Widdershins - Bringing the scents of the Renaissance to Etsy

We are one of the oldest and largest Scent Shops at the Renaissance Festivals and have custom blended Essential and Aromatic Oils for over 35 years. We create handcrafted Bath & Body products and Home fragrance essentials, like incense, Candles, wax melts and Potpourri. We basically just - Make Good Scents for your Life!

OUR CUSTOMERS-
You our lovely pirate pals, who are now 3 generations of smelly good customers. I am always amazed at the very crazy combinations of scents you make with us and how you make it a point to see us every year for your yearly supply of potpourri, home or bath & Body products. It is always amazing to see you and your children (Yikes!) and see just what Signature Scent you will create next.

WANT MORE FESTIVAL FUN THROUGH THE YEAR?
Sign up for our very special VIP (Very Important Pirate) Club just for you. I will include my Sneak Peeks & Specials and first chance offers of Limited Editions or overstock specials. Share our behind the scenes views and chat with you in our casual friendly (non-salesy) way.
Simply sign up at www.Widdershins.Club

FOR THOSE WHO NEED TO KNOW EVEN MORE-
The Whole long History of WidderShins & The Pampered Lady

THE PAMPERED LADY- EST 1979 (The beginning)
Our little counter culture shoppe started over 35 yrs ago by one of the original aromatherapist of the early 1970's hippie revolution, Judy Rood. She was instrumental in bringing essential and fragrant oils out of California's Haight Ashburry district to the suburban mid-west, creating some of the first "Head shops" in Michigan.
Creating scents, soaps, lotions & potions in her Holly, Michigan Boutique, Judy set up one of the first aromatherapy stores and enlarged to shopping Mall kiosk soon after, some of which still operate today.
In 1979 She had the great insight to invest in these little known festivals called Renaissance Festivals and had one of the first buildings built in what is now known as the Michigan Renaissance Festival. This Leading lady went on to invest and mentor many other oilers throughout the festivals and the nation creating these special fragrant legacy's and some of the most widely renowned recipes that exists today.
A true inspiration, Judy Rood forever known as "THE PAMPERED LADY'

ON BECOMING WIDDERSHINS
Purchasing the business almost 20 years later, The Pampered Lady fit seamlessly into WidderShins. Judy's books, notes and all her hand written recipes matched my own Herbal business perfectly.

SWEETGRASS & WIDDERSHINS and THE HOLLY MILL (2005-2012)
We then opened stores in Davisburg, then our huge 3 story Holly Mill & Company. We started Music @The Mill and The Holly Farmers Market. After complete exhaustion, 80 hours a week from hosting so many village events and too darn much Music Fun we closed our Mill in October 2012. Bringing things back to the little "Witch House Studio" in the backyard. I am very excited to be back to the blending and creating products and hosting only a few events per year rather than weekly events.

NOW ON ETSY (2012-Current)
I am still posting and figuring out how to get all the many options we have to make good scents in your home on this site. So please bare with us.
As always, we are still blending and perfecting and continuing to create new products. We have evolved and expanded our oil lines to include more of your favorite new scents and still keep your tried and true Classics. If you don't see your favorite listed let us know we just might know the recipe for that.

As Always we will see you at the Renaissance August-October!
" We Make Good Scents in Your Life"