Endless Photos

Yes, the Weber grill makes a great platform for our photo shoot!

I made an executive decision to make five “dummy” balms of each flavor for the photo shoot. I like the idea of having these ready at all times, no worries about product inside, no worries about what is in or out of stock, no getting our real inventory messy during photos. The grill provides the PERFECT location for our photo shoot and the 12″x12″ colored paper works awesome! I took four poses of each scent, so 4×42=168 just for the basic shots of the lip balm. I crop, size, adjust and edit each photo in PicMonkey for beautiful image perfection! Getting the photos ready to upload on Etsy and the website will give me a strong foundation for moving forward.

More Labels

I wrote a tutorial on how to do lip balm labels, get it for only $15!

We’re flying through ink and full sheet sticker paper! I love how the colors turned out and Sarah has been deemed the “Label Queen”! She is doing such a great job getting the labels cut properly, I’m so proud of her!

If you want to know how to do nearly waterproof square labels of just about any dimensions, you can find my Label Tutorial PDF Instant Download at BalmMom.etsy.com for only $15.

Flavors Decided

John is really excited about our custom Raspberry Lime flavor!

We've finally decided on all our lip balm flavors! We started with 15 but have blossomed to 40+! Here's what's coming:

 Black Cherry
 Blueberry Blast
 Caramel Apple
 Chocolate Caramel
 Chocolate Coffee
 Chocolate Lavender*
 Chocolate Mint*
 Chocolate Orange
 Chocolate Peanut
 Chocolate Raspberry
 Cotton Candy
 Crisp Green Apple
 Cucumber Melon
 Frosty Root Beer
 Fruity Punch*
 Grape Lollipop
 Hazelnut Latte
 Hot Vanilla Chai
 Icy Peppermint*
 Juicy Watermelon
 Lavender*
 Lavender Rose
 Lime Sorbet
 Market Fresh Peach
 Masala Chai Tea
 Moonberry
 Morning Coffee
 Pink Lemonade
 Pumpkin Cheesecake
 Pure Anise*
 Raspberry Lime
 Rich Chocolate*
 Root Beer Float
 Sea Salt Caramel
 Sugared Lemon Drop
 Sweet Strawberry
 Unscented*
 Vanilla Ice Cream
 Vanilla Rose
 Warm French Toast
 Wild Raspberry
(*100% All Natural)

Supplies are Here

June 2014 first supply box grand opening!

We’re finally ready to unpack boxes!

Two problems:

1) we received the wrong shipping mailers, we ordered kraft, but got white plastic

2) there are several ingredients I forgot to order all together!

After figuring out what else I need to order, we’re going to have a second round of boxes to open! Sigh.

A Pleasant Return - First Post

Our old logo with a fresh font!

I haven't been here in awhile.


Hi, I'm Michelle. I started selling soy candles and bath & body products online in 2005. I started with a website and an Etsy shop. That began a wonderful little adventure that lasted about seven years. Then we closed down our website and Etsy shops and left it all behind in 2011.

As a family, we've recently been talking about creating a family business that we can operate together. Last summer, we considered growing Japanese Maples, but for many reasons we didn't move forward. Just the other day, my son suggested we sell our lip balms again...and as a family, we decided to do it!


Over ten years ago, I made these moisturizing heel therapy lotion bars for Christmas gifts and it was suggested that I sell them. We perfected our "No-Ick Heel Stick" formula over many years and we're excited to offer them again! I created a lip balm for my son when he had dry lips in the winter and my husband fell so in love with the consistency that he begged me to promise I would make him more when he ran out of his stash! We've had a lot of positive feedback about these products through the years, so we're looking forward to reviving these favorites and offering them again!
Please visit our website and Etsy shop. Thanks for visiting and come back soon!