Showing posts with label l'atelier naturel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label l'atelier naturel. Show all posts

Monday, May 14, 2012

the natural workshop


My hubby's mama took our little ones out of town to visit her mama so I had the whole day to myself no distractions. The best gift ever.  So I had a productive day doing what ever I please which included some play, a walk around our hood with my mom and my hubby pickin' some plants to transplant at our house, a bike ride to dinner and a late movie comfy on our couch. So nice.

This is what I spent some of my mother's day time on.  It's far from finished but I really like it so far. I think it's going to inspire me to put some of my focus back into the oils.  So many things to do so little time. Little by little it will all happen. Actually, on Friday at the last minute before heading out Arts & Fleas we bottled and labeled some of our pure homemade Cypress oil. We created an antique wood and moss display and we brought them to Genterie Supply Co., our friends men's clothing boutique in downtown Lafayette. Our display fit quite nicely in his store, it's one of those old exposed brick buildings. We are excited to see how his customers receive our locally harvested, distilled, and packaged natural woodsy creation.



Thursday, September 29, 2011

the natural workshop





embracing the divine secrets of nature
on an open fire in our backyard
in a beautiful copper still

my hubby just distilled another batch of local Cypress
and for the first time he distilled a batch of Eucalyptus from our neighbors cracked, falling tree
the air surrounding the area smelled so healing and refreshing
I think that might be my favorite part

visit here and here for a little more

we would like to have a selection of scents and spritzers available online soon
until then if you have a special interest and would like to purchase a handcrafted homemade blend
just send me an email to bayoubohemian@gmail.com
if you are local to our area you can find us at the bayouBAZAAR
next Friday October 7th from 6-9pm

Monday, August 1, 2011

be here now...


it's all coming together slowly but surely
have a peek
visit lateliernaturel.com
a collection of handcrafted essential water
and free spirited blends using therapeutic grade essential oils
along with urban harvested petals, barks, resins and roots
more on our collection can be found here

AND...on a different note
>>---> daddy's shoes <---<<

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

bottling nature...

L'Atelier Naturel :: embracing the divine secrets of nature




My sweet hubby and I are combining forces in 'the natural workshop'

We have recently been experimenting with the essence of nature and essential oils. Lately, my hubby enjoys urban harvesting Gardenia and Magnolia flowers to experiment with extracting their essence. He has also successfully distilled Cypress, Rosemary and even our Christmas tree from this past year to create beautiful hydrosols aka floral waters aka essential waters. He uses a beautiful copper still and is inspired by age old techniques.

I enjoy combining the oils and the essential waters to see what original essence I can come up with. So far our original collection includes three 5 oz essential water spritzers that can also be sold as oil only available in 2 ml or 5 ml bottles, as picutured above. We are still deciding on and designing our labels. I am trying to get some good photos to represent our collection.

Cypress Rose :: our homemade Cypress essential water with Turkish Rose
Rozalyn :: our homemade Magnolia and Cypress essential waters accented with oil of Gardenia, Vanilla, and Amber
Kaya's Delight :: this one was inspired by our 6 year old daughter who decided that the oils of Peppermint, Rose, and Lavender would go beautifully together and she was right. Combining equal parts of each oil to purified water and/or Rosemary essential water.

These essential waters work great as a body or home spray. Spray your sheets to freshen things up a bit, on a hot day you can spray a little Kaya's Delight on your face for a mid- day freshner or just wear as your daily perfume.

:: and always remember to SHAKE WELL AND SPRAY OFTEN ::

We are hoping to have our original collection available online sometime very soon...

...until then please feel free to contact me with any curiosities you may have at bayoubohemian@gmail.com
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