I thought I would post another little update on what’s been happening with us. We had a very nice time at the Festival of Trees event a couple of weekends ago. We met and had a chance to talk to many new people, had good sales, and thoroughly enjoyed looking at all the different trees that were up for auction/sale to benefit ESM. We almost purchased one of the trees ourselves because the idea of having a completely decorated tree all ready to go was quite tempting! Michael and I were both feeling quite worn out after two days of standing on our feet and looked forward to the Thanksgiving holiday break.
Thanksgiving was wonderful, spending the day together with great friends and great food. We were both very thankful for a day of rest and relaxation.
We have been able to rest just a little bit in the last few days, but every day there’s been some kind of candle business work to do. (And there’s been much catching up to do on home things that have been neglected during these busy times.)
We have been working on finding out about shipping costs for our customers, dealing with inventory updating and more figuring of material costs, looking for further craft show opportunities prior to Christmas, creating various spreadsheets to keep up with different types of information, looking for some other suppliers of fragrance oils hoping to find more natural fragrances, and ordering some new essential oils.
Unfortunately, we have discovered that shipping costs are running quite high these days. The best shipping costs we have been able to come up with are with shipping one candle in a 6x6x6 box or using the post office’s medium size flat rate box in which we can fit two to four candles, depending on their size. The flat rate box is a great deal because the cost is based on how much you can fit inside the box no matter what it weighs. That is great for candle shipping!
This week, we are back to full throttle with our regular daily routines along with making more candles and preparing for more craft fairs. We have two fairs coming up this weekend; both in Monument. On Saturday, Michael and I will be at different locations across the freeway from each other. On Sunday, we will both be at the same place. Come by and see us and smell the new fragrances we will have available. As always, “Smells are totally free!”
Time to start the day!
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