Winter Celebration Featuring ACHS Graduates November 30 in Portland

Kick off your holiday season with the ACHS Winter Celebration!

Enjoy learning how to make natural gifts for your loved ones. We'll feature how to make:

• Delicious holiday room sprays you can use all year long!
• Winter Blahs Bath Salts
• Peppermint Foot Scrub

With the cold and flu season upon us, come learn about winter wellness tips including how to make:

• All-natural, herbal cough syrup
• Gentle, Peaceful herbal tea

We'll also feature a range of herbs for winter wellness!

Space is limited, so RSVP today. To RSVP, call (503) 244-0726, email registrar@achs.edu, or RSVP here on Facebook.

Can't join us? Check out our full range of Do-It-Yourself gift kits online at http://goo.gl/D9bEM. And, be sure to check out our great educational videos highlighting how to make your own natural gifts below! Subscribe to our YouTube channel for regular updates online at www.youtube.com/ACHStv

We look forward to seeing you!

ACHS Winter Celebration: November 30, 2011 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at American College of Healthcare Sciences, 5940 SW Hood Ave., Portland, OR 97239.

Benefit Of DIY Natural Homemade Gifts

BY Keoi Magill, ACHS Graduate Certificate in Aromatherapy

We all have much to gain by making our own homemade natural gifts. Anyone can run into a store and buy something off the shelf. But, when you put the time, thought, and energy into making gifts for those you love, the receiver knows that they are special to you.

By using natural materials you are also promoting a green lifestyle. Giving gifts that are natural to friends who have not experienced the benefits of organic products can be quite the eye opener. You will be introducing an eco-friendly lifestyle to someone who may be inexperienced. Plus, typically it costs more to purchase something already made, so you will save money as well.

Making DIY natural gifts can reduce stress. With all the hustle and bustle that life throws at us, spending the time doing something creative can be a form of meditation, calming and exhilarating you all at the same time. It can remove the worry about duplicating something your loved ones already have: your gift is original and one of a kind.

Handmade gifts can be problem solvers and time savers, especially for those on our holiday list who we never know what to give. No more wandering around trying to find that just-right gift. As long as we follow good manufacturing practices, quality assurance is guaranteed when we make natural gifts. We know that our gifts are toxic free and will not harm the environment or our family and friends.

In the truest spirit of the holiday season, there is nothing that we can do that is more rewarding than to make do-it-yourself homemade natural gifts.

For a free holiday recipe book, download the Apothecary Shoppe Holiday Recipe Guide HERE.