Rain or Shine - there will be Wine!

Let the Memorial Day festivities begin as we unofficially start summer! 

Join us this weekend at

The Garden State Wine Growers

Wine & Blues Festival

Natirar Park, Peapack-Gladstone, Somerset NJ

Saturday & Sunday, May 26  & 27, 11:30 to 5

Rain date Monday May 28

$25 admission includes wine glass and all the wine sampling you'd like.  Under 21 is free.

Free if you are not sampling wines. Cash only if purchasing tickets at the admission tent.

Come on out and enjoy fabulous music in the amazing Natirar Park. 

Kick back with some wine from one of the 25 New Jersey vineyards present, grab something to eat, do a little shopping at the fine vendors 

(like Celtic Chairde Creations!).

 It's a great way to kick off summer with out stressing.

Mention this blog post while shopping at our booth, and receive a free lip balm!

Lilacs and More for Mom

My lilacs are still bursting forth with fragrance and cheerfulness! My roses are starting to bloom. Spring is springing up everywhere. With Mothers Day coming up quickly, we thought we'd celebrate with some wonderful specials - for you and your mom!


We're big fans of lilacs. And we've created a wonderful linen and air spray that truly captures that light, uplifting scent of spring without smelling soapy. Our Lilac Fairy Ceo Broingloid (Dream Mist) is on sale now through Mothers Day - $2.00 off the regular price!

But there's more...


Order one of our Gift Sets and you'll receive free shipping PLUS a free 4oz Lilac Fair Dream mist! Choose our Méla Tea Set which includes one each of our fabulous all natural, herbal tea bag packs. You can use each tea bag 2 or 3 times - so this is a real value as well as a wonderful mini-spa treat. Or choose our Gardeners Gift Pack with all the things you need for outdoor care.

You can also build your own gift set and receive free shipping and a free gift. Go to our website and select the items you'd like to include in your gift. During check out, enter Chairde Special in the comments area. We'll create a gift basket of those items and get them out to you in time for Mothers Day!

The specials will be available until May 9th (to assure delivery in time for Mothers Day).

If you have any questions, you can always email us and we'll be happy to help.

I've got good news, and...

We're coming up on our first event of the season, which is very exciting and I'll share more news on that within the next few days. But in the mean time, I wanted to let everyone know that we've got some good news ... and some bad news.

The bad news is that we have to adjust some of our prices, particularly on our body butters. Supply costs have risen tremendously over the past few years. We've maintained our prices as best we can, but it just isn't feasible any more.

The good news is that we've added a 4 ounce size to our body butters! This special size is only available on our website. It's perfect for those who love to indulge their whole body in these moisturizing and wonderfully decadent butters.

We're going to continue to add some new items over the next month or so. And we will continue to give you exciting, skin loving, magically inspired and wonderful products with reasonable prices.

A Dandy of a National Dandelion Day!

Spring is here, and with it the glory of those early blooming herbs and flowers. And what looks as cheery as the amazing little yellow flowers popping up every where - the lovely little dandelion!

There are many who look at this versatile and nutrition packed little herb as the bane of their existence. Not me - I love them! There is a plethora of information out there about the hardy dandelion, but here are a few of my favorite things to do with them:

• Feed them to my cat. Yep, that's right. My one cat, Sinbad (actually my daughters cat, but that's another story) LOVES dandelions. Any time he sees us go outside, he'll sit in the window and meow rather loudly until we bring some tender greens in for him. We think he learned about them when he used to share a nibble with our rabbit, Nibbles, when we used to bring them in for him. (Nibbles was my daughters, too). Dandelion is a great addition to your cat or dogs food. Just occasionally chop up some dandelion greens to toss in to their food. It will help keep their coats nice and shiny.
• In salads and recipes - replace some spinache with dandelion greens. Younger leaves are as bitter as the large, later season leaves (although I'll occasionally use them, too). They work very nicely in Quinoa Salad or lightly sauteed in a little oil, then tossed with cranberries and walnuts. Yum!
• I like taking the flowers and flower petals and tossing them in with scrambled eggs or omelets.
• Infusing apple cider vinegar with dandelion flowers, leaves and roots make a very nourishing addition to salads, seltzer spritzers, and a refreshing toner for your skin!

For more scoop on this prolific herbal wonder, try check the Herb Companion articles like this, the Herb Quarterly, Learning Herbs - or go on your own dandelion hunt! It's a dandy thing to do on a spring day!

Spring Specials for a Special Spring

This has been a very warm spring - heck a very warm winter! All this lovely weather in the east is putting us in mind of getting out to the garden and celebrate this special spring. Well, we've decided that we want to celebrate as well. To do that, we're offering you some great specials for the month of March.


For the rest of the month of March, there's free shipping! Why not take advantage of that with one of our special offer gift sets.

Gardeners Gift Pack

The greening of the trees and plants calls us out to the garden. There's nothing as soothing as digging down in the dirt or smelling freshly blooming flowers. But it takes it's toll on your skin. This gift pack helps keep your skin at its natural best.

• 1 oz Gardeners Salve - great for those nick's, scratches and work worn hands.
• .75 oz Muscle Rub - Gardening puts your muscles to some extra work. This salve is powered with Arnica and capsicum from hot peppers. Soothes muscles and smells fabulous. Choose from 4 scents.
• 8 oz Dó Gréine Spray - Don't let the spring sun fool you - you can still get burned. This all natural spray ease the pain of burns (sun or otherwise) as well as itchiness and bug bites. Even helps repel some bugs (does not work well for gnats though).
• Sweetest Kisses Lip Balm - Honey makes this lip balm extra soothing and softening for wind and sun damaged lips.

Sale Price: $21.00

(If purchased separately - $23.50)

The gift pack comes in a nice little spring bucket and gets you ready to get out and play in the dirt. Perfect for a nice gift or for yourself. Our newsletter also has a Mela Tae gift set special. You don't get our emailed newsletter? You can sign up for it in the box in the right column here. Or you can see it in our archive here.

Enjoy!