Real Momma Times

Come experience Breathless Beauty Products at the indoor farmer market at the Gateway complex in Newark New Jersey. Scheduled for April 22nd Earth Day, from 9:00 – 3:00!!

We have so many new products. Including hair tea rinses, balms and calming bath teas too! We have been working to eliminate anything un-green to help save the Beauty of EARTH. Use our Shampoo Bars to eliminate plastic bottles being thrown away!! It will leave your hair Squeaky Clean with no Residue at all!!!!

Pictures to follow. My little photographer made a boo boo and dropped my camera so I have to wait to use Mr. Dillon's for some new pictures:)

Happy Warm Bubbles everyone!!

Greetings to all.
We have been blessed with such great weather I hope everyone is getting out and enjoying this with their loved ones!
I have stumbled across a fantastic site please check it out. www.mommysavers.com

Since the mountains have been beautiful we have been outdoors for the majority of the days and watching the trees bloom and the grass growing (even if its crab grass). The Earths abundance is such an amazing blessing, we should be thankful for all we have.
I have started my herbs and my tulips and will be starting my hanging strawberry's soon. I am loving this so much.

I will be posting a review of a great piece of jewelry and work of art purchased from a fabulous fellow Etsy seller and fellow member of UWIB! Look out for it!!

Well , I can not seem to remember to blog!!!
I have the knack for writing this I know yet Its escapes my mind to write my scribes in this blog. I write my poetry everyday, my thoughts for my memoir and everything else but this little blog!
I will have to set daily reminders to do this on my PDA.

Okay so, I am now seeing my Lavender seedlings sprout, tomorrow I need to get my mini herb greenhouse going as it is supposed to be beautiful out here in my mountains.
I want to be outside taking in the sun all day into the weekend, raking leaves,planting my indoor herbs and playing with my little girls and my one and only King!!
I am going to be working in a couple of months towards my degree in Early Childhood Education at Northampton (I think, kind of not to certain if that is the school yet).
I have been busy cleaning and taking little Lali to playgroup, we may attend a mommy n me music class next week.
My crafts are still coming along I am using a knitting loom lately becasue of my wrist issue but it works once you get the hang of it.
Well That's my two scents for this moment in time.
Earth has been blessed with love let us take what the Earth gives and proceed to share it wit others!

IRS to Track Online Sellers' Payment Transactions Beginning Next Year
By Barbara Weltman
AuctionBytes.com
March 07, 2010


Internet sellers who don't report their sales will no longer be under the radar. Starting next year, any bank or other payment settlement company that processes credit cards, debit cards, and electronic payments such as PayPal will have to issue information returns telling the IRS what merchants receive. The new returns are Form 1099-K, Merchant Card and Third-Party Payments.



Purpose of Reporting
The IRS believes that many online sellers fail to report their transactions. Some don't report because they mistakenly believe that Internet sales are invisible. Others do so because they are trying to evade taxes.

The IRS has found that using information returns, such as W-2 forms for employees, Form 1099-MISC for independent contractors, and Form 1099-INT for bank interest, goes a long way toward improving the reporting of income. IRS computers can match income reported on these information returns with the income reported on tax returns.

Who's Subject to Reporting
All merchants who accept payments through credit cards, debit cards, gift cards and PayPal will receive information returns telling them - and the IRS - the gross amount of the merchant card transactions. This will be broken down month by month. While the form uses the word "card," the IRS has made it clear that this is interpreted broadly to include third-party network transactions (i.e., PayPal).

Exception: Very small merchants won't be issued information returns. "Small" for this purpose means annual gross sales on merchant cards of no more than $20,000 or 200 or fewer transactions. In other words, reporting is required only if gross amounts for the year exceed $20,000 and there are more than 200 transactions.

Mechanics
As it now stands (proposed regulations have not yet been finalized), gross amounts reported for merchant transactions do not take into account any adjustments for credits, cash equivalents, discount amounts, fees, chargebacks, refunded amounts, or any other amounts. It will be up to sellers to report on their returns the full amounts reported to them and then make adjustments or explanations to account for differences in what is ultimately taxable to them.

For example, a seller who is paid $1,000 by credit card for a particular transaction does not necessarily have $1,000 profit even though $1,000 will be included on Form 1099-K. The $1,000 must be reported so the return will match what's in the IRS computers, but this amount will then be reduced on the merchant's return by the cost of goods sold (what it costs for the inventory sold), merchant account fees, and other costs.

Providing Your Tax ID Number to Processors
Merchants will have to provide their federal tax identification numbers to the companies processing their transactions. If they fail to do so, they may become subject to "backup withholding," which means these companies will have to deduct and withhold income tax from reportable payments. Backup withholding won't go into effect until 2012.

Sellers who don't wish to provide their social security number to payment processors can obtain an EIN (Employer ID Number). Note that you can obtain an EIN even if you are a sole proprietorship. See the IRS website for more information.

More information on Form 1099-K
You can find more information about Form 1099-K, the new information return that payment settlement entities will use to report the gross amount of merchant card or third-party payments, on this IRS web page (PDF format).

See also, "What Every Merchant Should Know about New IRS Reporting Requirements" from this May 2009 EcommerceBytes article.

About the author:
Barbara Weltman is a prolific author and trusted professional advocate for small businesses and entrepreneurs. She is also the publisher of Idea of the Day(sm) and monthly e-newsletter Big Ideas for Small Business(R) at http://www.barbarawel... and host of Build Your Business radio.

Well its that time of year. Crazy planning and art time. We are looking at being a vendor once again in Forte Green at the Artisan Market on Dekalb Avenue along Forte Green Park! The schedule is roughly April until June Then September through October.
We are booking our Saturdays soon and will post which days we will be in attendance.
March 27th, from 10am to 3pm with not only our bath and body care but with our lovely crochet cuff/bracelets!!!
We will keep you all posted and look forward to seeing all our current, past and new customers. We can not wait to post the pictures too!

Hello all I have spoke about this wonderful group called Unique Woman In Buisness and Etsy. Well today is a promotion that the group is having for all the members.
First I would like to express that the group is a world of knowledge awaiting everyone so please look at their blog www.uniquewomaninbusiness.blogspot.com and follow it the jion their yahoo group, you will be very fufilled.
Secondly the promotion on Etsy starts today and just search Think Spring and we all have tagged various items that we are promoting!!!
Please enjoy your day and Let me know what you think of the group and the Promotions.

Happy Bubbles
Dawn Marie

Rosemary Oil for hair

A great known herb for healthy beautiful glowing hair is Rosemary.
Make your own herbal infusion by soaking dried organic rosemary in a good olive oil for 4-6 weeks. Or if you want it sooner use a double broiler and place oil and rosemary together and put on very low heat for about 2 hours.

After 4-6 weeks or after using the double broiler method strain the herbs and oil using a cheese cloth and place oil in a jar and use just a few drops and run on scalp. If you would like use some on your hair as well, if you have fine hair it may make your hair to greasy.
Try it, this is a healthy alternative to chemicals we tend to use on our hair everyday and it will definitely save you money too.
If you try this please let me know your results good or bad!!