11.24.11
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Gratitude… Is the thought I woke up with this morning. I found myself going over all the thoughts of gratitude that were flying through my mind.
I’m grateful for childhood memories that bring my Dad back to me, memories that fill my parents’ home with 30 plus folks who traveled from near and far to celebrate in gratitude together. We were thankful for one another, for the plenty of food before us, for Dad’s humor and Mom, the hostess with the mostess, for Grandma and Grandpa who have since passed, and the Aunts, Uncles and all the cousins who have now grown with family and traditions of their own. Family always grew every year by friends that became family and belonged in the warmth of my parent’s home. But it was there, in my childhood home, where our traditions began. For those memories, I am grateful.
Today, Mike and I find ourselves surrounded by a community in our own backyard, a social network community with Twitter and Facebook, a community of co-workers, clients, vendors and a community of peers. Each one of you touches our lives, probably in ways that you will never know. The gratitude for each of you is overwhelming at times. Our friends and neighbors who have supported our dreams, our social network who have connected, encouraged and have become true friends, our co-workers (our beloved staff at Carved Solutions) none of this would be possible without you, our clients who make it all real, our vendors, who really are our partners and our community of peers, often found at trade shows, you are my sisters and brothers at heart. Today, we want to share that gratitude for each of you, with each of you.
The Season of Gratitude celebration at Carved Solutions, you’ll find 20% to 33% off! Our way to give a little something back to you! YOU are the reason Carved Solutions is “The Most Desired Brand”. As we grow our line of personalized and monogrammed soaps and candles into personalized and monogrammed tabletop (barware, stemware, glassware and servingware) your personalizations, monograms and initials keep coming. The trust and faith you put into our products and service is humbling.
Today, we hope you find yourself surrounded by friends and family, surrounded by the love of old traditions or new traditions. If for some reason you find yourself with nothing to do today – dinner is at 1pm – don’t be late!
With smiles always,
Dawn
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11.15.11
Posted in Uncategorized at 2:54 AM by Administrator
Five months? Really? It’s been five months since you and I have had time together.
Summer has come and gone since we last shared a conversation. The floods this spring in Vermont really challenged the water quality of Lake Champlain. As avid boaters, swimmers and fishermen we, as a family, are on the lake anytime we aren’t working. Our 11 year old, Sarah (whom many of you have come to know), developed a very strange rash from exposure to the water. It made the summer challenging as I’m sure you can imagine how hard it is to keep a “fish” out of the water! In many ways, the situation was a gift, and you’ll now find a great way to give back to the health of Lake Champlain through Carved Solutions. Just add “Save Lake Champlain LCI” in the special request field and 50% of your purchase will be donated to saving our beautiful Lake Champlain! “…because a swimmable, drinkable, fishable Lake Champlain is the only option.”
The summer also brought a lovely, young lady into our lives. Miss Riva Dumont, crowned Executive Associate and introduced to the world at August’s NYIGF booth 2448!
Riva and I are two peas in a pod! She’s an instant Carved Solutions family member; a hug hello and good-bye, filled with “I love you’s and appreciate you’s”. Riva is one of a kind and has been a wonderful addition to our family.
August also brought IRENE to Vermont (as well as many other places!). Vermont may be a state but we really are just one big neighborhood. Summing up The Vermont Way one of my favorite reports on Vermont during Irene clean up (which still continues today). From the CBS report Paul had me at minute mark 2:55! With so much appreciation for all the “Paul’s” in Vermont that just GET IT DONE! We are Vermont Strong!
September brought more family support. Walk to end Alzheimer’s! Who would know, with 19 years between us, that Riva and I would both have a parent with Alzheimer’s (plus we both hate mustard and love Mary Cassatt)? Her Dad with early onset and my Mom at 76 just starting her Alzheimer journey. Together (with Riva’s boyfriend, Gary) we Walked to end Alzheimer’s at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, VT. It was an unexpectedly beautiful day and gave us a wonderful opportunity to be together to support our parents; the three of us in a sea of purple! Of course Carved Solutions supported us all the way.
OK so this is Shadow “cheering” Sarah at a field hockey game but it cracks me up so I had to include it!
Do you remember “Aunt Bee” from Andy Griffith? Her kind manner, loved everyone, did everything for everyone, funny and yet still naive? That’s my Mom through and through; all of 4’11″ of her. Born on a Vermont dairy farm in the 30′s, the oldest of 5 girls, a marine that married a sailor (she’s so gentle that you’d never guess it)! My mom (besides surviving lung cancer and skin cancer) is a two-time breast cancer survivor and October is always special at Carved Solutions. The Oprah Blog Life Lift shared our Breast Cancer Awareness soaps for the month of October to aid in our fundraising for Susan G. Komen for the Cure 50% of all gross proceeds of our Satsuma (Vermont Made) Soaps and Candles are donated to SGK for the Cure! We also love Cocktails Curing Cancer! My Mom, Shirley A. Faverty is the perfect example of a SURVIVOR!
Finally, we reach November! It’s always a perfect time to be grateful and November is a wonderful reminder with Thanksgiving right around the corner. Gratitude really is a wonderful state of mind to find yourself in, to put yourself in. When you come from a place of gratitude it changes your outlook on every single experience in your day, it changes your opinion of everyone in your life, it even changes how you look at yourself.
To begin our “Season of Gratitude” we are offering (for a limited time) an unheard of 20% off of select Signature Spa Collection soaps. Just in time for the holidays!
There are many exciting surprises coming in the next few weeks – so keep your eyes open! Have you joined us on Facebook or Twitter yet? If not, please do so as you’ll be the first to be in the know!
I would be missing an opportunity to shine a light if I didn’t mention Jason from Yahoo! Hosting Help Center. When WordPress couldn’t help me reset our password to our blog – Jason, out of the kindness of his heart had us up and running in 15 minutes flat! So thanks to Jason; I’m back!
Always with smiles,
Dawn
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