Want to Say Thank You For Being Part Of My *Cake*

November 22, 2011

TweetWhen I look at my family, my new found business friends and at  how blessed I am, the stresses of having a business and running a home seem so trivial.  Don’t get me wrong I do know that  these things need to be handled with perserverence and a well thought out plan, but they are [...]

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Candle Making Traps: How to Avoid Their Snare

November 15, 2011

TweetThe truth is, I have not made candles to sell for 7 years.  So, why am I talking about snares when this is not my forte anymore. Well, I have heard of incidents and money mismanagement that take to many candle makers down.  I don’t want that to happen to you. Share on Facebook Tweet

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Getting Back Into Selling at Craft Shows

October 25, 2011

TweetOksana, so far, has 3 craft shows under her belt.  I am so proud of her.  It took a year for her to finally sell craft shows or farmers markets and  her hard work has paid off. Now what I am finding is that I am out of the craft show loop.  This has brought [...]

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How to: Making Laundry Soap

September 26, 2011

TweetTired of dragging home those boxes or bottles of laundry soap?  Tired or scouring the paper for coupon to get a deal off the high prices?  Then why not make laundry soap of your own.   At approximately $0.01 cent per load, this is a rough savings of between $0.20 and $.50 cents per load [...]

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How To: Making Plaster Figures from your Silicone Molds

September 19, 2011

Tweet Fall is my “favoritest” season.  This year I found time to decorate my house.  What I didn’t realize was that I didn’t have any fall/harvesty type decorations. The kids and I scoured 2nd hand stores and found  a couple  items, but they didn’t finish our theme. Then I had a “light bulb moment”.   [...]

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Fall and Grubby Candle Inspiration

September 17, 2011

TweetThis inspiration came from a quaint wonderful restaurant in Lewisburg, PA called the Country Cupboard.  My family from New York and I like to meet there every so often for great food and fellowship.  After our meal we usually spend 3-4 hours talking up a storm and getting reconnected. This time wasn’t any different.  Well, [...]

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Business Redesign with the Same Mission and Vision

September 16, 2011

TweetSchool is back in session.  For some, their  little ones are going back to school and now they have the whole day to work on their business.  Here in the Shaffer household school is in our basement with me putting on a teacher’s cap. Last year during this time I slacked off of my business. [...]

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