Island Thyme Massage & Organic Body Care

04/24/2025

Working a bit in the studio 😊 baby dinosaur soap for my daughter's baby shower ♡

04/19/2024

Thank you dear friends and family members who have dropped by during our open house this week ♡
Today will be our last day open
1 to 7 pm

Our special feature today is our signature Rose Helichrysum Face Tonic.

Helichrysum is the latin name of a beautiful flowering plant also known as Immortal or Everlasting.
It grows wild in the Mediterranean region of southern Europe.

Wonderful for aging and acne prone skin.

One of our open house visitors today (random number pick) will be gifted with a bottle of face tonic.

Thank you to those who support our local area businesses.
Me and Bob do our best to do so in our extended community and always will or we will have no small businesses to enjoy ♡

We appreciate each and every one of you that have stopped in ♡
Thank you for your friendship and your support in making my wish for one last full on product open house at my studio come true 🙏

04/18/2024

Beautiful day today in the studio.
Such a blessing to see folks ♡
Drop by tomorrow or friday enter the drawing.

04/15/2024

Island Thyme will be open to friends and the general public while I am working in the studio this week 🌺
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from one to 7pm each day.
We have some fun new products as well as old favorites.

Hope to see you!

08/14/2023

Have been blessed to see almost everyone I love this year except a handful from the Lou, Norton, New Mexico & California folks.
Planning two more trip for 2023 and praying 2024 brings good things for us and for everyone we love ❣
Thank you for everyone who has made the trip to the heartland this year ♡♡♡♡ we appreciate your love and support more than we can say.
This week we do multiple genetic testing to try and find something else in the lab we can fight with.
Appreciate all our family, friends and prayer warriors more than we can say 🙏

05/19/2023

Very good herbal uses ♡

Read on to discover the ancient herbal blend that has been helping 8,000+ empaths empower their natural gift and sensitivities... 

05/04/2023

My favorite ♡

The dandelion is the only flower that represents the 3 celestial bodies of the sun, moon and stars.
The yellow flower resembles the sun, the puff ball resembles the moon and the dispersing seeds resemble the stars.
The dandelion flower opens to greet the morning and closes in the evening to go to sleep.
Every part of the dandelion is useful: root, leaves, flower. It can be used for food, medicine and dye for colouring.
Up until the 1800s people would pull grass out of their lawns to make room for dandelions and other useful “weeds” like chickweed, malva, and chamomile.
The name dandelion is taken from the French word “dent de lion” meaning lion’s tooth, referring to the coarsely-toothed leaves.
Dandelions have one of the longest flowering seasons of any plant.
Seeds are often carried as many as 5 miles from their origin !

Artist Credit : Oleg Riabchuk

04/17/2023

FACTS ABOUT CUCUMBERS
1. Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need every day, just one cucumber contains Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Zinc.
2. Feeling tired in the afternoon, put down the caffeinated soda and pick up a cucumber. Cucumbers are a good source of B vitamins and Carbohydrates that can provide that quick pick-me-up that can last for hours.
3. Tired of your bathroom mirror fogging up after a shower? Try rubbing a cucumber slice along the mirror, it will eliminate the fog and provide a soothing, spa-like fragrance.
4. Are grubs and slugs ruining your planting beds? Place a few slices in a small pie tin and your garden will be free of pests all season long. The chemicals in the cucumber react with the aluminum to give off a scent undetectable to humans but drive garden pests crazy and make them flee the area.
5. Looking for a fast and easy way to remove cellulite before going out or to the pool? Try rubbing a slice or two of cucumbers along your problem area for a few minutes, the phytochemicals in the cucumber cause the collagen in your skin to tighten, firming up the outer layer and reducing the visibility of cellulite. Works great on wrinkles too!!!
6. Want to avoid a hangover or terrible headache? Eat a few cucumber slices before going to bed and wake up refreshed and headache free. Cucumbers contain enough sugar, B vitamins and electrolytes to replenish essential nutrients the body lost, keeping everything in equilibrium, avoiding both a hangover and headache!!
7. Looking to fight off that afternoon or evening snacking binge? Cucumbers have been used for centuries and often used by European trappers, traders and explores for quick meals to thwart off starvation.
8. Have an important meeting or job interview and you realize that you don't have enough time to polish your shoes? Rub a freshly cut cucumber over the shoe, its chemicals will provide a quick and durable shine that not only looks great but also repels water.
9. Out of WD 40 and need to fix a squeaky hinge? Take a cucumber slice and rub it along the problematic hinge, and voila, the squeak is gone!
10. Stressed out and don't have time for massage, facial or visit to the spa? Cut up an entire cucumber and place it in a boiling pot of water, the chemicals and nutrients from the cucumber will react with the boiling water and be released in the steam, creating a soothing, relaxing aroma that has been shown the reduce stress in new mothers and college students during final exams.
11. Just finish a business lunch and realize you don't have gum or mints? Take a slice of cucumber and press it to the roof of your mouth with your tongue for 30 seconds to eliminate bad breath, the phytochemicals will kill the bacteria in your mouth responsible for causing bad breath.
12. Looking for a 'green' way to clean your taps, sinks or stainless steel? Take a slice of cucumber and rub it on the surface you want to clean, not only will it remove years of tarnish and bring back the
shine, but is won't leave streaks and won't harm you fingers or fingernails while you clean.
13. Using a pen and made a mistake? Take the outside of the cucumber and slowly use it to erase the pen writing, also works great on crayons and markers that the kids have used to decorate the walls!!

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04/16/2023

Rosemary has been a wonderful teacher and mentor to many ♡ myself included 💐
Hard to believe this journey started well over three decades ago in San Francisco then onto Sage Mountain.

04/14/2023

This is going to be fun 🥰

With Herbalists Rosemary Gladstar & Nancy Phillips

04/06/2023

Great info on harvesting ramps ♡

It's that time of year when we begin to see Ramps (Allium tricoccum) coming up in the Northern Hemisphere! Full of minerals and vitamins A and C, ramps are delicious and versatile...and, importantly, they are on United Plant Savers "At-Risk" List due to their status as a threatened native medicinal plant.

Overharvesting and poaching has decimated local populations to meet the demands of rising culinary popularity in big cities, annual ramp festivals across the eastern U.S., and surging local popularity among foragers and wildcrafters. When you see ramps for sale at the farmers market ask the seller how they source them. Don’t buy ramps that aren’t sustainably sourced or that are harvested with bulbs.

𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗦𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆?

If you love ramps, leave them in the ground! Every bulb you dig is cutting short the life of the patch. And remember, it’s okay if you didn’t know before—share your newfound knowledge with others to prevent overharvest in your area.

𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗮𝗺𝗽𝘀, 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴...
🌱 Is there an abundant population?
🌱 Do you have permission to harvest?

𝗢𝗞, 𝘀𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁...
🌱 Harvest leaves only
🌱 No bulbs, folks!
🌱 Take one leaf per plant
🌱 But only from plants with 2+ leaves in an abundant population
🌱 Harvest only what you will use
🌱 Tread lightly—it should look like you weren’t there
🌱 Thank the plants!

𝗔𝗻𝗱, 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸...
🌱 Plant ramp seeds in the fall
🌱 Get bulbs from in spring
🌱 Educate others and share widely!

Bottom line, don’t harvest ramps unless you know what you’re doing. If not, leave them alone. It should look like they haven't been touched. A modest leaf-only harvest ensures the patch is viable for years to come. Your ramp pesto will taste the same with leaves instead of bulbs (the flavor is in the leaves)!

For more information on ramps and sustainable forest farming visit follow United Plant Savers and visit unitedplantsavers.org.

With deep gratitude. 🌱

03/19/2023

This is going to be a really good summit 🌼🌼🌼

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