perk up your senses

I love candles!  I've started burning one in my office.  Floral and clean scents seem to perk me up and I feel more energised. 

Today...Yankee candle's "English Garden" 
Lovely!

weight or wait?

This is a personal post and one that I hope will motive and inspire.

I recently completed two new "how to - decorating" videos.  I love the way they turned out and had a great time creating and filing them with my Marketing Team! 

The first thing that hit me while reviewing the videos for the first time was..."wow, the camera does add 10 pounds!"  All kidding aside, I was not happy with the way I looked. 

I've struggled with my weight since I was a young girl.  I recall comments like "she has such a pretty face"...that's adult code for "she's a cute chubby girl"

As I was walking Tuesday morning this came to me...

"Don't let weight make you wait"

My weight doesn't define me, or make me a lesser person! 
My weight is nothing to be ashamed of, but it's not an excuse either.
 
My weight will wait no longer.  I have decided to eat a little better (and a little less), move deliberately each day, and make my health and fitness a priority!!

   

Dont give up when you're passionate about something!

Case in point:
Morgan shower curtain.

Last Market (September 2012), I presented the Morgan shower curtain as a fresh modern floral, in a bathroom friendly (color pallet). 

My customers didn't take much notice.  But with it's launch on-line (the new virtual department store) sales soared and my customers took notice!  

Today, it's been placed in retail and expanded to more locations that any of my new patterns last season.

Lesson...don't give up!  

If YOU are passionate about something...take it all the way and give it all you got!

take good care, 
Monika 
  

I'm back!

Howdy to all on this lovely Thursday!
Business, family and just plain old life have been keeping me pretty busy...not unlike all of you. 

I'm back and happy to be so!!!