The party was a HUGE success. I took 25 candles with me, all different sizes and took the fragrances with me that were not at the party so people could smell the scent if hey wanted. After awhile of smelling them they all seem to smell the way way or you can't smell it at all, LOL.
Anyway, I was expecting at least $250 from the party. Well certain could not make it to the party so they sent their orders in to Lisa (the Hostess). After I calculated all the sales from the party and he orders that were sent in for the party it was a little over $500 in sales. Now I got an e-mail this morning from Lisa's Mom who want 3 candles, the Autism, The Down Syndrome and the Pediatric Stroke candles, so right there is $75.00 BUT $22.25 is going out to the foundations, which I think is Marvelous! So I pretty much made $600 from the party. All but maybe 6 candles I made were sold at the party so I only have to make 25 candles.. 28 now, LOL. I don't think that is bad ya know.
I was happy with the outcome and it was fun. I had 2 games to play there last night. The first game was everyone was to give me their order paper and I pulled out a name. I just so happened to pull out Donna who is Lisa's Mother in law. ( now remember, Lisa's baby was Down Syndrome) and Donna HAD a brother who recently just passed away from Down Syndrome. How weird is that!?!?! It was like an omen that she get this candle.
The 2nd game i did was pass the the candle around for 2 minutes and whoever has the candle in their hands get to pick ANY 16 oz candle on the table that was left. Alittle girl had the candle but her Mom helped her pick ou the candle they wanted, LOL. I found it cute and funny!
I am trying to get Vernae to host a party after Thanksgiving. Candles are nice gifts ya know and since she has a daycare and knows alot of Mom's, she would be the perfect peron to have a party with.
Lisa got the free candles I made her, the 2 in the glass domes in my previous blog pus she sold over $400 worth of candles so she got 50% of her order which she didn't do yet, LOL. So Lisa did well too!
I am happy and everyone kept complimenting me on the lids of the candles and how beautiful they were and how that was just a wonder idea, and how did I think of it?!!! I don't know, I just had flowers one day here and said let me put flowers inthe lids, and BAM!
I am trying to find a GOOD websie where I can have my own domain and out on there different links such as colors, scents, seasonal scents, sizes, preices and etc... I also need a page where paypal can be and UPS for delivery. I don;t know nothing about this stuff. Can comeone help me out please????
Ok... I need to drink some coffee here, it is 5:38 am and I just went to bed at 1:00 am. Darn Jonny don't sleep good at all and it drives me nuts!!!!
Love to you all~!
About Me
- Theresa
- Levittown, PA, United States
- I am a 34 year Mom and wife. I have 3 children, a daughter who is 12 (drama queen), a 9 year old boy (computer gaming geek) and a 7 year old little boy that has severe Autism. I started making candles at home because it is so hard for me to get a job that goes around with the kids when they have off, 1/2 days and all. No Daycare would take Jonny in so I decided to do my own business at home making candles. I love it! I love makimg them and also love the fact that my house always smells like a different scent everyday just from me making them!
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I am a web site designer.
I work for my state government, designing and building websites, however the way we do things is a lot different than what your looking to do.
Are you looking for a free web hosting site or are you looking to pay for a domain?
If you are looking for a free website hosting site you might want to look at Freewebs.com
If you are looking to buy a domain you will have to buy website design software called Microsoft Frontpage or Macromedia Dreamweaver and then buy a domain.
Hey hunny. I knew Miss Britt would have a great suggestion for you, lol. I will have to try that freewebs site myself too :) Im soo glad the candle party works great! I knew it would. The games you had too were awesome. The outcome of the games were good too. thst so great that ppl won those free candles. What u made in sales too unreal! Thats freakin awesome hun congrats. You really do have beautiful candles & put so much love into making them. I really think if you have a party next at Naes it would be great. Especially since she knows so many moms. It would work out awesome :)
Have a good day hun. You got lots of candles to make, lol.
Love yah, Leslie
We go through a company called Spirit Domains:
http://www.spiritdomains.com/
They are efficient, reliable and a decent price.
They also have a great customer service line when you need assistance. If you are looking to create the site yourself you are going to need Frontpage or Dreamweaver.
Unfortunately i cannot build it for you because my dreamweaver is for work only. I don't have the software at home. Just at work.
Do you have any local companies around your area that do website design? I used to work for a small computer company where that is what we did...people came in looking to have a website built for them and that's what we did.
If not maybe put out an Ad looking for someone who does website design from home that can help you?
I would have loved to help you design and build your website, but i don't do it as a hobby, it's my job with the government.
I was just going to suggest having Britt toss you some suggestions. LOL
I'm so glad your party was a success!
What was the most popular scent?
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