Strange Makes

09/29/2026

09/29/2026

Behind my StrangeMakes booth is a camper containing my husband, some kids, a dog, a remote office and an apparent understanding of who maintains couch rights. 😂

09/28/2026

It started as a cute little houseplant. Now it weighs 68 pounds, has its own zip code and just caused your lower back to resign for the day.

Good news, our small-batch arnica products—including our mess-free, fragrance-free Arnica + Magnesium Stick—provide natural muscle and joint comfort for lifting, bending and all the other innocent activities that somehow end in sound effects.

Lift with your legs.
Apologize to your back.
Apply StrangeMakes.

Natural relief for real life.
Shop at StrangeMakes.com.

09/26/2026

Spot the one that’s just a little… Strange. 👀

Find it and congratulations—you’ve officially spent more time staring at salve than most people spend reading the instructions on their prescriptions.

StrangeMakes Arnica Salve
For when your body finds the weirdest possible way to remind you how old you are.

09/25/2026

here are a few moments in life that hit harder than expected:

stepping on a Lego
sneezing while your back is already mad
and realizing the arnica tin is basically empty

That’s not inconvenience.
That’s a full-blown personal crisis.

Because when your muscles are sore, your joints are grumpy, and real life keeps coming in hot, you do not want to be scraping the last microscopic swipe out of the tin like it’s your final hope.

Maybe this is your sign to order more before the apocalypse in your medicine cabinet begins. ..... just a thought.

09/25/2026

Come see us in Des Moines Callahan Promotions, Inc. Iowa's Largest Arts & Crafts Shows

09/25/2026

You can’t control the weather.
You can control how your body feels in it.

😌 StrangeMakes.Com | Sept 25–27
📍 Varied Industries Building

Herbal remedies for real life, not perfect conditions. See you there!
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09/23/2026

🚨 DES MOINES WE ARE APPROACHING 🚨

This is your official warning that Strange Makes will be at Iowa’s Largest Arts & Crafts Show this weekend, and we are bringing:

🌿 herbs
🌿 teas
🌿 salves
🌿 and an unreasonable amount of enthusiasm

If you’ve ever thought:
“I’m tired.”
“I’m stressed.”
“My digestion is… doing things.”
“I need an emotional support tea"

GOOD NEWS. We have it.

Come wander through 250+ handmade vendors, find the booth that smells like a forest opened a wellness shop, and let us introduce you to your new favorite tea.

📍 Iowa State Fairgrounds
Varied Industries Building

Friday September 25-
Sunday September 27, 2026

If you hear someone loudly saying
“THAT STUFF IS AMAZING”

…you’re close.

If someone hands you a sample and begins nerding out about plants....

…you’ve found us. (I mean me.).

Come say hi. You will be glad you did.

09/22/2026

Steve found us in Parker, South Dakota, grabbed some Arnica and Purple Grass, and then did the thing every small business secretly hopes for: he kept using it. 😂

Months later, he’s still a fan—and he’s telling other people about it.

That’s pretty much the dream. No complicated routine. No twelve-step wellness ceremony. Just small-batch Arnica and Purple Grass made in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for everyday aches, stiffness, overworked muscles, and bodies that occasionally wake up choosing violence.

Real ingredients. Real people. Real relief. Very little nonsense.

09/21/2026

Dog: “OMG I LOVE YOU.”
Your lower back: “We need to discuss boundaries.”

One second you’re standing there minding your own business. The next, 75 pounds of unconditional love launches itself directly into your lumbar region.

Because sometimes muscle soreness, stiff joints and everyday aches don’t come from working out.

Sometimes they have a tail.

That’s why there’s StrangeMakes natural relief for real life—for the gardening, bending, lifting, sleeping weird, and occasionally being body-slammed by someone who thinks they weigh 12 pounds.

Strange days call for StrangeMakes.
Especially when Strange has four legs.