Everyone’s got a special diet these days! For some of the gals here in the office, the dietary restrictions they have are not by choice! Erin can’t have gluten, Tara is allergic to dairy and Amber is allergic to nuts. Now, when I think of Valentine’s Day, I think of delicious bad-for-me food like cakes and brownies, chocolates and the like. So I decided to show my Sweetie pies how much I love them by baking them some treats they’d all love and can ALL enjoy! No rubber tasting “blech’ treats here. All cut into hearts, dressed up in a mini cake box, and adorned with a customized Heart Gift Label to let them know I was especially thinking of them.

Erin also brought us some treats, too! And Kisses!

Hope your Valentine’s Day is just as sweet! Enjoy~ Jennifer

Erin was featured in a great article last Friday for the Southbay Daily Breeze Newspaper. If you missed it, here’s a link to the article: Personal by design. Congrats, Erin!

~Jennifer*

wow, we are all finally coming up for air after our craziest Christmas season yet! In this tough economy, we never anticipated the flood that hit us and we are so thankful to all of you loyal customers and supporters for helping us survive 2009.  Feeling stronger than ever, we are ready to dazzle you with soooo many new products in 2010…our creative juices are overflowing!!!

Today was the first of our “Monday Funday” theme days at the office.  We worked long hours over the Holidays (and weekends too!) and we started playing “Spice Girls” to pump us up when the days were long.  (”I tell you what I want, what I really really want…”) I surprised everyone with their own “Team Spice” t-shirt that I customized on SpiceGirls.com, each shirt in different customized NEON color combos! I even tortured Roy and got him a “Spice Boy” tee…such a trooper

Happy New Year to you all! We are so excited for all that the new year will bring…

enjoy!

erin

a few members of Team Spice!

When I was younger, my Mom applied a really good ‘trick’ on me every Halloween, although I was too young to know I was being tricked! Every Halloween, when I got back home to organize my candy and chocolates, deem which neighbors I would definitely like to visit next year and who to avoid (ha!), my Mom would hand me what she called a “Prize List”. The List had on it different chores I didn’t enjoy doing, such as taking out the trash and washing the dishes, as well as privileges I enjoyed, like talking on the phone or staying out late to play with the other kids on my block. Next to each thing was a ‘Candy Value’ so I would know how much they would cost me. For example, 30 minutes TV = 20 pieces (I wasn’t allowed to watch TV on schooldays so often I saved my candy for this! :) 

Looking back, I think it worked like a charm! My teeth were saved, and I still got all the fun of dressing up and going trick or treating with my friends…. AND on some days I got to watch TV and buy my way out of taking out the trash!

~Jennifer*

Unlikely soon to be star, Susan Boyle brings an audience to their feet, turns cynics into googly eyed fans and sets the world a blaze on Britains Got Talent.

We watched in amazement in the office…worth every second of the 7 minute break from our daily tasks.  We all beamed (and even teared up!) from the wonderful message this sends to all about inner beauty and the power of one voice. enjoy~