Soundtrack

Candles Candles Candles!!!!!!!!

Soundtrack:
Brian Eno - Here come the warm jets
Yo La Yengo - Anything
French Music - Anything

So I am busy preparing for the crave party as well as applying for a new show and all I can say is.... I now have wax covering all my clothes and even my slippers.
I am so excited, nervous, scared, thrilled and about another billion things all at once.

Soy candles are coming this summer!!!

Ok.... Too busy to write but I wanted to say that new photos of the candles will be posted soon.

Good Times

Have you ever just felt like the world was sprinkled with Fairy Dust and all of your dreams were coming true?
And not the kind of true where it is too easy, but the kind of dreams turned reality where you work hard and are rewarded sweetness from the universe?

This is how my life has been feeling for the last month or so. I have taken many huge steps towards my dream of running Odessa's Herbals and everyday has become an adventure between the Universe and Myself to see which one of us can make the day even better.

I have two weeks until the Crave Party so I am in operation candle making mode. My work space is almost complete which means that my production will soon go up. Once everything is set up I will take loads of photos to show my readers.

I also have been meeting so many wonderful women who are changing the face of business. I think I will highlight those women on a monthly basis on my blog. It is so amazing to start to become a part of a community where people really want to help each other and be friends!

Spring Time

For everyone living in the Northwest it finally feels like Spring has Sprung.
The sun made an appearance this last week and my date book is filled to the brim with activities.

First, Odessa's Herbals will be having it's first public show as vendor at the Crave Party Seattle on February 25th. This a very exciting event and one we have heard so much great stuff about.
If you are near Seattle on February 25th and feel like getting pampered please attend the event and stop by my booth to say hello!

I am also in my last week of the Ladies who Launch group. Joining this group has been one of the best experiences for me. I recommend this to any woman who is looking to become self employed or a woman business owner looking to expand their network.
The next group I am considering joining is called Startup Junkie. This group is for the women who is looking for the next phase of getting her company moving into the fast lane.

I also have had many AIGA events in Seattle in the last month. And, I joined the Rainier Club in Seattle. This club has many networking opportunities for women who are involved in all kinds of business.

To sum up my life, I work my 40 hour a week job. I make candles all weekend long, I attend events in the evening in Seattle and I have become a networking queen bee, all in the last month!!!!!

I will be adding new candles to my website this week and I am hoping to add new products to the site by this summer.

I hope all is well for everyone!

Snow Day!

It snowed last night in the Pacific Northwest which means that everything is pretty much at a standstill.
It's funny, having grown up in Seattle, snow is a force you don't mess with. Hills become deadly, bridges become sheets of Ice that will do you harm, access to places is pretty much left up to walking or taking the bus. I don't see snow days as days when you should leave your house. I know the snow won't last more than a day or two but my philosophy is, if it snows, work from home or just take the day off.

However, many new people to Seattle are surprised by how badly the city shuts down. They act like it is ok to attempt to drive down the step hill of Queen Anne and when they get stuck or in an accident it comes as a shock. They then start to question why the city does not do more to fix the problem instead of asking themselves why they too stupid to realize the city can not sand a street that is too dangerous for the trucks to access.

So people, stay home!

You would not attempt to go to work in a hurricane? Why do you act like snow and ice are forces you can overcome.

I will be making candles all day and drinking tea.

I hope everyone has a relaxing day!

Sleepy Week

The last two weeks have been pretty slow. I was sick which was good because I needed some rest but also bad because production of my candles was pushed back almost two weeks.

Oh well!

I am better now and ready to start up again.

This week will be pretty intense. I start my "Ladies who Launch" incubator on Wednesday. I am looking forward to meeting like minded people and being able to learn and grow with other women who want to start their own business's.

I also am starting a monthly design social event for the Seattle AIGA. If you are in any design field and live near Seattle, please come out to meet other designers, artists, people in the creative industry and start your of Success!
This first Social event will be on January 25th at Viceroy in Seattle.
Please email me if you have any questions.

2007 My year for Success

Tonight is New Years Eve and there is a full moon this week.
Per my tradition I will be having a sacred fire and setting intentions for 2007.

The theme this is My year for Success!

I was rereading my blog post from last new years eve and I must say that operation "Emily loves 2006" was indeed successful! What a year of lessons and interesting forks in the road and yet, I come out of 2006 with a deeper love and respect for myself than I ever knew possible.
I decided the best way to share love with other's was to start with myself. I loved myself enough to let people go from my life that were unhealthy, I let work situations go that were very negative and I let my past resentments towards my parents go. In the end, I learned to love and respect myself and what is best for me. And I learned to forgive and heal!
I now feel and treat myself with only love and positive thoughts which means that I can now freely share love and energy with people in my life.

After doing some thinking about 2007 I realized that this next year for me is about working and success. I have finally found that passion that everyone seems to be looking for. I have found my calling and way that I can help other's all in one. All I want to do now is share this passion with as many people as I can. I love making candles, I love creating oil blends that will help to heal and create positive situations in life. I love the peace I feel when I make a candle and the excitement I feel when a customer writes to tell me of how their life has changed.
With all this energy I want to dedicate 2007 to growing this company, touching as many people as I can and sharing my gifts with everyone I can. I want to become successful in my job and my career but more importantly, I want to become successful in my life. I want to feel like everyday I am making a difference and I am where I want to be. I want to focus on growing my view of this world and realizing what is truly important to me, not what other people want for me but what is important to the core being of me.

So I embrace you 2007 for letting me see the signs of how to create the most successful year I can and I intend to follow through on every action you present to me.

Holiday weekend of candles

This Holiday weekend was filled with candle making and sleeping.
It must be the weather or the end of the year energy but I am exhausted right now.

But my dream life has been very active. Last night I dreamt that I was speaking with two women who work at the company I work for. They were working on a Spiderman outfit. This morning as I was driving to the Bus, the author and creator of Spiderman was on NPR. I was shocked and I have stumbled upon Spiderman twice on the Internet without looking.

So now I have to figure out what this means. What does the spider stand for?
I am pretty sure I am not going to be come a superhero or cartoon author so I think the symbol of the spider is what is important.

That is about it for now. I am so exhausted I need to just work, clean my house and keep making candles.

The NYC Story

I have a little down time to tell everyone about my trip back east.
It went better than I could have or did think was possible.

I received so many orders, so much support, excitement, appreciation and respect from everyone I met. People that were strangers already knew about Odessa's Herbals and wanted to share their stories with me. They all felt very connected to the candles and to my company. It was truly amazing.

I also am proud to say that my candles will be coming to a store on the east coast very soon!

There are more events that I can not talk about yet, but, could truly lead to an amazing journey for me.

I feel so grounded and amazing when I made products. It truly feels like my calling. I love the fact that I can help other people. I think that is my main motivation for doing this work. I want to help people create better and better lives for themselves. I think this lovely energy translates into each product that I make. I hope when someone is lighting a candle, they feel the love and energy I put into that product for them.

Ok, today I am working on a new wax recipe so I must get back to the kitchen but I just wanted to thank everyone that I have met in the last month. You are all angels to me!

Whoa Nelly

NYC was amazing and the energy has not stopped.
I feel like the universe is throwing open doors right now and I am just hanging on for the ride.
The amount of vistors to Odessa's Herbals has more than doubled in the last two weeks.

I am posting a new picture and I will have to write more another day since I have to take some pictures of the candles for a possible article.

All the candles are wrapped and my bags are packed

I can't believe it. Last month when I had the flash to go to NYC, I had no idea how I was going to do it. I also had no idea how I was going to make over 30 candles to take with me as gifts for all those attending the conference.

But now, with 24 hours to go.... Everything is done.

I finished the last of the candles, I shipped everything, I packed my bags, I am all ready to go.

This is one of the first big jumps I have taken off the intuition diving board. I am really excited to see what comes of it, if nothing else, it will be great to see family and friends.

What a weekend!

Where to begin?......

This truly has been one of the best weekends I have had in a long time.

First, Friday night I went out with my new coworker to LOLA. I hope I have mentioned LOLA before because it is my new favorite place to hangout in Seattle. We then met up with another friend of mine who is the product manager for a really awesome magnet company. She took us to the opening at Fancy-Schmancy-Pants for Trish Grantham. Trish is truly a new hero of mine. She was so much fun to talk too and has such an amazing story about how she got started as a painter. I hope to buy one of her pieces in the next few months. Please check out her website and support her. She rules!!!!!

We then went to a benefit at Vain in Seattle for a dear friend that was diagnosed with breast cancer. Vain was lovely enough to host the event and benefit which was a hit!

I had so much fun on Friday night I never dreamed that I got top it but then Sunday I finished all 40 of the candles I need to ship to NYC. I had three friends come over and with the help from my lovely mother, we were able to wrap and box up all the candles and they will be shipped in time for the conference. The best part is that I do not have to rush to finish the candles on Tuesday night. I still have three more days until I go to NYC and I can now relax. We were also able to play cards, have breakfast and lunch and play a few board games while wrapping all the candles. It was a perfect day.

The new packaging for Odessa's Herbals is wonderful. The packaging is still a work in progress but I am very proud of how the candles will look when they are delivered to NYC.

New Website!!!!

I was so inspired today that I have finally created my website.

Please take a look and let me know what you think.

More will be coming soon..... But at least this is a start.

In My Dreams

My new goal for the next year is to have Odessa's Herbals products featured in two magazines and on Craft Revolution.com. This by far one of the best and most inspirational websites I have been too in a long time. I LOVE it.

Also, I will be opening a new ETSY account towards the end of December.
You will be able to find it here.

I will let everyone know when it is up.

One more thing to inspire everyone today. I have a new hero. Her name is Diane Kappa and she is a fabric designer. Her website is located at www.dianekappa.com and I hope one day to meet her. Her pillows are beautiful to look at, are designed with amazing colors and the intention of her company is one of pure love and creativity. I think I might give her a candle one of these days to help her towards her goal.

Last night I went to Lola's in Seattle. This is one of my new favorite hangout spots. It was snowing and I was drinking a lovely glass of Red Wine. In my bag I had a beautiful Orange Courage candle with me. For some reason I was compelled to give it to my waitress the candle as a gift. I have never met someone randomly and just knew that they needed one of my candles, until today. She had a little artist waiting inside of her that needs to get out and play. We did not talk too much about the candle but I know she needed it and I know it will help her.

Candles ... Candles

This weekend I made 20 candles and I had the best weekend ever. I was able to spend time alone, working with essential oil, wax and energy.

What made the weekend even better was the snow that arrived on Sunday. I kept singing holidays songs out loud. Ahmi, my dog, spent almost all day outside. She loves the snow. The poor cats had to stay inside but they got to sleep on the bed so they were not complaining.

This morning my commute was 3 hours long. I took a nice nap and felt very safe on the bus inside of driving my small car.

I will see some friends tonight from high school. They are the first people I have seen since I graduated over 10 years ago. It feels good to connect with people again.

Working

I am at work today. It is so nice and quiet, I have my door closed and am listening to This American Life over the internet.

Thanksgiving was peaceful this year. I spent some time yesterday giving thanks to the universe and thinking of all my loved ones who have passed on.

My theme for this week is Ghosts and Spirits who are sill around. I have such a wonderful story to write about how this became my theme, which I will write later this weekend.

The candles are back

I am in the midst of making 50 candles by the holidays.

It feels so good to cook up candles again. The candles are getting more powerful and lovely.

My new candle is called Intentional Wealth. This candle has been inspired by Colette Baron-Reid. It is sage green and glows yellow at night. This candle is a two fold candle. First, it will help you to clear blocks that you may have in attracting wealth. You will notice areas in your life where the blocks are and be able to process them. Then, the candle will help you to attract miracles that will help you to realize how wealthy you truly are. It will also help to manifest material things, but more importantly this candle will open your spirit to how rich the universe is and how important it is to never live in lack but to share the abundance.

Vincent J. Barra

My new hero is Vincent J. Barra. He has an internet radio show on Tuesday from 4-6 pm pacific time and I never miss it.

I have to say that I am very impressed by this intuitive reader. He is very good at getting to the heart of a callers issue and helping them.

He also suggest keep a list of 100 goals that people want to create in life. I started my goals this morning. I was very surprised to realize how much my goals revolved around forgiveness of people from my past. I thought my goals would revolve around work, material possessions or traveling. But no, they were about forgiving myself, forgiving other people and realizing how successful I already am.

I look forward to listening to all of Vincents show's and to oneday meet and talk with him.

Please listen to his show and give him a call sometime. It will change your life.

Lesson for the Day

I read this quote this morning that has really inspired me to think differently.

"The Universe wants you to achieve all that you desire, and when you align yourself with the Laws of Success, it will do everything in its power to help you on your way--- but desperation and urgency are deal breakers. This isn't because the Universe wants to prolong your yearning. In fact, just the opposite is true: It wants you to enjoy your life and engage in a different, higher vibration now-- and stop waiting for some vague happiness to come in the distant future. The best energy happens when you let go of urgency and engage in trust, when you rid yourself of despair and choose peace in the present instead."

Oh, this quote just made me weak in the knees and almost shaky. It is true, I have been living in the past too much lately and also living in the vague future of happiness.

This was the lesson I took away from my Sonia Choquette conference yesterday. Live in the present, live in the now and be totally happy and positive about this moment.
I will admit, I had a pretty good time at the Sonia talk. I laughed, I even danced and sang. I would have like to have had more time to interact and give readings to strangers, or have had her give readings but for what she presented yesterday, I was happy.

I am busy this weekend making intentional wealth candles for my seminar in NYC and reading the book that Sonia gave me yesterday. It is raining again in the Northwest so I must stay busy inside.

Friday Night

There is nothing better to do on a Friday night then clean my house, let go of old energy and clear up any blocks.

I have never been that concerned with cleaning in the past. But lately all I want to do is clean, recycle, donate and let go of everything that I do not need anymore. It really is the best way to heal energy that might be negative or stale.

Tomorrow I will be seeing Sonia Choquette and then I am off to the weekend home to make wonderful candles for my friends in NYC!!!!

Theme of the week

CUT THE CORDS

This is my theme/ lesson for this week. I have some cords that are still connected to heartache and pain from years ago. I have done a lot of thinking this week and I have realized that I really need to let go of the pain, the dreams of these people coming back to me and allow the universe to bring me better energy. I still have energy in me that feels these people are the only people who will ever love me, but if this is the truth, why did they leave?

I feel like I need a healing. Maybe it has to do with the sudden death of my best friend who came into my life at the same time I was attached to this past love that I can not get over. But, for me to be myself and be whole, even the psychic side, I could not stay with this person. He would never except my psychic side.

But I know this cord is still going strong and I need this to end. I need to let him go, I need him to let me go or I need us to get back together and work through all these issues that are still out there.

Any guidance is needed because I feel like I am in a energy traffic jam.

But on the good side of things, my candles are stronger and more powerful. I am making a huge batch of intentional wealth candles this weekend. These candles are inspired by Colette Baron Reid.

Closer to NYC

So I signed up for the NYC conference today. Next week I will buy my ticket and then next month I will be taking a vacation, seeing my family and getting to meet a new hero of mine. All in 5 days.

I am so excited!!!!!!

This morning my one of my best friends who now lives in Sweden called to tell me how much she missed our women's group from last year. We were talking about starting a new virtual women's club on line. So if anyone is interested in joining our online club, let me know.

I figured I would post theme's for the week, writing topics, and book suggestions.

I will provide more details as I get a better understanding.

Next week I am going to see Sonia Choquette speak. She has been a long standing influence over my life for the last ten years and I have never seen her speak. I am interested to see her but also a little shy about it. I know she has music preformed at her events and wants people to dance, which is fine for most people but for me, it is just not my thing. Not saying that I am out of touch with my body or soul. I just connect in a different way then she does. I will let everyone know how it goes next week.

PHARAOH

Today as I was driving home in the blackness I almost hit two dogs.
I was so worried that I pulled over and went after the dogs. I was able to get one and I lost the second one.

One dog was a black lab with no collar on, the other one was a black Doberman pinscher. The Doberman was the dog I was able to get a hold of and took to my car. He had a tag on so I drove around for awhile looking for the second dog and then finally gave up. Pharaoh (the Doberman) laid down in the back seat of my car or got up and gave me kisses on the cheek. He was so sweet and lovely. I knew the two dogs knew each other and Pharaoh was so worried about his buddy. I took Pharaoh home and when the man came to answer the door he looked at Pharaohs collar, which was in my hand to make sure I had the right house, and the man looked very worried. I asked him if he had two dogs missing and then quickly reassured him that I had Pharaoh in my care and he was alive and safe. I also let him know where the other dog was located when he got away.

The man thanked me and said that he was amazed I not only caught the Doberman but actually put him in my car. He said most people were too scared of the dog to pet it much less put it in their car.

I was driving away thinking to myself, I was never once scared of this dog. I was worried and wanted to get him home safe, but never scared.

I guess I don't fear dogs. I don't go out of my way to pet all dogs, nor do I approach dogs I should not but I never fear dogs. Usually dogs love me and want to sit next to me. I can't imagine being scared of any dog. They are so sweet and lovely.

Pharaoh did not want to leave my car. He knew he was in trouble, he jumped in the back seat and laid down. I trusted the man and knew they were not abusing the dog so I gave him back. But now I realize how lonely my life is during the week without my dog. I love dogs. And I had never met a Doberman before, but I really liked that one.

In other exciting news, I started making candles again and they are getting even more powerful with energy. I am excited for this weekend. I plan on getting more supplies and making as many candles as I can for the Holidays.

Reasons why I feel cranky

This evening I had a bit of darkness wash over me.
On the way home I was trying to figure out why I was so uncomfortable and down.

I realized that one reason is I have not set any intentions lately. I got so wrapped up in my friends death that I feel like I sort of fell off the positive wagon. I need to also some some writing in my journal and some dreaming.

So tonight I am going to set some intentions, write in my journal and figure out what candles I want to make this weekend.

I have been doing some reading and investigating on new aromatherapy mixes for my candles and I feel my energy and fire really coming back to Odessas Herbal's. I am so excited to get back into the workspace of creating intentions.

Update for NYC

My candle is burning strong and tall. I dreamt of NYC last night and I received an email this morning with more details about the event.

It is a one day event that is priced within my budget. It sounds really interesting and would leave me time to visit with my relatives in NYC. Plus, I would get to meet new people who have the same interests as myself!

Now to check the airline flights!!!

This intention is coming closer and closer to me.

Theme for the week

Today there has been a common theme for me.

The theme is, I need to go to NYC for an intuitive weekend workshop and I need to make it happen.


I have not felt a pull like this in a long time. I picked up two books from the library about candle magic, both books written by women living in NYC. I then read about Colette Baron Reid doing a conference there and I decided, I need to go see her.

So I made a candle to help me get the courage and finances together and I know in one month I will be visiting NYC and meeting wonderful new people.

I can't wait!