Monday, June 6, 2011

Inspirational Candles-Day 6

Played with the grandchildren today. Not a lot of work besides housework today.:)
I really enjoy the time I have with my grandchildren! My youngest, Shaylen, will be 2 on the 25th of this month.
Tonight he was playing with his stuffed bear and jumped on its back acting as though he was a bull rider! 
I laughed so hard.
So, we settled down and as I was reading the Bible to Shaylen and Leci, my oldest, who is 4, Shaylen wanted to get up and sit with me and touch the Bible.
I let him feel the paper beneath his fingers and taught him to be careful with the pages. God's Word is alive. I wanted him to hear Jesus, touch Jesus, and feel Jesus.
He loved it! He kept saying "Jesus" and the Holy Spirit reminded me, "Let the little children come unto me."
feeling pretty good right now.:)
Love you all!
Renea

Inspirational Candles-Day 5

Well, how's everyone doing? I have recently been thinking quite a bit about the scent list. Perhaps I have too many choices. The purpose was to give you a little of everything from every scent family.
We are constantly studying so that we can better understand the desires of our candle lovers.
Here is a link to something quite cool that we believe would be of interest to you.


Saturday, June 4, 2011

Inspirational Candles-Day 4

This is totally awesome! I was just scanning and seeing what things were trending right now worldwide and it seems that a teenager in Ohio has quite an entrepreneurial spirit!
He has decided to make candles for men with manly scents! Hey, don't knock him! He is following in good steps. Consider Mike. Well, you know Mike, right? He is the founder of Yankee Candle! That's right. Something as sweet as wanting to make a candle for his mother turned into a hundred million dollar business!
Rock on!
Teen sells man cans

Inspirational Candles-Day 3

Ok...It is officially up!!!!!!
Inspirational Candles Mobile Site

Inspirational Candles-Day 2

Well...
Inspirational Candles went mobile. I was anxiously waiting on the site to be up. Nope. Nothing there. So, I checked and rechecked. Configured. Reconfigured. Nothing.
Okay, at this point, I was getting irritated. So, I did one of the most unintelligent things I have ever done in my life. I started calling customer support. Not just regular, you know, customer support. How about customer support that has been outsourced? Great. Now, not only to I have a problem, I also have a language barrier problem, cultural differences and so forth. And, um, I forgot to mention, my more than healthy amount of a True Texan accent working. These were all the things necessary for a disaster. All I needed was the match.
I get on the phone and began trying to troubleshoot the issues.
As a Christian, I failed miserably. Not only did I get mad at the customer service rep, whose name was Vhern, from the Philippines, I attacked her credibility as well as her ability to be able to handle my call competently.
Where is a mirror? I hung up feeling quite smug thinking she had deserved it. She kept trying to talk when I quickly asked for her supervisor.
I walk into the next room and began telling my brother about it who has been all over the world. He looks at me, shrugs his shoulders and says, "Well, she is just trying to make it just like you. You know?" I thought to myself, What? Wait a minute you are suppose to be on my side. But that still small voice said he was right.
I felt horrible! Where is a mirror?
I wanted to grab the phone up and call her but my pride and my spirit were having it out! My pride said oh, well. But my spirit said Make it right.
As I lay in bed, I think about her. I wished I could take it back. I prayed I could make it right.
God sure enough isn't through with me yet.
I believe I will step back up on that potter's wheel. I need the Potter's Hand to mold me more.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Inspirational Candles-Day 1

Hey, everyone! How ya'll doing out there?  Just finished our new mobile website http://www.inspirationalcandles.mobi! I am super stoked!!!! As some of you know, I moonlight as a web designer/marketer because ummmm...I love it! It's lots of fun plus I get to meet some great people.
Anyways, over the course of the weekend while helping a client, I discovered mobile websites, totally used for your cell phones. I totally freaked out! As a person who absolutely hates scrolling, I thought to myself, "Wow! I can help my customers with this and it's great for business!" I could hardly sleep I was so excited!
I know these are going to be the hottest thing out once they catch on. Kind of like the Google fever. I knew what it would before they went public. I knew they would be what they are now! Unfortunately, I didn't have the money back then to invest in them. But this thing, it's like I have a second chance. I'm not blowing this one! I know it's going to be huge. I am taking everyone with me that wants to ride this one!
Over 50% of Americans search for products and services online. I got us up and running!
Hope you guys like it!
Since this is the first blog I am giving some background and information but this blog is intended to have fun and learn more about candles and scents as well as what's happening in the industry with trends!
Thanks for letting us light your world!
"I thank my God every time I remember you!"-Philippians 1:3
Love ya'll,
Renea