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Remember to always work hard and put your best foot forward everyday!

Caitlin

Memorial Weekend

First and foremost I wanted to say thank you to all of the fallen men and women who have diligently served the United States so that we can freely live without fear everyday.  Also a huge thank you to the active duty military.  Without you guys, who knows what America would be like!  

Just an update on life, not much soaping:

I've been hanging out with a bunch of friends lately that are all home for the summer.  It's great reconnecting with people and meeting new friends.  I spent the weekend at Lake Burton and Lake Nottley in North Georgia.

After a long weekend, I'm working on getting all my orders packaged up so I can spend some time with my family tonight to celebrate Memorial Day.

The next thing I want to tackle in the soaping world this summer is liquid soaps.  If you have any suggestions on blogs and/or books with information on liquid soaping, they would be greatly appreciated! I've already watched a couple videos on YouTube so now I just need to get a crock pot!

The last thing I wanted to share with you guys is something that I have been learning lately.

LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO WITHHOLD FORGIVENESS!

Love yourself, love others, and mostly praise the Lord for the life he has given you.  Remember that everything happens for a reason, even if you do not understand something at the moment.  Just keep pushing through the pain because the outcome will be even more beautiful than the fall.

Have a Reviving Day and happy Memorial Day!

Caitlin

Start of Summer

Celebrating the start of summer at Panama City Beach, Florida with my family!

Let the ocean roar and foam, and its raging waves shake the mountains.  Psalms 46:3

Looking forward to having more time on my hands with no classes to spend on my business and on a couple of new products!

Have a Reviving day!

Caitlin

Vera Bradley & the Big Shanty Festival

Okay yall guess what!!!  Judy B's was recently selected to get a visit from Joan Bradley, Vera Bradley's daughter.  While she was in the store, she noticed my products and even tried my lavender shea butter body cream!  Needless to say, she loved it!

That's my mom in the green shirt!  She works at Judy B & Company.  A few weeks after she received my products, she sent me an email.  What an honor for her to take time out of her busy schedule to email me!

Judy B's has just recently stocked up on our products, so make sure to stop on in and grab a few bars for Mother's Day!

After all that, I was in the Big Shanty Festival April 21-22, 2012.  Here are a few pics!

My momma helping me package/shrink wrap soaps before the show.

There was a parade before the craft show started - had to get a picture of he UPS truck with flames!!

Yall!!  This is a new shelf my dad made for me!  The shelves are removable and it folds down (like a ladder) for easy transport.  It's awesome!!

I changed up my display for this show season.  This year I am including two new apple crates to show off my gift sets.

Even though I liked the random soap display I used last show season, I wanted to sell the soaps wrapped instead of unwrapped.  This is the new display look I did for this year.

I also offered bulk soaks for the first time!! I was very excited about this.  Basically the customer takes a jar, fills with with desired amount, weighs it, and the price is based on weight.

 

It was a great show!

This is my sister Brette - she came to help me sell and keep up with all the customers! It's nice to have a family who supports you :)

I will be uploading pictures onto Revive's facebook page so check that out to see even more pictures from the craft show.

This week is finals so I am taking a break from studying to make a post.  I have a final tomorrow in my business statistics class...ew!

And now for the last piece of awesome news!  While I was at the craft show, I met this guy named Rob.  Rob is the owner of a marketing company called Lighthouse Marketing located in Marietta, GA.  He was so interested in my business and branding and was asking tons of questions about my design work and everything.  We have been emailing back and forth since then talking about a possible job at his marketing company!!!!!!  I am so excited about this!! Owning Revive has opened so many doors for me. After finals, I will be setting up a meeting to talk with him and a few other people there.  

Hope everyone is having an awesome Spring!

Caitlin

Sweet Citrus Video Update!

I decided to make a video update of our Sweet Citrus Soap!!

Have a Reviving day!
Caitlin