Happy Holidays!

Good Evening! Hope everyone everywhere is keeping warm and enjoying the Holiday season so far. I had hoped on posting weekly up until Christmas about great deals or fun recipes, but so far, no such luck! I guess between Craft Shows, candle orders, 4 little girls and trying to paint and redecorate, I kinda keep busy! :)

So from now until Christmas, if you visit Ozark Scents and make a purchase, you can take 15% off your entire order, every time you order until Christmas. Please place your order and at checkout when it asks for a coupon code enter... HOLIDAY15 to automatically get 15% off your order.

Happy Holidays!
♥ Amy
Ozark Scents

Wyja Jewels Earring Giveaway!

Happy New Year All!! Hope you all are so far having a wonderful 2010!

I wanted to let you know that Wyja Jewels is having a giveaway! You can enter to win a free pair of earrings! What a great way to start the New Year off Right?!

So head on over to Wyja Jewels Blog and enter to win these cute Hearts afire earrings!

♥Amy

Tricia's Hand Crafted Monogrammed Note Cards...An Etsy Review & Giveaway! (CLOSED WINNER ANNOUNCED)

Who doesn't appreciate the one of a kind beauty and thoughtfulness of a hand crafted note card? I know I sure do.

So does Tricia Richner, owner and creative mind behind Tricia's Hand Crafted Monogrammed Note Cards. You have to check out Tricia's elegant, stylish cards! You can find a card for any occasion at Tricia's, from baby announcements to Holiday cards to everyday note cards. All of her cards are high quality, made from acid free, lignin free, buffered Designer Series Paper and 80lb. Whisper white card stock. Each card comes with its own open end envelope, perfect fit for her cards. I am telling you these are very nicely made, quality cards.

Over the last couple of weeks I have gotten to know Tricia a little better through our Etsy Team- Busy Moms of Etsy-. I received one of her note cards (which I love) and now plan on buying more for Christmas! I received the Baja Breeze Blue card (pictured to the left) monogrammed with an "S". I can not say enough about how nice this card is. I don't know a lot about paper and making cards, but this is by far one of the nicest cards I have seen. It is thick, much thicker than most cards you buy at big box stores. The card looks perfect, the monogram and ribbon are perfectly lined up and although the monogram is slightly raised up, it is not going anywhere! A very sturdy yet absolutely elegant card. The patterns and colors are serene yet sophisticated. My card came to me packaged well, with a protective plastic covering, and lighting fast shipping! Overall a really great product!

If you are looking for beautiful everyday note cards or thinking of the upcoming Holiday season, Tricia has the perfect hand crafted card for you! Christmas is fast approaching and now is the time to start thinking of which lovely hand crafted cards you will be sending your loved ones this season. I love her Snowflake and Jeweled Merry Christmas cards (pictured to the left) and she has many more to choose from!

How would you like to have a set of Tricia's hand crafted cards? Well, she has generously agreed to give one of our readers a set of 6!!

Yes, we are giving away to one lucky winner a set of 6 note cards from Tricia!

To enter, go to Tricia's Etsy store and browse around. Come back on over here and let us know what you LOVE from Tricia's selection. (1 entry)

For extra chances to win do any or all of the following below. Make sure if it says for example (2 entries) to make 2 separate posts.

1. Follow Tricia's Blog or already be a follower. (1 entry)

2. Favorite Tricia's etsy shop. (2 entries)

3. Tweet about this giveaway and leave us a link to your tweet. (3 entries)

4. Mention this giveaway in a blog post and leave us a link back to it. (4 entries)

5. Follow us here at Ozark Scents blog (or already follow). (1 entry)

Contest is open to everyone! Please make sure you leave us an email address or have one available through your blogger account so we can let you know if you win. One winner will be picked at random. Winner can choose any (1) set of 6 note cards from Tricia's shop.

Contest ends September 10, 2009.

Make sure and enter our Wyja Jewels giveaway below too! :)

Good Luck!

♥Amy

Summer Celebration GIVEAWAY!! (Closed, winners announced)

Summer is almost upon us and to celebrate here at Ozark Scents blog we are having a Celebrate Summer GIVEAWAY!! As some of you know both myself and my little sis Jenny have Etsy shops and we are both in a giving mood brought on by all the sunny days lately! Good news for all of you that LOVE free stuff and SUMMER as much as we do!

With Memorial Day Weekend right around the corner and summer close behind, we feel new beginnings on the horizon. So how many shop owners out there would like a new beginning with a COMPLETE shop makeover from Jenny's shop Jleabannerdesigns? To help you get on with your shops new beginning Jenny will give 2 winners ANY banner package from her shop or digital collage from her shop!! Yes that's right 2 lucky winners will receive their choice of ANYTHING from her shop! So if you are feeling your shop needs a new summer look, now is your chance to get one of Jleabannerdesigns' awesome banners or maybe a funky new digital collage...

I too am in a happy, giving mood myself and I would LOVE to share some super cool scents that will surely get you in the mood for summer! So, I will giveaway to 2 winners a 22oz apothecary jar candle in ANY Scent off of my scent list!! Also, 1 winner will receive their choice of any bar of soap in my shop! That's right 3 winners!

So join us in celebrating the coming of hot summer days with a cool new makeover for your shop or some refreshing summer scents for your home or body!!

Just to make this super fun for everyone we will give you lots of chances to win!!

First, visit our shops Jleabannerdesigns and Ozark Scents Candles and come back here and leave us a comment(s) telling us what you would like to win! (Don't worry you can change your mind if you win). You can enter to win from each shop if you would like, just leave separate comments telling us which shop and what you would like to win. So you can get up to 2 entries!!

For additional entries do any of the following (for each entry leave a separate comment):

1. Join our blog or already follow us! 1entry

2. Join us on twitter or already follow us (on the side of this blog there is a follow button) 1entry

3. Add our shops to your favorites on Etsy. 1 entry

4. Tweet about this giveaway and come back leaving us 2 separate comments with the link back to your tweet. 2 entries, make sure and leave 2 comments (can enter once daily, tweet each day)

5. Blog about this giveaway and come back and leave us 3 comments with the link back to the post. 3 entries, must leave 3 comments

6. Grab our button (on the side of the blog) 2 entries, leave 2 comments

Contest will end Wednesday June 3, 2009 @ 7pm CST and all our winners will be announced shortly after. Make sure your comments have an email address or your blogger account has one we can access or we can't contact you if you win. Contest open to US and Canadian residents.

Have Fun & Good Luck!

♥Amy

Congratulations!

Congratulations to minishoes! You are the winner of the Mireio Feature and Giveaway!

Thank you to everyone who participated, and a special thank you to Wende of Mireio for the wonderful interview and for sponsoring this great giveaway!


Have a good day :)

Mireio Feature and Giveaway! ( Closed, winner announced)

I would like to introduce everyone to Wende the very talented owner of Mireio.

Mireio specializes in luxurious and relaxing spa products, fragrant soy candles, beautiful vintage glass candle holders, and much more!

I met Wende through the Etsy forums, and her shop immediately caught my eye. She makes such luxurious products, and best of all, they are affordable!

I had the chance to ask Wende a few questions about her and her products; here is what she had to say:

Q: How long have you been making your elegant creations, and what inspired you to start doing this?

A: I'm the child of a seamstress, so I grew up sewing. But it took me a long time to work up the courage to actually sell my work. I've made housewares for my own home for years before I took the plunge last fall and started Mireio. As for inspiration, before I opened Mireio I had a vintage store online that did very well. But I found over time that I really wanted to create with the vintage materials that I was finding. I love to mix new with old and find new uses for long forgotten items. So I'm a big fan of upcycling and recycling and refashioning. Creating a new use to something beautiful is a thrill!

Q: There are a large variety of handmade items in your shop from candles to napkins, which do you like creating the most, and why?

A: I must confess, I'm fickle. I tend to love whatever I'm working on at the moment. But if I had to choose, I'd say creating custom orders for people is a real joy. I love listening to what they want and need and then coming up with something totally unique just for them!

Q: What, in your experience, has been the best part about owning your own business as a handmade artist?

A: I've so enjoyed my experience on Etsy--and meeting people and finding new independent artists has been a lovely bi-product of owning my own business. I've had so much fun with it, that I actually write and tweet The Best of Etsy each week. I can't tell you how many amazing people I've met through the process. I love the community it provides. And it's absolutely gratifying to make something you know will be treasured.

Thank you Wende!

Here are a few of our favorite things from Mireio


Wende has graciously agreed to sponsor a GIVEAWAY!!!

What’s up for grabs?????

This beautiful set of six fragrant spring acorn sachets!

Vintage fabrics and prints adorn the adorable sachets. Each is filled with luxurious lavender from Provence. Topped with a real acorn cap and accented with a tiny glass seed bead, each of these Acorns is unique--one of a kind. While small, these lovely sachets are quite fragrant with an amazing palette of lilac, lavender, and hyacinth.

We are going to give you a chance to receive 10 entries into this giveaway!

1.Go to Wende’s shop Mireio and take a look around, then come back here and leave a comment letting us know what item in her shop you like the most. =1 entry

2. Leave a comment letting us know that you are a new or current follower of this blog =2 entries

3. Grab our button (leave a comment, letting us know) = 3 entries

4. Blog or twitter about this giveaway (leave a comment with a link to your post or tweet) =4 entries

5. Purchase any item from Mireio, come back here and leave a comment letting us know what you bought (will be verified) and you will receive 6 additional entries for a total of 10 entries!

All entries must have an email address on them (so we can reach you). If your email is located in your blogger account that is fine, just make sure to leave us a way to contact you.

We will end the giveaway and announce the winner on Sunday April 5th at 6pm central time.

Thank you again to Wende for a great interview, and for sponsoring this wonderful giveaway. You can get even more info about Wende and her shop by visiting her blog , or you can catch her on Twitter.

Good luck everyone.

Friday the 13th Special!

Happy Friday the 13th everyone!!

I just wanted to let everyone in on all of the new stuff going on with Amy’s shop Ozark Scents.

First off, in celebration of Friday the 13th, she's having a FRIDAY THE 13th SPECIAL! you can get a 5 pack of 8oz candles for only 29.00!!!!

She is also having a CLOSEOUT SALE on all of her 12oz jar candles. Hurry and grab one while supplies last!

Amy has been working super hard for the last couple of weeks to offer her customers detailed descriptions of all of her candle fragrances! You can now click here to get a wonderful description of each scent that she offers.

In addition to all of this, she is now shipping to Canada! :) Yay!

Last but not least, Amy is now a proud member of the Busy Moms of Etsy Team and the Cafemom Team!! I’m sure everyone will be seeing and hearing allot more about all of this in the months to come.

And don't forget to check out the awesome new soap she has been creating, it looks almost good enough to eat!

I hope everybody has a Freaky Friday (in a good way, of course). Enjoy your weekend!

It's that time of year AGAIN?!

Yippie! It's that time of year again! I get to blow out the birthday candles on Monday...yep I am turning 21 again!! (So what if it is the 10th year in a row?!) So what about the birthday celebration? Well...I am definitely going to have my cake and eat it too! And so can you!!!

Starting Friday February 27, 2009 5pm (CST) through Sunday March 1, 2009 until midnight (CST) I will be having a BIRTHDAY BLOWOUT WEEKEND SALE at Ozark Scents!! ALL purchases in my store will receive 20% off! Anything you fancy, you get 20% off your whole order!
(Excludes Shipping)

So go ahead and splurge a little, after all March 2nd is Dr. Seuss day! (Oh, and my birthday too!) Besides, who doesnt need a little economically friendly shopping break every now and then? Especially with all of the gloom and doom we've been subjected to lately.

♥♥♥Don't forget to enter our blog makeover GIVEAWAY below! I will announce the winner on Sunday, and will have some new fun for everybody too!.....So stay tuned!!♥♥♥

Also be sure to check out the Etsy featured artist and Giveaway over at Craft Content. It's being sponsored by Creative Addictions, a very talented husband and wife team.

Good luck everyone and have fun!

Amy :)

We made it into a treasury!

Hey everyone! Our Midnight Mocha 8 oz candle made it into a treasury on Etsy!! We are excited about it!! It is a lovely treasury and it's our first time featured in one! A big thanks to ErikaPrice for including us in her gorgeous treasury!! :) Hope everyone will swing over to etsy and take a peak.

...And don't forget to enter our candle giveaway below. You could win our Midnight Mocha candle or any candle of your choice from Ozark Scents!!

I hope everyone has a wonderful day!!! :)

Amy