Things I'm Grateful For

One of the place cards I made for Thanksgiving when I was a youngster

You guys, Thanksgiving is my FAVORITE holiday!  I love how families come together, it's a little chilly outside so you snuggle more, our church has a beautiful service and the day is just about loving folks and sharing your gratitude.  Here are some of the things I'm grateful for a la Erin's Faces:

My new logo from Kristin Serafini of Krisanthemum Graphics - I had a not clear, yet very clear idea on what I wanted my logo to be and Kristin captured my "apothecary, vintage soap labels, hand written" logo situation in a way I couldn't have even imagined and I LOVE it!

Holy cow they look so much better

My new labels!!  They were an incredible labor of love but I'm so grateful that I was led to create them and that they turned out the way that they did.  You guys have been so supportive for the past three years in purchasing my products for yourself and as gifts for loved ones and I'm so happy that now you get to have something beautiful to look at and to give as a gift.  Without your support these labels never would have happened.  For real.

Tamar, myself and Joey at one of our lunch meetings (oddly whitewashed) - ah, to have brows like those two.

Joey Healy and Tamar Vezirian, of Joey Healy Brows and Gotham Glow respectively, my two entrepreneur partners in crime.  In the rare moments that our busy trio is able to meet for lunch the conversations about vendors, contracts, attorneys, wholesaling and everything in between are invaluable and full of lots of laughter and incredible support.

My accountant - you guys, he's the real deal.  Sean Maurice helps to guide me through a tremendous amount of paperwork, sales tax forms and resale certificates.  If you live in NY and need an accountant, he's the dude for you - sean@mcrtaxgroup.com.

Jessica Myhr who tells me what to wear and how to wear it.  I send her pictures from dressing rooms, from my living room, you name it and she yay/nay's everything and helps me feel pretty for my TV spots where I panic as I'm going to be interviewed by a toothpick in heels and I look like I could be her camp counselor.

Some of my beautiful ladies at a Derby dinner - Debbie Ballard, Tamma and Melinda

My Houston army of women who consistently overwhelm me with their generosity of time, energy and man power - Melinda Hickey, Tamma Howell, Jennifer Beach Cartwright and Emily Smith leading the charge.

At Ashley's house with Chelsea Bollea

My West Coast tribe - Lori Waldman, Ashley Waldman and Katie Rooprai - for hosting such amazing groups of women who I fell in love with this spring!

These two.  Jasper Grant, who literally walks every voice student of his into my Pop Up Shops when they're happening in the same building (he loves his Magic Dust) and Jen Waldman (are you noticing a Waldman theme?), who recs my products and me to anyone who will listen and whose Jen Waldman Studio family trusts me with every makeup and skincare question in the book.

My very patient husband, Daniel, who takes every order out to the mailbox in the morning and our pooch, Jasper, who licks the envelopes.  Not really :).

My husband and the rest of my own family who all sit through countless hours of "how do you feel about me making candles for the next three weeks and filling our kitchen with hot wax which will inevitably get all over everything?", "what you think about a champagne colored shimmer vs. a gold shimmer (coming soon!)" and emails saying "I'm sending you five samples of this serum/eye cream/cleanser and I need to know what you think".  There's a lot of that.

And, most importantly, YOU GUYS!!  Because without you and your trust I would not have a business.  Every single choice I make is to try to give you the best products on the block and I want to do the best job possible for you.  So thank you for believing in me and coming with me on my journey.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!