Archive for May, 2010

So it’s still officially Autumn, but I’m feeling winteritis already. I haven’t put the electric blanket or flannelette sheets on the bed yet, but the heater is out and I am changing my products around the house.

Why change products? Well, I know I prefer lighter scents in the warmer months in everything from my candles, to diffusers, to oils to moisturisers. Right now as it’s getting colder all of my chosen fragrances are getting heavier.

Right now I am burning a Dervish Moroccan Fig & Cinnamon Candle, I have changed my lounge room diffuser over to Aroma Home Honeysuckle & Musk Diffusion Sticks, and I’m slathering Soy Milk and Cherry Blossom Body Butter all over twice a day.

Just like you have a spring clean, you need to change your make up, personal fragrances and home fragrances as the seasons change. I even change my foundation to suit the change in climate and skin tone.

What fragrance will you surround yourself with this winter????

Can you believe we are in May already?!  I know I can’t.

We did lots of corporate gifts last year (hampers etc), but it was just via word of mouth.  This year I thought I should get serious, take photos, advertise and actually get organised before the end of November.

So where do I start?

So far questions include how many hampers do I offer, do I include alcohol (which means getting a liquor license), what are the best price points, what are the best storage containers, how early do I buy the chocolate incase of extreme heat?  WOW I had no idea this would be so complicated.

I’ve been looking at what feels like millions of hamper sites out there in cyber space, and they have all started to look same same.  I really want the Some Kind Of Bliss Hampers to be unique….but then it’s not about what I want, it’s about what the customer wants.  Oh, this makes it very hard.

I would love feedback on this dilemma – so please email me shopping@somekindofbliss.com or add a message on Facebook, or comment here.

My aim is to have 15 different hampers at various price points.  These will all be online by 1^st of July 2010 – so I better get busy.  Now is when my time management skills really need to kick in.  I could just delegate I guess, but I’ve never been very good at that.