While Eternal Stardust shops are not going to be having any sales for Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, or Cyber Monday, Candlelight Boutique is having a sale for all three!
Beginning at 12:00 A.M. CST on Friday, November 25, enter coupon code BLACKFRIDAY11 to receive 15% off your entire order!
Beginning at 12:00 A.M. CST on Saturday, November 26, enter coupon code SMALLSATURDAY11 to receive 20% off your entire order!
Beginning at 12:00 A.M. CST on Monday, November 28, enter coupon code CYBERMONDAY11 to receive 25% off your entire order!
Please be advised that these codes will not be made active until the above mentioned times and dates and will be deactivated 24 hours after they are activated.
While items such as bath salts are listed mostly as only one being available, we will re-list items as necessary to ensure that the scent you want is available. If you find the scent you wanted is no longer listed as available, simply send us a conversation and let us know what scent we want. If the scent you want is out of stock, we will let you know and let you know when you can expect the scent to be back in stock.
Happy Shopping!
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
So Many Ideas... So Little Start-up Money!
One of the worst things about starting a new business venture is that I am constantly finding new things I want to do, new things I want to try, and new product ideas. I've found base recipes that I just have to try, but yet, I don't have the money right now to buy the items necessary.
I found a couple of websites that I plan to utilize for the purchase of ingredients for my products. I can't wait to get started with this. I have been wanting to bring The Candlelight Boutique back for years now. I have missed making the candles and bath products like I did when I lived in Texas. I loved doing it then and every time I go to Hobby Lobby or Michaels and see the candle and bath product making stuff, I miss it even more.
Right now I am trying to find a way to get everything reorganized so I have a place to put all the stuff I am going to need for this lovely boutique that I am setting up. I also have to make sure that I have enough stock that I can do craft shows and the like as well. :) But first - I have to get this business going as far as being able to actually start setting up the shop and starting to get the shop name out there for people to see.
I have one buyer already. My friend Sarah, who I went to high school with, lived in Texas at the same time I did and she loved the bath salts and body sprays I used to give her to try out when I made them. She said that as soon as I started getting the items made, she wanted to know so she could start buying from me. I'm very pleased with that and I plan to start advertising a little bit now so that I can possibly have some other customers lined up for when I get the shop up and running on Etsy.
But the biggest hurdle so far is getting together the money to get this business up and running. But I've got a few things up my sleeve - custom orders for Eternal Stardust and the like - that I will be using to get this business going. :)
I found a couple of websites that I plan to utilize for the purchase of ingredients for my products. I can't wait to get started with this. I have been wanting to bring The Candlelight Boutique back for years now. I have missed making the candles and bath products like I did when I lived in Texas. I loved doing it then and every time I go to Hobby Lobby or Michaels and see the candle and bath product making stuff, I miss it even more.
Right now I am trying to find a way to get everything reorganized so I have a place to put all the stuff I am going to need for this lovely boutique that I am setting up. I also have to make sure that I have enough stock that I can do craft shows and the like as well. :) But first - I have to get this business going as far as being able to actually start setting up the shop and starting to get the shop name out there for people to see.
I have one buyer already. My friend Sarah, who I went to high school with, lived in Texas at the same time I did and she loved the bath salts and body sprays I used to give her to try out when I made them. She said that as soon as I started getting the items made, she wanted to know so she could start buying from me. I'm very pleased with that and I plan to start advertising a little bit now so that I can possibly have some other customers lined up for when I get the shop up and running on Etsy.
But the biggest hurdle so far is getting together the money to get this business up and running. But I've got a few things up my sleeve - custom orders for Eternal Stardust and the like - that I will be using to get this business going. :)
Monday, September 26, 2011
Gathering Materials
Well, the first of the required materials has been gathered - I have sent off for my Iowa Sales Tax permit for The Candlelight Boutique. I am sincerely hoping that this doesn't nullify the Sales Tax permit for Eternal Stardust Designs, because it was not clear on the Iowa Department of Revenue website whether or not it would remove my Sales Tax permit for Eternal Stardust Designs.
I've also been gathering base recipes for the bath products I want to offer in the shop. By base recipes I mean recipes that people are offering for free that I can tweak to make my own. The biggest issue with these recipes is needing to find local suppliers for certain portions of the recipes. While I have no problem tweaking and seeing if other things will work, I do wish to actually be able to use the proper ingredients when possible. Such ask: finding citric acid for making bath fizzies.
I probably should make a list of "iffy" ingredients - meaning ingredients that may not be readily available locally - and do some store wandering. I have noticed that sometimes products I have seen at my local Walmart do not appear on the Walmart website. I have found a few of the "iffy" ingredients on Amazon.com, but I prefer to shop locally for these things if I can because I am finding that on Amazon I have to purchase a much larger quantity than I would like to.
However, I think the most obnoxious part of finding recipes to tweak and make my own is - well, writing them down. I'm using a spiral notebook in which I copy down the base recipe and then will write down the proper "formulas" for each product I make. Meaning my "secret recipes" for how I make all my yummy smelling stuff!
I've also been gathering base recipes for the bath products I want to offer in the shop. By base recipes I mean recipes that people are offering for free that I can tweak to make my own. The biggest issue with these recipes is needing to find local suppliers for certain portions of the recipes. While I have no problem tweaking and seeing if other things will work, I do wish to actually be able to use the proper ingredients when possible. Such ask: finding citric acid for making bath fizzies.
I probably should make a list of "iffy" ingredients - meaning ingredients that may not be readily available locally - and do some store wandering. I have noticed that sometimes products I have seen at my local Walmart do not appear on the Walmart website. I have found a few of the "iffy" ingredients on Amazon.com, but I prefer to shop locally for these things if I can because I am finding that on Amazon I have to purchase a much larger quantity than I would like to.
However, I think the most obnoxious part of finding recipes to tweak and make my own is - well, writing them down. I'm using a spiral notebook in which I copy down the base recipe and then will write down the proper "formulas" for each product I make. Meaning my "secret recipes" for how I make all my yummy smelling stuff!
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