfest each September. This year, I unfortunately didn't bring my camera because of the on and off rain (sometimes torrential!). We really loved the food and went for dinner on Thursday and Sunday of this year. Deep fried twinkies, baked potatoes, strawberry lemonade, corn on the cob... everything yummy. I snagged a few treasures. See below along with some other new favorites:

Have you met Kiwi?

Posted on | Thursday, September 16, 2010 | 15 Comments

Last week, I had all these grand ideas that I would have all these lovely posts for you daily and then I got super busy with Twigs & Honey AND Twigscent and haven't been able to blog like I'd wanted to. I will try to have more posts soon, but for now, I thought I'd introduce you to Kiwi, our lineolated parakeet. :)

Twigs & Honey finally on Twitter!

Posted on | Tuesday, September 14, 2010 | 3 Comments

I kept avoiding it, but no longer... Twigs & Honey is now on Twitter! I know, I know, it took me forever. I'm really new so forgive me if I don't do something right here and there. :) Please follow Twigs & Honey on twitter by clicking HERE. Thank you!! p.s. Just got the hang of FB! So you know where I stand. ;)

More on Twigscent fragrances :: Why the Amber colored bottles?

Posted on | Thursday, September 9, 2010 | 2 Comments

So why are the bottles amber colored?
For starters, I knew I wanted to bottle all the Twigscent liquid fragrances in glass. Plastics are not the best vessels for fragrance. Plastics are more affordable but glass does not dissolve or breath like plastic can, so glass can help preserve a fragrance longer. Essential oils can dissolve plastic, so stay clear of plastic containers for fragrances. The applicator for the 30 ml and 15 ml is also made out of glass (glass rod - also has an old world charm about it!).
The amber color is to help prevent light deterioration of the delicate ingredients. Sunlight can deteriorate the integrity of delicate ingredients including essential oils. Think of beer bottles. Many are amber colored because of the same reason - keep out the sunlight. Many big designer fragrances are bottled in lovely clear glass. I think that they are quite beautiful, but really do nothing to protect the fragrance. When you see a clear glass stored perfume, it is usually an indicator of a) a chemical fragrance or partially chemical fragrance OR it is alcohol based or made with preservatives; b) it might be "natural" but the perfumer doesn't realize that the clear glass is allowing sunlight to ruin their fragrance; OR c) the perfumer doesn't care about the quality of their product or protecting their fragrance.
These might not be all the reasons, but some red flags when purchasing a fragrance. Keep an eye out and you'll see it happening everywhere. Twigscent fragrances will be bottled in amber glass or other safe vessels that are darkly colored.
And now you know. :)

Twigs & Honey on NBC's TODAY Show!

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I was thrilled to see little ole Twigs & Honey pieces on NBC's The TODAY Show yesterday morning. Matt and I started watching early in the morning for their Modern Wedding Accessories segment hosted by The DailyCandy. If you missed it, you can watch HERE.