Scentsy Basket Party

Alright, so I just had a few people ask what exactly is a "Scentsy Basket Party" here is how it works . . .

The “Basket Party “

I’ll loan you a basket filled with everything you need to hold a “mini” party, including all 80+ Scentsy fragrance testers, catalogs and order forms.  All you need to do is show the bag & its contents to everyone you know; your family, friends and co-workers!  Outside orders can also be placed on my website listed on front page then by clicking on your name, you will receive credit toward your party for all outside orders!  You will soon see that Scentsy products sell themselves! 

Hostess Rewards

For hosting a qualified show*: 

      For the first $150 in sales
Receive 10% of your party total in free product and
1- ½ price item of your choice.

      For $250 in sales:
Receive 10% of your party total in free product and 2- ½ price items.

           

      For $400 in sales:

Receive 15% of your party total in free product and 3 – ½ price items.  

      For $1000 in sales:
Receive 15% of your party total in free product and 4 – ½ price items.

Pinterest Wins and Pinterest Fails

Now that I am done with school (only to be starting back this summer again- more on that later) I actually have some time to do so of the MANY projects I pin on Pinterest! I decided I would choose a few at a time and here are two that I did this weekend. One of them was a WIN and the other a FAIL. Oh well, you win some and you lose some! 

Pinterest Fail: Garbage Disposal Bombs

Now how could I mess something like this up?I don't know, but I will blame it on the humidity or something!

 Ingredients: 
3/4 cup of baking soda
1/2 cup of salt
1 lemon
3 teaspoons of dish detergent
2 sheets of parchment paper

*All you do is mix the salt and baking soda in a bowl, then add some lemon peel by using a zester, next squeeze lemon juice into the mixture from the zested (is that a word?) lemon. I think next time I will skip the "zesting" and just pour in some lemon juice I already have in my refrigerator. Next, add dish soap and then scoop into balls on the parchment paper. Let dry overnight and then put bombs in an airtight mason jar and store. 

Now, I consider this a "fail" because mine tuned out rather crumbly. I actually let mine sit for almost 2 days and they still didn't quite harden enough. I think I am going to make a drier mix next time. I may have overdid it with the lemon juice! It was a fun and cheap project, nevertheless! 

Pinterest Win: Paint Mason Jars 

If you are like me you have a lot of paint cans sitting around your house and you can't get rid of them because you might need them someday, right?! Maybe yours look a lot like this. . .

In the past 5 years I have moved my cans from shelf to shelf to shelf in the garage trying to find a good place for them and when I have to bring them in the house for touch ups, it's awful. They are dirty and rusty and, well, just gross! 

One day I was reading my magazine and came across this article:

 so I hopped on Pinterest to see if I could find this idea to "pin" - surely I did and there are link to labels as well! Friday night I decided to get started. 

Here is what I needed:

*A case of 12 wide-mouth mason jars (Walmart $12)

*Paint stirring sticks (Home Depot- FREE)

*Paint Sample card for labels (Home Depot- FREE)

I labeled each jar with the color, brand, type of paint and what room the paint was used in. I mixed the paint really well before transferring and it worked really well! 

 
Now, my garage shelf is MUCH more organized and when I need to touch up paint it won't be so hard lugging around a little mason jar vs. a bulky paint can! 

Operation Kitchen Backsplash

I FINALLY, yes 5 years after buying my house, have a backsplash in my kitchen!! After buying my house in 2009, a kitchen backsplash was on my top 5 things I wanted to go along with panting, fixing up the yard, new carpet and new bathroom lighting- of course, all 4 other projects got done and the little old backsplash project was left on the back burner for 5 years. Well, not anymore! It's done and it's beautiful!! I finally got serious about getting this gone after the new year, so I proceed to make a few phone calls to see if I could hire someone to get it done, only to find out it's CRAZY expensive even if you buy your own supplies. I finally decided to text my friend Lindsay to see if her husband, Jon, knew anyone who would do it for a reasonable price. Little did I know... Jon was willing to take on the project himself and for his first time doing a tile job I would say he's a natural! It looks amazing!!! It really sets off the downstairs and is now my favorite part of the kitchen. Check out some pictures. . .  

Kitchen in 2009 after moving it. Got a fresh coat of paint, but no backsplash! ;)

Isn't this color beautiful! ♥

Here is the kitchen in 2014! It looks SO much better!!

Hmmmm.... next project is Operation: Guestroom Makeover! 

Stay tuned! 

Birthday Girl

Well, another birthday has come and gone. Can you believe I am in my final year of my 20's? I sure can't. I honestly don't know what 29 is suppose to feel like, but I seriously feel like I am in my late teens or early 20's. 30 sounds old. I don't want to be 30. I feel so unaccomplished - and no, I am not fishing for complements here! ;) It is just time for me to change my idea of "successful."  
I will just say that if you asked me 10 years ago where I would be at age 30 I would NOT have said single and living a few hours away from my family. I always thought I would settle close, but not too close to home. I would have thought I would have been married with a couple babies by now. It seems that life had different plans for me. 
I will say the fact that I had my Bachelor's degree at 22, Master's at 28 and I became a homeowner at 23 is still pretty exciting! Everything I have done in life I have done on my own, so that gives me some degree of accomplishment. I am successful when it comes in my education and where I have gotten myself financially. I really hope that this next 10 year chapter in my life brings me all that is missing- a life partner and a family! Only God knows and only time will tell! 


On a lighter and happier note, I went North for my birthday weekend (last weekend) and it was wonderful. I arrived to my party on Friday night. It was my last birthday party at "home" so that was pretty bitter sweet. I will talk more about that in an upcoming post. We had my favorite dinner and mom and Katie made me a Kit Kat cake that I found on Pinterest and have wanted for the last two years. 

       I also got some awesome new gifts!
I got a fully magnetic clipboard for my classroom, decor for my new guestroom I am designing, clothes (lots of them!!), some Fridge Binz - I am in the process of a total kitchen reorganization project, beautiful fresh flowers and a Chromecast, so that I can watch Netflix (and Hulu, YouTube, etc.) from my tv vs. my iPhone or iPad. It was just a quick visit, but surely a good one! 

And, the countdown to my 30's begins  . . . 

Sensational Scentsy

I earned my first Scentsy award! I feel like I have been more successful with Scentsy in a few short months than I was in all 10 years of my Mary Kay career! The Scentsational Start Level 1 award was earned by hitting a target number of sales in in my first two months of my Scentsy career. Not only did I get this award and pin, but $50 in free product as well. I love, love, LOVE my Scentsty business and I hope it keeps growing in 2014!!  

It's been awhile.... again!

Gah! I was doing so well with blogging again and then 2014 happened. It's been quite the busy year already and it's off to a wonderful start! New Year's has come and gone and so has my birthday, work is busy, but great and a few house projects have been done and more are in the works! Stay tuned in the next few days and I will get some posts up about all that has been going on! 

XoXo