The Divine Creator has done it again and just keeps on blessing me. It may not be in ways that everyone can see, BUT I know it. People sometimes don't surprise me but The Supreme, Omniscient Spirit NEVER CEASES TO AMAZE me by what's done and how it's done. (breath) It's so much I can't tell it all...
...but I'll start with reminding you that I decided to go into the business of making natural lip balms and candles to add to another entrepreneur's body product line and it turned into me starting a business of my own. Old story... Well, it's just been about a month and 10 days ago when I began thinking about doing it all by myself. I was getting to use my business mind to the max: a Bi-polar-OCD HIGH LIKE NO OTHER (because this includes God!!!) Planner, coordinator, creator, marketer, designer, buyer, packager, stocker, sales, cashier, shipper, customer service, I.T., book-keeper, employee, supervisor, manager, CEO, CFO, building maintenance...(okay, I'm tired just typing all that.) FFWD
I've gotten that lip balm thing DOWN. My first complete large batch is selling. People who try it LOVE IT! I've added Shea Butter to the recipe (which makes me feel better about having to raise the price) and when I sell out of my current inventory I'll roll out the NEW IMPROVED ANGEL LIP BUTTER.
I've been taking my time, trying to do things right. I want to build a solid foundation on which something truly great can be built; dot all my i's, cross all my t's, crawl before walking, one foot in front of the other, walking before running. I stumble here and there but I keep it moving. I thought I was going to be doing Body Butter & Body Oils after the lip balm but it turned out that candles would be ready first. Those containers and supplies were way easier to obtain. I live near a candle factory. I thought I might need a class or to purchase all these supplies and additives, and then I watched a couple YouTube videos...candles are now ready. I'd been working tirelessly so when my sister-friend came to town for Memorial Day we both enjoyed her vacation. She also got to watch me make my first candles & took one home.
After getting the candles started and being excited about it, my joy bubble was almost burst: someone told me that I shouldn't use soy candles because of the inauthentic manufacturing practices, including using crude oils and gmo's (genetically modified organisms.) I had to consider the information and the source, and with Divine guidance I re-confirmed that the Soy wax I'm using is, in fact, ALL NATURAL, made from vegetables - no crude oils nor gmo's are used in the process of making it. (WHEW) My Creator is better than good and I'm favored. I asked for knowledge, wisdom, revelation, discernment, direction and guidance. I got it. My entrepreneurial journey continues.
I'm still pinching myself regularly. I have to be sure I'm living this dream. I have another sister who's offered to have a launch party for me at her home and inviting all her and her mom's friends. I'm thinking that parties may be one of the routes I take. In less than a month of having the idea to go into business for myself, I created my first product. Within a month of making my first product I will have created my full (first phase) product line. It's surreal to me, but I know it's really real. I am only able to do this because I am loved, supported, encouraged, blessed, highly favored, and because I HAVE FAITH. I am a child of the Creator and I dream God-sized dreams.
ANGEL'S ALL NATUREAL BEAUTY is in effect.
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