Today,our blog is going to be pretty random.I’m talking about  just  lame facts about siser and I.So,here we go....

                                                          

                                     

                                                    

                                                                                      

  name : carol crow                                                                                                    

favorite color : red

one word that describes yourself : giving

birthday : Nov.23

pet peeve : laziness

would like to go :Paris

favorite movies : Out Of Africa, and The Notebook

how tall : 5’8

biggest regret in life : not having a baby earlier in life

least favorite thing about yourself : my neck

first thing you notice about people : their teeth

best thing that’s ever happened to you : having my daughter Willoughby and being born again

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Siser and I have found a new niche.We feel it may even be recession proof!

Kids soap making classes,and pet products.

Our calendar is almost full every week end, till the end of February, for kids parties.

Kids get so excited making soap,they get to be kids,and get their hands...

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Why is it that when your ready to check out at the store everyone else is too?

Why is it the day you are suppose to get your hair did it looks the best it has in weeks?

Why is it you can stay up all night,and can’t sleep,but when the alarm goes off you are so relaxed?

Why is it your monthly friend comes every holiday,vacation, wedding day, or anniversary?

Why is it the skirt you finally can afford to buy in a catalog is only in available in a 2 or 18?

Why is it the stall in the bathroom you choose always has a smoky turd floating in there.

Why is it that all the shopping carts at target you choose has squeaky wheel,and snot rag in it.

Why is it you run into your old flame with a big zit on your face,and looking all left over.

Siser and I always wonder why things  happen that are “just not right.”

It happens a lot when you are in business.Seems like it comes in clusters like checking out at the grocery store.

There are challenges we go through...

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Ever notice how everybody's house has a scent? Siser’s smells like apples,and fruity (go figure)she said my house smells like double bubble gum,and patchouli. Our Momma’s house smells like food and some kind of sweet smell.

Ever leave a jacket at someone’s house,and when they give it to you it smells like their house?Whats up with that?Your own scent?I always worry my house stinks.I always smell my clothes in the suitcase when I go on a trip,just to see how my house smells.I like the way a new construction house smells.I wish my house smelled that way.I would like a air freshener that was brand new house scent. like carpet, paint,and wood. Siser  would like her house to smell like brand new clothes just purchased from the store,or some chocolate  chip cookies.We love coming home to a clean house too,for some reason it just seems that we rest better when things are clean.

Smells definitely effect our moods.That is why fragrance can be very personal.

We take that in consideration when we design...

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Last month we offered soap making with Santa on a whim.That’s right Santa himself here in the soap shop making peppermint penguin soaps,Sugar plum puppy soap,and Christmas tree soap with bugs.It was a huge success for children and adults.Everyone had such a good time we are now receiving phone calls about more children's soap making classes and parties.It is differently educational and unique,you have a way to explore your creativity with design and color.While staying clean and promoting good hygiene.

For 45 minutes you get to play in our soap kitchen with all our cool tools,colors and fragrances.You will get to make two of your own original soaps,and take them home after you finish the same Day!.Oh, and we almost forgot you get to choose your own toy to put inside the soap.Some of our fun toys are lizards,frogs,dogs,penguins,horses,butterflies,turtles,we have even done magic stones!The possibilities are endless depending on how creative your child may be.

If you are local,or happen to be in the...

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Siser and I always hear about how Thanksgiving is overlooked. We as retailers start decorating for Christmas after Halloween. We have to. If we didn’t we would never have time to decorate. When you manufacture what you sell you always need to be ahead of the season. Just like advertising in newspapers and catalogs they want your stuff at least a month before.

We are very Thankful and we never forget it. I (carol) went on a mission trip to Honduras in 2008.I saw things you only see on TV there. Things that you never really think could be REAL. If you have ever been to a third world country, then you understand what I mean. It is very sad, and at times, very scary. The trip touched my heart so deep it changed me for life. That is why Siser and I host Fishers of Men soap. They are the group I went to Honduras with, after 10 days in Honduras I invited the group to come to the soap shop and volunteer their time to make a line of soaps we could sell and 100% of the profits would go to Honduras. They were as excited...

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This week Siser and I started our first of many You Tube films.Here in Wilmington,we live in the film industry. We have screen gem studios, which films One Tree Hill. Many other films such as A Walk To Remember, I know what you did last Summer and Sleeping with the Enemy just to name a few. With that being said ,we had a professional camera guy with    50 million lights shinning on us. Needless to say Siser and I being the country girls that we are, felt like a bug in a jar .To make matters worse we had to be filmed  separately.



Carol starting her first take

Or another words...

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She was born Alda Lene Keener on August 12,1914 in Lincolnton, NC.Her parents Louie and Emma were both mill workers.She had one brother named Blair AKA Uncle Dick.Growing up very poor she was determine to make a name for herself,and better her life.As a gift ,her Father gave her a second hand sewing machine.With allot of practice she taught  herself how to make dresses  out of flour sacks,without patterns.This seemed to be a God given talent to be able to sew from a vision in her mind.Eventually she was ask to custom make gowns for certain galas, such as weddings, debutantes, and inaugural balls.With such popularity she designed gowns for Sacks Fifth Ave,and later opened her own store.

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To kick off the month of October,we thought it would be fun to talk about Halloween from the past. In 1994  Siser and I decided we would dress up as two old ladies.Our costumes were found at a charity shop,complete with the smells of mothballs,Wind song perfume,and armpit stains.The glasses came from our Grandmother’s old stash from the fifties.One wig came from a mannequin from our Grandmother’s store window.The other wig came from Uncle Dick.To finish the look off Siser had a Mt.Everest hump on her back to look like a severe case of osteoporosis,and a walker.We went to a Halloween fundraiser event complete with a dance floor,and contest.We were a hit.We broke it down old lady style  dancing with  the walker and cane to house music. Now 15 years later, we are starting to turn into old ladies.Since we are in our early 40s.We are extra gassy,hairy,grouchy,picky,and food sensitive.For example Siser (Eilene) can no longer digest peanut butter,coffee,orange juice,and ice cream without paying for it.Siser (carol) can...

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With Summer coming to a end,and a new season beginning,Siser and I have been remembering Summers past.It would begin like this.Family vacations would start off driving in the night, in our blown out station wagon.(there was 6   of  us)Mom and  Dad  always gave Siser Eilene a little cold medicine so she wouldn't drive us all insane.Momma would always feed us a hearty homemade supper, and pack lots of snacks.There was never any stopping at Mc Donald's to eat.If you got hungry ,Mama would pass you an old apple that looked like it had been thrown against the wall about 10 times.You wouldn’t be...

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