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DIY Fire Cider

Fire Cider is a traditional herbal remedy used to warm up the body during the cold months and support immunity during cold and flu season. Its striking blend of ginger, garlic, onion, horseradish, chilis and other herbs gives it a potent warming quality, while apple cider vinegar and honey give it a pleasant sweet-sour flavor.

Rosemary Gladstar in the late 1970s created this herbal remedy and it is still used today. People take it in winter months to support the immune system at the onset of a cold, to soothe the sniffles and as a warming tonic.Made with common ingredients that you can find at just about any grocery store, fire cider is both easy to make and affordable. Further, due to its reliance on highly accessible ingredients like ginger, onion, garlic and vinegar, fire cider is one of the easiest herbal remedies you can make.

Fire Cider depends upon five dominant herbs including ginger, onion, garlic, horseradish and hot chilis like cayenne. In addition, many home herbalists add turmeric which is strongly anti-inflammatory, rosemary which has anti-microbial properties and is a restorative tonic, or cinnamon for its warmth. I also include star anise which has a sweet, soothing quality.

When you make fire cider, you’ll also add apple cider vinegar and honey. Apple cider vinegar acts as an excellent digestive aid and which helps to extract the medicinal compounds of the herbs. And honey helps soothe the body, makes the tonic more palatable and helps buffer the intensity of the herbs.

How much should you take?

Most people take one or two tablespoons of fire cider at a time, often diluted in water or tea. Many herbalists recommend taking a shot every 3 to 4 hours if you feel a cold coming on.

However, more than a remedy, fire cider is also an excellent food – a delicious, spicy sweet-tart tonic that you can use in place of other vinegars in vinaigrettes and other culinary preparations. Accordingly, it’s a great way to consistently consume medicinal herbs regularly.

Ingredients

3 ounces diced ginger root
3 ounces yellow onion
1 ½ ounces garlic cloves
1 ½ ounce diced horseradish
1 ½ ounces jalapeños
3 star anise pods
1 cinnamon stick
2 cups raw apple cider vinegar
½ cup honey

Quart-sized Jar

Instructions

Layer the ginger, onion, garlic, horseradish and jalapeño into a quart-sized jar with the star anise and cinnamon stick. Cover with apple cider vinegar, adding additional vinegar to cover the contents of the jar as necessary.
Seal the jar, and store it away from direct sunlight at least 1 month and up to 6 weeks. Shake daily.
Strain the vinegar, discarding the solids. Next, stir in the honey until fully dissolved. Store at room temperature up to 6 months and in the fridge up to 18 months.

Dorm room Plants

House plants and college students at times just don’t mix, especially if the student is busy with attending parties or studying in the library long hours of the day and night. If you want their room to appear more habitable by adding houseplants, you need to choose ones that they can’t kill from utter neglect or watering it too much. Here are 4 suggestions that might work. .

Snake Plant:

This plant can survive with little light and little water. A friend told me that she moved out of her dorm room one semester, went home for a couple of months and actually came back to the room to pick up the forgotten plant, and poof! It was still living and looked like the same plant that was left 3 months before. There are lots of varieties of the plant, the one called Laurentii is the most popular and features spear shaped leaves and can grow up to 3-4 feet tall. Plant care: Even if your plant is placed in ample bright indirect light, you won’t need to water it more than once every 10 days (at most) during the growing season. During the winter months or if the plant is in low light, it can need watering as infrequently as once a month.

Rubber Plant aka (ficus plant)

This plant accepts a wide range of growing conditions without dropping any leaves. It accepts low light and only needs water when the soil is completely dry. Rubber plants Plant care: like bright light and a lot of it, but not direct sunlight. A sunny spot shielded by a sheer curtain is often perfect for rubber plants. You can tell if your rubber plant needs more light if it becomes leggy, its leaves lose their luster, and lower leaves fall off.

Cast-iron Plant

It was made for brown-thumb gardeners. Sturdy, long lived and nearly bullet-proff, this evergreen tolerates low light and nearly total neglect. Plant care: Water well and then wait until the soil has almost dried out before watering again. Temperature Average room temperatures are ideal.

Spider Plant

Spider plants will tolerate lower light conditions, however, they prefer bright indirect light where they will flourish. Spider plant needs are simple Plant care: Place the plant in bright to moderate light in a room that’s a comfortable temperature for everyone. Keep the soil slightly moist. Once-a-week watering is sufficient in spring and summer; in winter, allow the soil to dry a bit more between waterings.

Now if you think these plants won’t work at all because you are too busy with college classes or your daughter/son is just not the best with plants you can always choose artificial ones. Nowadays, there are so many choices to choose from that the plant actually looks real and can fool anyone! You can find perfect faux succulents, cacti, or ivy at any local craft store or on Etsy. Our shop actually offers artificial succulents and air plants along with cute planters too! Just follow the link to see : www.printhousedesign.com

Let’s Talk about it… 3D printing

Talk about Tuesday!

This Tuesday and for the next Tuesdays in the month of October I will be posting only a topic and I would love for my followers and viewers to comment in the comment box a question that would be related to the topic. Each week the topic will change and I will be collecting all the questions to answer them in a podcast that will be aired in November or December.

This Tuesday the topic is (3D Printing)…. Ask any questions that you would like to know about the topic! The more the better!

Etsy Star Seller Badge

What is an Etsy star seller?

Starting last month sellers will see a new Star Seller section in their Shop Manager dashboard. Here you’ll find how you’re performing in these key areas: responding to messages, shipping, 5-star ratings, sales, and orders. Etsy will start rewarding sellers with a Star Seller badge—making it easier for shoppers on Etsy to know you have a proven record of providing an excellent customer experience. It is a way to recognize and reward Etsy sellers who consistently provide an excellent customer experience.

Why Etsy chose this criteria

from buyer research that these areas are important in providing a positive customer experience. Performing well in these areas could also help you become a more successful Etsy seller. Here’s how:

Buyers are more likely to come back and shop from you when you ship your orders on time, than if you ship late. Based on same-shop repeat purchase rate data between Jan 2020 and Dec 2020.
Sellers who respond to buyer messages within 24 hours are four times more likely to make a sale than sellers with a longer response time. Based on conversion rate data from initial buyer messages between Jan 2020 and Dec 2020.
Buyers that leave a 5-star rating are more likely to come back and shop from you than buyers leaving lower ratings. Based on same-shop repeat purchase rate data between Jan 2020 and Dec 2020.

Etsy created a checklist to help sellers strive for the star seller

This checklist covers key steps you can take to ensure the best customer experience, setting your shop up for Star Seller success and continued growth.

❏ Respond to messages quickly.

When shoppers have questions about your products, they want answers right away. Set aside some time each day for responding to questions, and aim to answer questions within 24-hours or less. Response rate is also an important piece of Star Seller criteria: To qualify, you’ll need to respond to 95% or more of initial messages from buyers within 24 hours (just the first message, not ongoing conversations). You’ll also need to meet the other Star Seller criteria, which you can read here.

Tools for success:

Download the Sell on Etsy App for your Android or iOS device, so you can respond to messages quickly, even when you’re away from your computer.
While it’s important to personalize the messages you send, you can save time getting started by using saved replies to keep a library of frequently used responses on hand.

❏ Establish your policy on returns and exchanges.

While shop policies don’t directly impact Star Seller eligibility, they can help encourage positive reviews by setting clear expectations with shoppers. Positive reviews are another important criteria for Star Seller: To qualify, 95% or more of your reviews will need to have 5-star ratings.

In your shop policies, you should establish clear guidelines for whether you’ll accept returns and/or exchanges. If a buyer does contact you to coordinate a return or exchange, the first step is to work with the buyer to decide:

Where the buyer should send the item (generally to your address)
The time frame in which you want to receive it
Who will be responsible for the cost of return shipping, if you don’t state this in your shop policies

Update your shop policies

❏ Ship on time.

To qualify for Star Seller, you’ll need 95% or more of your orders to ship within your stated processing time and with tracking* or you purchased a shipping label on Etsy. Digital orders will not require tracking information.

Ship within your stated processing times. We use the processing times you set for each listing to determine the ship-by date. Update your processing times to accurately reflect your workflow and set clear expectations with shoppers.

Add tracking, or use shipping labels on Etsy. If you’re in the United States you can save up to 30% on retail postage rates by purchasing shipping labels on Etsy. Plus, if you purchase a USPS shipping label on Etsy, cut down on trips to the post office by scheduling a free pickup from your USPS postal carrier or by bringing them to a USPS postal drop-off location, if available in your area.

❏ Add thoughtful touches.

Let your customers know how much you appreciate their business with a handwritten thank-you note and branded packaging. You can also create a thank-you coupon to automatically send your customers an email with a coupon code after their order is complete. It’s a special touch that just might inspire them to leave a great review—and to make another purchase in the near future. Those little touches that show you went above and beyond will make them smile and could positively influence their review.

❏ Communicate delays.

If you learn that an item is delayed in transit, tell your buyer as early as possible so they’re not left wondering why their order didn’t arrive when expected. You can let your buyers know about delays and when you plan to ship their orders through messages and by using your shop announcement. Communicating proactively about any changes can help ensure a positive experience and more consistent positive reviews for your shop.

Our shop on Etsy is proud to be a Star Seller for the month of October and we are striving to keep the badge. We are giving away with every purchase a free NC coastal seashell & starting in November every Friday we will be giving away a freebie ( see our Instagram for more details in November)

Visit our shop to see all what we offer! : http://www.printhousedesign.com

5 Simple tricks to keep Air plant alive

Dunking is best. I know you thought you’d be fine just spritzing your tilly every few days, but that isn’t enough. … I recommend watering your air plant by dunking it every week for 8-9 minutes.
Always air dry. After they soak, Tillandsias need to dry out fully. This means place your plant upside down on a towel or wire rack for it to dry.
Look on the bright side. Air plants love indirect light, which means the plant needs to be in a room where it is sunny.
Plants get hungry, too. … You can add plant fertilizer to help your little plant flourish. Low-nitrogen fertilizers are best for air plants because it helps encourage blooming and offset production in Tillandsia. It’s also very important to use a non-urea-based nitrogen fertilizer.
Nice and cozy. … Keep your plant in a safe spot where it can thrive in the air, light, and water, which means you can place it in a planter that has great air flow.

Air plants are usually tiny, easy to grow, and they don’t need soil. As the name implies, air plants absorb nutrients and water from the air through scales on their leaves. They’re the easiest houseplant because they’re easy to care for and don’t need a lot of work to thrive.