Slowing Down, New Ideas

Over the Christmas holiday, my little etsy shop took off. I was pretty overwhelmed by the amount of sales I had.  Keeping up was proving to be a challenge.  Once the New Year came, I thought things would slow down significantly but i still had a steady flow of orders.  My biggest sellers were my cowls and scarves. Now that spring is around the corner here, those orders have dropped off significantly.  This, I am hoping, will give me some time to try new things. I'd love to expand my inventory to other items.  I do have some items but they aren't huge sellers.  Items like my scrubbies, dish towels,  toys and my photography.  My biggest non scarf seller is my swiffer covers. I've loved experimenting with colors on those.

I've been exploring on Pinterest and other sites trying to find my next project or idea.  I love a challenge and I love to learn new things.  So I thought I'd show you some items I want to begin working on this spring. Some are ones I can figure out on my own and others I will have to find just the right pattern to explore with. 

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Palmolive Fresh Infusions Review

Back in January, I received my Influenster box of Palmolive Fresh Infusion dish soaps. I knew they were coming but when I opened the box, i was surprised to see large bottles of soap! I was super excited to give them a whirl.

I picked the first scent based on what I assumed would be my favorite. Because the bottles were so big, i realized soon that this was going to be a bad idea. I needed to try the other scents but I was already in love with the first one.

We don't have a dishwasher, so finding a soap that works well and smells good is a challenge. My biggest need in a soap is its concentration. I tried getting a cheaper soap once but found that i ran through it too fast. One squirt of soap in my dish scrubby washed only about 2 dishes. That won't work for me.

That wasn't the case for the Palmolive Fresh Infusions soap. I did the entire set seen above with one nickel to quarter sized squirt of the soap. That to me is SCORE #1 for a soap.



We were given three scents. Lime Basil, Lemon Thyme, & Ginger White Tea. I am not a huge fruit scent girl. I like floral and clean scents. The issue lies in that my roommate likes the fruit flavors and not so much the others. My favorite was the Ginger White Tea, by far! In mid February I left for vacation and asked my roommate to try out the other two. She did! I wish I had remembered to take a picture of her chalkboard review. It was pretty comical. Her favorite was the Lime Basil mainly because it reminder her of her summers with Lime Popsicles! The Ginger white Tea, in her words, smelled too fancy to be a dish soap.



Because the concentration is so amazing, we haven't had the need to buy more but it will definitely go on our list... at least I think so. I did try looking for it in the store the other day to see if buying it was even and option. It wasn't sold in the store near me but that's really not surprising. If I am serious about this stuff, i might have to hunt it out.  You can definitely find it at Walmart, unfortunately there isn't one close to me.  But if you are close to Walmart, pick one up!

*Disclaimer - I did receive this product complimentary through Influenster but the comments and opionions of this product are soley my own and the opinions of those in my household.

13 in 2013: Getting Organized

I'm an admin girl. Almost every job I have had since I was 21 has been some sort of administrative job. I am good at being that person.  When it comes to other people!  But when it comes to my own life.... I can't do it to save my life!

I am messy!  Not dirty but messy. I always have been. I have all sorts of piles all over the apartment. I'd love to say its just in my room but unfortunately for my roommate it flows into every other room.  

The thing is... I don't know how it gets that way.  When I clean, I think "this is it. I will be better after this."  But then 2 days later there are piles.  I honestly don't see myself doing it.  I am half convinced there are little messy trolls running around throwing my stuff about.

The last year or so I have tried everything to get more organized.  I have read blogs, pinned pins, and  crafted to get myself more organized.  Slowly I can see it getting better but its not quite there yet.  

So I thought if I made it one of my 13 and I promised to blog about it that maybe the extra accountability would help... Now I know these goals that I blog about are still my goals and you aren't going to be checking in but I like to pretend that someone will... hey whatever it takes, right?  So that is my plan. And in true Kim fashion I have broken this goal down into smaller goals that i can do throughout the year. (ps-trying to remember that this is 13 in 2013 and not 13 in january).

So here goes the Get Organized List for 2013

1) Purge - Get rid of all that unneeded stuff. (clothes, materials, yarn, shoes, etc)

Already started tackling some of these.

2) Coffee Canister Wall - Already have up some but want to put up more!

3) Put clothes away at the end of the day

4) Spend 10 minutes a day putting things away.

I have lots of goals this year, huh?  Well hopefully they will keep me busy!

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