january was a good time for us to slow down on the candle pouring & re-group for this upcoming year. we had "the healthy diva" event at pennridge high school in perkasie, pa where we had a great day at our booth and especially networking with fellow local business owners.
we made friends with our "next booth neighbors", wash tyme handmade soap owners, dorinda & andy rumbold. their natural vegetable glycerin soaps are amazing by the way! i have started using them in my every day cleaning & use as a pre-treater for laundry - they are an excellent de-greaser!
we also participated in the outdoor ottsville farmers market at linden hill gardens. how you ask did we do an outdoor event in january? in one of linden hills green houses of course! it was nice and toasty & we had plants all around us to boot! many of the summer farmers market vendors were in attendance & we had a great day!
february found riverwick brainstorming over new scents for the season & setting up delivery of materials for the year. this actually brought on much frustration as our coveted chrome lids were placed on back order. we then had a scare that our wicks potentially would not be manufactured anymore. discontinuation of scent oils. problems printing our logo on our lables. followed by price increases on...um...EVERYTHING... and just for good measure, let's throw in that it's our first year of filing riverwick taxes. how do we continue??
bring on march!!!! The turn that frown upside down month! new scents added: honeysuckle jasmine (great upgrade from plain honeysuckle), caribbean teak, rain water, jamaican me crazy, hydrangea, pina colada, seduction, and some others. we placed a bulk order for our jars, with glass lids :-( however the chrome lids to be shipped free of charge when back in stock :-). our wicks will continue to be manufactured - huge sign of relief as it is very hard to find one that works as well as ours do with palm wax. we figured out our label printing problems with the help from our good friend george quinn.
riverwick also partnered up with a wedding coordination & stationery company, proud to plan , and was a featured vendor in their blog vendor friday.
last but not least, we wrapped up the month with our taxes all buttoned up & figured out! we celebrated by offering all our customers 10% off on the last day of the month. ahhh things are back on track!
april brought a new line up of scents at sharon's gifts & collectibles in wellsboro, pa. it also brought the exiting news that we were accepted into doylestown's arts festival this september!! it's a two day event & we are so thrilled to be involved as it's a very highly attended festival. if you're in the area on september 17th & 18th you should check it out.
we also received our jar order - holy moly - where we gonna put all these jars?? a
big thank you to walter's nursery for temporarily housing the jars. an even bigger thank you to our strapping young husbands, jesse & joey, and our dear friend beth, for helping us unload all those boxes into the candle shop! we can't forget to thank little rhett too for supervising all the hard work.riverwick celebrated earth day with green changes at central park / kids castle in doylestown, pa. everyone enjoyed a potluck picnic under the pavillion & there were many activities for kids & adults including local eco-friendly business owners showcasing their products, recycling of small hand-held electronics & batteries, and movement & stretching activities.
our last event for the month of april will be the first ottsville farmers market of the summer season this friday, april 29th from 4pm-8pm.
and just like that...it's MAY!
