Fresh Bet Bits, Claire Burke Original Memories, Home Fragrance Product Updates and Commentary

Greenleaf usually introduces several new scents each year. This year they have released only one new fragrance for Fall and Winter 2008. Pomegranate is a sweet and juicy blend of Pomegranate and Green Apple.

The beautiful magenta color is cheerful and bright and reminds me of a fruity cherry type of scent. We are starting out with their Room Spray, Hourglass Candle, Aroma Decor Diffuser (effusion) Oil, Sachet and Reed Diffuser Oil refill.

Click here for NEW Pomegranate by Greenleaf.

Olive Oil Organics are made by the folks at Old Virginia who produce WoodWick candles. This is an entirely new line featuring 100% all natural olive oil and beeswax with essential oil fragrance.

The reason I love these is because they are all-natural and do not utilize paraffin wax. They are designed to liquefy quickly to form a pool of highly scented oil that releases fragrance fast. The best comparison I can provide, is they would be similar to the Glade candles in the shallow metal bowl.

The travel tins are 4 ounces and will burn for 25 hours. They feature tight fitting lids so you really can take these with you on your travels. Their slogan is “Passionately Pure” and they burn cleaner than soy wax.

We are starting out with 9 scents: Almond Biscotti, Artesian Spring, Casablanca Lily, Cinnamon Creme Brulee, Citrus Ginger, Fuji Apple, Night Blooming Jasmine, Sage & Verbena, Vanilla Dolce.

These fabulous scents are guaranteed to fragrance your room quickly and are perfect for stale hotel rooms. At only $7.00 each, now you can inexpensively bring great fragrance from home on your journey!

Click here for Olive Oil Organics.

The new Fusion hand-blown art glass candles and reed diffusers by WoodWicks have finally arrived! Of course, they are simply gorgeous and every candle lover must have at least one.

The Reed Diffuser jar can be reused over and over, especiallly now that WoodWicks offers reed diffuser refills in their classic year-round scents. Currently, there is no refill available for the new Fusion scents. We will find out more next month regarding their availability.

Fusion scents just arrived:
* Blackberry Oak * Caramel Apple * Cinnamon Sugar * Gardenia Lily * Grenadine Melon * Linen Bouquet * Mandarin Vanilla * Raspberry Mojito * Sheer Woods * Water Mint * Wine Berry *

Any of these beautiful Fusion creations would make a stunning wedding gift! Click here for WoodWick Fusion.

We are located in a very small town with one red light. My husband & I affectionately refer to Central as “Mayberry”. Our store is on the corner of the only red light on Main Street. Our local Attorney, Karen Pruitt, operates one street away. Whenever we need legal advice, we call Karen.

Karen recently bought some TC air freshener dispensers for her Legal Office Lobby. Here is a testimonial she just sent me:
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OMG!!!! I bought two of the room fragrance machines and sprays. We love it. Everybody comes in and just brags about the office smelling so good. I cannot believe we have not used this before. Thanks Bet for introducing me to your shop. I absolutely will return.

Karen

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Remember folks, during hot summer a/c season, our automatic odor neutralizing air freshener dispensers keep your rooms smelling fresh. Naturally, I have these all around my home and love the clean scents year-round.

I have painted my nails for the last 25-30 years and I just can’t tell you how much I love our new Peacekeeper Nail Paint. First, it’s all organic and natural without any formaldehyde or other toxins. It wears like iron and dries super quick. I actually have been able to stop using a base coat and top coat. I found it bubbled when I used standard top/base coats. Now I can slap 2 coats of Peacekeeper Nail Paint on my nails and it’s totally dry within 20 minutes.

When I first saw the Peacekeeper line at the Minneapolis Gift Mart last summer, I noticed they had some beautiful lipsticks and lip glosses. I have been very focused on adding more natural items as I believe we are all tired of chemical-based products.

Now I don’t wear lipstick anymore, but I did wear it for many years when I worked in Corporate America. I continue to be impressed with the folks at PeaceKeepers who donate all their after expense profits to various women’s causes. Their organic products are perfect for Cancer survivors/patients and any woman who values a chemical-free beauty product.

We are now offering 3 new colors in Lip Gloss: V Day, UNIFEM and Eternal Equity. As you can see by the names of the first 2 colors, these are dedicated to special women’s causes.

There are also 3 new colors in Lip Paint: Paint Me Content (Rose), Paint Me Wise (Burnt Orange) and Paint Me Loving (Pink). The lip paints come in stylish black plastic twist tubes.

Peace Keeper Lip Paints were nominated as finalists for “Best Lip Product of the Year” by Cosmetics Executive Woman(CEW). The revolutionary mineral makeup is rated as one of the safest cosmetics in the US. Made from natural ingredients like Vitamin E, Jojoba oil, Grapeseed oil and Candelila Wax.

Click here for Peacekeeper Cause-Metics.

Enchanted Meadow does a beautiful job with their potpourri. These gorgeous bags of botanicals are all lovingly hand-assembled at their Canadian plant near Vancouver. Last year they discontinued a long-time favorite called Fleurs de Provence. This year they have introduced their new scent called Prima Fleur which is similar.

Prima Fleur is a romantic and feminine blend of pink botanicals fragranced with complex floral notes of greens, muguet and white jonquil. We are starting out with the bag potpourri, reed diffuser oil refill and refresher oil.

Click here for Prima Fleur by Enchanted Meadow.

2008 has brought us several new Peach fragrances for the home and bath. Peach has been out of style for the past 6-8 years and seems to be making a comeback for 2008. Leave it to Enchanted Meadow to put together 2 tasty scents of Mango and Peach for an absolute fruity delight!

We now have their bag potpourri, reed diffuser refill and refresher oil available in this yummy summer blend of Mango, Key Lime and Georgia Peach!

Click here for Mango Peach by Enchanted Meadow.

Several months ago we added the Finders KeyPurse key hooks and our ladies are loving them. So when I attended the January Gift Show and saw these great colorful purse accessories, it just seemed like a good idea to try adding more great new items in this direction.

The thing that grabbed my eye was the bright colors! These nicely crafted leather pieces are by Baekgaard, a Danish company. I tend to like European products and these are really cute. Their passport holder is featured as one of Oprah’s Favorite Things and they come in bright tartan plaids.

We are starting out with an assortment of Hold Everything Wallets, Passport Covers, chic City Hipster Purses and a couple of larger purses. Because we are a suburb of Clemson, I was very drawn to their new Violet color and the Pumpkin (Orange). These are the school colors in our area and I also added the Caribbean Blue and Yellow for our local Daniel High School moms.

Baekgaard’s new Colorful Leather Collection is fresh and bright for Spring and Summer. If you need a stylish passport cover for your summer vacation, we got it!

Update your style for spring with our great new wallets and purses by Baekgaard!

It’s been awhile since I took pictures of the Store to post on our blog. Leia used to love doing our windows and changing out the displays. Well now Deb loves doing this “chore”. Deb is doing a beautiful job with our window displays as you can see from her new St Patrick’s Day and Easter Windows:

Here are a few new pictures of the inside of our little store:

I did discuss taking a group photo of the Fresh Bet Ladies. Their response was underwhelming; so I will ask them again another day after they’ve gotten used to the idea. After all, I totally understand because I’m not much for pictures of myself anymore either. But we will try to get a group photo posted soon.

We are all very impressed with Aromatique. Their colors are gorgeous and the scents are simply divine! While we are not yet offering their Decorative Fragrance (Potpourri), we do now offer their Room Spray, Refresher Oil, Candles and Reed Diffusers.

For Spring, please consider a beautiful old-fashioned floral bouquet called “The Smell of Spring”. Their Fresh Fig is already selling well for us and is a great clean scent that is not too sweet. Our newest arrival is Citrus Plum Berry. YUM!

Long cold winter evenings are perfect for the brass light ring with refresher oil set pictured above. Simply add refresher oil to the lamp ring and place onto a light bulb. Please don’t fill the trough completely full though. When you turn the lamp on, the heat from the bulb will gently release wonderful fragrance into your room.

We also offer Room Spray and Glass candle in this lively citrus blend. Enjoy a fragrant blending of citrus, plums, and berries touched by a hint of musky vanilla and remind yourself that Spring is on the way!

Click here for Aromatique.

Apparently I went slap-crazy a few weeks ago when I ordered so many awesome new WoodWick goodies. I was delighted to see WoodWicks offering up new Reed Diffuser Refills because so many of our customers have requested these.

We are starting out with 10 WoodWick refill scents:

* Cinnamon Chai * Cotton Flower * Honeysuckle *
* Lavender * Linen * Orange Grove * Redwood *
* Sandalwood Clove * Tuberose* Vanilla Bean*


All of these Reed Diffuser Refill sets are beautifully gift boxed and include: one 7.4 oz bottle of oil and 10 new reeds. They are designed to fragrance for at least 3 months. Now you can create your own reed diffuser by using the glass container of your choice that best suits your decor.

Click here for WoodWick Candles, Reed Diffusers and Refills.

You could even mix & match the oil scents to create your own custom fragrance. Lastly, this is better for our landfills so we don’t keep throwing away jars and packaging. Because the oil is the most expensive part, these sell for $20.00 vs. the entire set which sells for $27.00

We also have more new WoodWick Reed Diffuser sets now available in:
* Aloe * Lemon Chiffon * Orange Grove * Pineapple * Water Lily *

Lastly, we have 5 new Old Virginia Wax Tarts just in for Spring/Summer 08:
* Campfire * Lavender * Lemon Meringue * Orange * Soft Cashmere *

Click here for Wax Tarts by Old Virginia at only $1.00/each