Hi All,
I had a productive meeting with my great business adviser Antoino on Monday. He is totally supportive as usual, but when I’m falling short he does put me in my place. I totally respect him for his firm approach (not too many people would get away with that). After my pleasant hour meeting, I headed straight to the fabric shops. Yes, I spent a total of 5 hours (which is pretty good for me ) going through everything and trying my best to get a decent discount. To be honest I pretty much followed my to do list and purchased several cotton fabrics for my bag lining and a few lovely African prints.
On Tuesday I spent the day creating handbag patterns and started cutting the fabric. Yesterday I got through cutting the interfacing. I planned on sewing today but my hands are killing me. I was really going for it when cutting the fabrics and interfacing. So, the sewing will take place on Friday. In total I should have 50-80 handbags.
Over the weekend is candle making time. I have a few wedding orders to complete (totally on track) and several boutique orders of all our products (candles, soaps, bath salts, body scrubs and massage oils). Luckily, I like making these items in advance (always good to have back up stock of popular products). They do have a very, very long shelf life and seem to get better with age. The scents are absolutely amazing.
For a bit of couples time I’ll see if my partner wants to get involved in the candle making process. That’s if I can pull him away from editing his film of course.
M.xx
