Friday, July 30, 2010
As the world turns...
Slowly but surely I'm trying to build my business with stepping stones. It seems like the minute I get some good momentum going, something else pops up in life that pulls me away from my passion. Oh well,such as life! I'm just gonna get up and try, try again! Next on the agenda, a You Tube channel for The Bath Buffet. Speaking of networking and social sites, are you following us on Twitter? Get going! What are you waiting for?! www.twitter.com/thebathbuffet.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Running a Soap Company...
In my 'About Me' section, I briefly explained how I got started in the soap making business. It just happened on a whim! For some reason or another, upon reaching my 30's, I suddenly was bitten by the creativity bug! Believe it or not, as a child I never thought I had creativity within myself. I always wanted to be artistically gifted, but for some reason it was never there.
Fast forward 20 years later, I started off with scrapbooking! Scrapbooking? Yes, that hobby was started with my youngest sister's sweet 16 birthday party. I wanted to capture the event in words and pictures, and design it in her favorite color, pink. From there I went on to create framed scrap pages for special birthdays for my elderly relatives and my mother. I was taken by surprise with the creativity that poured from me into these projects! Wow, who would've thought lil ol' me could be so talented?! I began to focus more on the soaps after taking some samples to work and selling out. I began building a small customer base, and that's when it hit me. People love my soaps! So from there, I began to branch out into other bath and body products such as lotions, scrubs, shower gels, bath salts, bath teas, bath milks, and bath fizzies.
Within the past year, I had to take a break from soapmaking because I began a new career in aviation. After working in telecommunications for over 10 years and suddenly switching to something I had no experience, was and still is quite a challenge. I missed my soaps so much, but I really needed to focus on learning Air Traffic Control. ATC is no walk in the park, but it is a very exciting career! It certainly can take a toll on me some days, but that is the nature of the beast, the beast being training! Slowly but surely, I'm inching my way back to my soaps!
Fast forward 20 years later, I started off with scrapbooking! Scrapbooking? Yes, that hobby was started with my youngest sister's sweet 16 birthday party. I wanted to capture the event in words and pictures, and design it in her favorite color, pink. From there I went on to create framed scrap pages for special birthdays for my elderly relatives and my mother. I was taken by surprise with the creativity that poured from me into these projects! Wow, who would've thought lil ol' me could be so talented?! I began to focus more on the soaps after taking some samples to work and selling out. I began building a small customer base, and that's when it hit me. People love my soaps! So from there, I began to branch out into other bath and body products such as lotions, scrubs, shower gels, bath salts, bath teas, bath milks, and bath fizzies.
Within the past year, I had to take a break from soapmaking because I began a new career in aviation. After working in telecommunications for over 10 years and suddenly switching to something I had no experience, was and still is quite a challenge. I missed my soaps so much, but I really needed to focus on learning Air Traffic Control. ATC is no walk in the park, but it is a very exciting career! It certainly can take a toll on me some days, but that is the nature of the beast, the beast being training! Slowly but surely, I'm inching my way back to my soaps!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Welcome...
Well, here it is! I finally set up a separate blog for The Bath Buffet! I started a blog a few months ago for all things beauty related and decided to combine the two. Later I decided that it would be best to have separate blogs. Let's see how I manage all of this! This should be pretty interesting...
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