Bear Lake Botanicals

12/22/2025

My heart is so full after this Winter Solstice gathering. Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate the turning of the wheel, your presence, warmth, and open hearts are what made this night so special. 🌙🔥🌀

A huge thank you to everyone who helped set up, prepare, decorate, plan, and support this event in any way, from the big lifts to the quiet behind the scenes moments. These gatherings don’t happen without community hands, and I’m endlessly grateful for yours.

To our talented vendors, musicians, and flow artists: thank you for sharing your gifts, your craft, and your energy. You brought life, rhythm, and magic into the space and helped create something truly memorable.

Deep gratitude to Northern Natural Cider House & Winery for opening your doors and space to us and allowing this rooted, community centered solstice to take place. This space holds such good energy, and we always love to gather here.

And to Jesse Ray Ketchum thank you for putting up with my wild event ideas, believing in the vision, and helping every step of the way from start to finish. I literally couldn’t do this without you.

Lastly, to everyone who dressed the part the furs, crowns, and earthy magic, you all brought the solstice to life in the most beautiful way. It truly made the night feel ancient, intentional, and extra special.

Thank you all for welcoming the dark, honoring the light, and celebrating together. Until we gather again. Happy Winter Solstice ✨🌲

Please feel free to add any of your solstice photos to the comments for the archives.

12/21/2025

Solstice blessings under the longest night 🌙🕯️

12/06/2025

This time of year is always a whirlwind for me (as I know it is for many of us), but this season feels extra full. I’m juggling my full time job, cleaning jobs on the side, packing for vacation, cleaning our home to get it ready to sell, planning the solstice, hosting a woman’s craft day to create decorations for the solstice this Sunday, stocking up on products…gahh shall I go on?! 😆

I’m excited and grateful for everything happening… but my goodness, I’m pretty sure I’ll breathe a deep sigh of relief once I can slip back into hibernation mode.

For now though, it’s all hands on deck, bottling fire cider and making sure I’m fully stocked and ready for the Winter Solstice. 🌀✨🥱

10/21/2025

Immune boosting, sinus clearing, gut warming goodness in a jar. Packed with grapefruit, onions, jalapeños, turmeric, pink peppercorns, rosemary, sage, calendula, cinnamon sticks, horseradish, garlic, black peppercorns, lemon, ginger, and raw ACV infused in honey and cayenne.

A shot a day keeps the funk away!!

10/19/2025

Brewing up a batch of some spicy homemade fire cider magic!

🧅 🌶️ 🍊 🍋 🧄 🫚 🧂🍯 🌱

This season’s ingredients include, jalapeños, onion, grapefruit, lemon, garlic, ginger, turmeric, cinnamon sticks, sage, rosemary, calendula, horseradish, pink & black peppercorns all infusing in raw ACV with honey and cayenne. 😋

09/07/2025

🌸 Echinacea aka Purple Cone Flower- from the petals to the roots, the whole plant carries medicinal properties. I harvested the flowers, leaves, and roots, split and moved some to give them more space to grow outside my butterfly w**d bed. 🦋

07/26/2025

The flower beds are starting to show off!

07/14/2025

After two years of growing from seed, motherwort is finally in bloom!She took her sweet time, but that’s just her nature. Year one she focuses on growing her leaves and roots (no flowers) year two she shows off and sends up tall flowering stalks and blooms!Totally worth the wait!! 🌸

06/06/2025

Quick reminder! Bison & Blue is now available online, but there are only 11 left in stock. They’ll also be at The Village Craft & Vendor Show tomorrow at the Old State Hospital, so you can grab one there or order ahead online! 🦬 🩵

06/02/2025

*Edit* With so much interest in this product, I decided to do an early shop update. It’s now available on my website. There’s only 15 in stock so snag one while you can. I’m willing to do local delivery & meet up.

Bison & Blue 🦬 🩵

A mineral-rich balm of Bison Tallow, Indigo, Frankincense Resin & Essential Oil, Almond & Jojoba Oil, Shea & Mango Butter with locally sourced beeswax from Sleeping Bear Farms.

Benefits:
•Deep Hydration
•Repair of damaged or sun exposed skin
•Calms Redness
•Anti-aging support (fine lines, elasticity & cell renewal)

This recipe has been on my mind for far too long. So happy to see it come to light with the most beautiful shade of blue. Inspired by the stone “Leland Blue” found along the shores of Lake Michigan and the Bison that roam the plains just outside of Traverse City, MI.

Keep an eye out for this on my next shop update this week. You can also snag Bison & Blue this upcoming Saturday 6/7 on the lawn at The Village at Grand Traverse Commons Craft Show.

Hope to see you there! ✌️

05/19/2025

Bear Lake Botanicals founder Caryssa Rouser crafts herbal remedies and natural products, meeting rising demand for plant-based wellness.

05/19/2025

Thank you for the nice article Manistee News Advocate.

Bear Lake Botanicals founder Caryssa Rouser crafts herbal remedies and natural products, meeting rising demand for plant-based wellness.