Happy Fall! I have been very busy trying to get all the holiday soaps out and organize for all the bazaars that I will be doing over the next 3 months.

Also-a shout out to the Women's Foundation for Female Health Awareness in Cincinnati! Their order of 100 organic soaps went out to all the women who won the table gift bags and I hope they are loving them. The Foundation's color is PINK! so of course we went with the Pomegrante soap and the special foundation logo on the back of the wrapper. I heard their event was a huge success again this year. See my website for info linking you to their website. If you are in the area check them out! Great folks who do alot for us gals in all health areas!

I will be listing the Bazaars I will be attending and posting their links. Come smell and feel my products!! I would love to meet you! There are alot of talented ETSY listers coming--support one of a kind products and small business owners. We work hard and love what we do.

ETSY !!

My latest stuff is up on Etsy!! I added to the banners, thumbnails etc and got all the soap made and wrapped. Whew. Now, the advertising is a must and I think the fall outdoor markets may be a fun adventure. Have any of you done those? A soap friend of mine loves them so I will give them a try.

In Florida, I look forward to fall, and it offcially starts Labor Day Weekend for me. The mums went in the garden, the pumpkins went out there too....fake ones, dont worry......the Pumpkin Spice and Autumn soap smells are filling the house and so the outdoor markets will open soon. I can't help it....I just cant take one more day of summer....tooooooo sunny. The breeze has picked up ( I dont care if thats just hurricane Fey, Ike, Hannah, Gustav or whoever else is lined up off the coast of Africa today .....breeze is breeze.) Breeze floats through, bringing with it a new season, full of new hopes and dreams and soon it will be the holidays. Its envigorating.....magical even. Take a walk.......stay in the moment......you just may notice a little je ne sais quoi. Or, maybe its just my insanity.

Please check out the latest......as always, keep letting me know what you think!! May you never need to carry more than you can hold. I miss you Taylor.

http://www.realraspberries.etsy.com/
http://thedb.com/realraspberries
http://www.realraspberries.com/

Michele

Etsy

Finally got some stuff up on Etsy ! Everything was easy except the banner making--I must get Adobe Photoshop I think--I have some other software, but all the instructions on Etsy are for Adobe. For now, I used a banner they made me. Its fine, but not what I envisioned. BUT- there have already been a lot of views and its been up just an hour or so. That is a really cool site--I could waste many hours going through it all! There were so many talented people I was depressed for a bit ! I need to turn that into INSPIRED! I still have yet to put the new soaps up anywhere ! Tomorrow I have to find time to take the pictures and get them up !! There just is never enough time in the day. The kids started school this week, so it is a bit more low key during the day around here. Thanks to Melissa of Adorned Before--she commented me--I accidently commented to her to myself hahaha-but in a way its better that everyone sees how much it meant to me! BTW, Melissa's site is beautiful--check it out! Also find us on Shabbylaneshops.com ! More Soon!

I hope that days come easy and moments pass slow...and each road takes you where you want to go.

Michele

Decision Time !

Ok. so there seems to be tons to do with this new company ! I love having much much much to do, but I wish I knew more about the technical side of it all. Typepad seems to be a good answer but I might be better off putting the blog on the website. Indecision is crippling, so the decision is......website. That's that. Its off the desk so moving on then.

Two sites look great to advertise with. Make Mine Pink and Shabby Lane Shops. Both have many advantages. MMP has month to month but SLS has a great recommendation from a blog friend that is on both. She gets more business from SLS. If only it had month to month.....this decision takes a bit more thought today. Given my self-imposed deadline of the morning, I will sleep on it. Maybe a pros and cons list should go under the pillow.

Adsense and LinkExchange are the next two facets of advertising combining profit and recognition that I will pursue. Need to get the blog up on the website first perhaps. I have the vision--now I need the reality.

Robert Frost's The Road Not Taken is an appropriate google at this point since inspiration is needed.

Getting Started !

The new Green is Pink and the mother of invention......

I am just starting a business after years of working in the field that I received my degree in etc etc etc. Its not something I ever thought I would do and certainly not for the fainthearted. Just try having a conversation with someone and they ask what you do. The "starting a business" answer gets you the polite smile, the "oh , uh huh...." and they move on to the next person. By the way, you will see me use the word " CRAP" alot. Its an extremely versitile word and one that I have come to love. I will apologize upfront if it offends anyone.

The idea came from the lack of products available that were ACTUALLY chemical-free but that also felt and smelled wonderful. ( read the labels carefully--even "Organix" and similar products have alot of crap in them. ) When did organic start to mean sacrificing joy anyway ??! It should be just the opposite. Once I got started beautiful aromas, soft skin and soaking in salts that detox at the same time became a possibility. I found that staying away from harmful chemicals can be just as luxurious as using the "OTHER" products. So, necessity became the mother of invention as they say, and this is where I found myself. Mixing, blending , creating!!

I have met so many others out there going green ! I am surprised. I have also found the new green is Pink! The name RealRaspberries comes from the study that found applying crushed raspberries to sunburns stops the growth of melanoma. I thought that was perfect for my company. I even found an "everything" site out there called Make Mine Pink that I hope to advertise with soon. Even more perfect!

I am open to all suggestions, helpful hints and please be patient with the website as we are still working and building......we are almost there. Its running--- go ahead and order ! It just needs some tweaking and I still have to add the soaps !!!!! http://www.realraspberries.com/

just an intro...more soon.

Michele