quote jars

i think it was two holiday seasons ago, i put together some quote jars for my girlies at school. looking back, i think they were a little pathetic and rushed. I am taking that same idea and putting a little more time into them for Landon's Love. (so, girls, i owe you one of these once i have enough made :-) ) The quote jars are containers with various inspirational quotes and sentiments to set on your desk or coffee table. this time around the quotes and sentiments are typed on vellum and then attached using eyelets to patterned paper. I found these wonderful glass jars at Michaels as well as these darling decorated pots. The glass jars have lids and i attached a ribbon whereas the pots were so cute by themselves that i don't think they need anything...let me know if you think differently. i thought that it would be fun to let the customer choose which container. i plan to buy up all of the pots when we get back home from Michaels...i think they are a seasonal item. Let me know what you think...i have attached pictures below.

1st Landon's Love Party

so, we're trying out the Landon's Love products on family first...and we appreciate their support and feedback. The "party" was wonderful and we got some wonderful feedback. There were some fantastic ideas for future products and projects, suggestions for exposure, and indescribable support. Here are some pics.

The "finishing station"

Shaun had a wonderful idea, which was to set up a "station" that explained how the magnets, pins, and key chains are made...in other words, the process of making the products. He did good as usual with his suggestions :-)

table set up

a little closer view

I nearly thought i was going to get sick the entire day. i kept questioning myself and wondering if i even wanted to go through with the whole Landon's Love thing. My love for Landon and my determination to do something for him and others came through though. I appreciate everyone's support because if i didn't have it this project would have never even gotten past a 2am thought.

no mommy, ding

so i went to register the fictitious name today at the circuit court. of course i went around 11am, so the parking spaces around the court were full, full, and yes, full. that's okay though because i got to drive by where mommy and daddy got married and showed landon. we had to park in the parking garage, which was no problem for landon as it has "new ding" and "old ding." you just have to witness his excitement when he knows he's going to a ding...it's priceless. oh, and in case you haven't figured out what a ding is by now...elevator...which he will also say occasionally, but it is usually "ding." I prepped him the whole walk to the "new ding" saying, "once we get off of the new ding we're going to go for a walk because mommy needs to do something and then we'll go back and do new ding and old ding." well, needless to say, the minute we get off the elevator and he sees that we were not headed right back on, it was on! "no mommy, new ding again." he said it over and over. then he finally stomped his foot, growled at me and said, "no mommy, new ding one more time!" it was really quite cute now that i think about it, but in the blazing sun surrounded by important looking people i was pretty much over it at the time :-) to make this story shorter, Landon was finally appeased when we got into the circuit court and we were informed that we needed to go to the second floor...NEW NEW DING MOMMY! oh boy! does it ever end :-)

after registering the name we headed back and did new ding and old ding for a while. lunch was NOT happening as getting back on the ding was far more important. he did spare me having to walk across to the garage near south street or to the omni, so i appreciated that. after the downtown mall ding we headed to SPLASH (2-hour summer speech program) and guess what's there! "SPLASH ding"! i was about dinged out at this point, so i told him we could do it once before SPLASH and once after and that's it.

after SPLASH ding trip two we get in the car and not 2 seconds later he says, "um, what about michaels ding mommy?" "no, baby, not today." "what about doubletree ding?" "no baby, not today." "um, what about showroom ding, mommy?"

I think our goal for tomorrow is to NOT ride a ding!

as dinged out as i am, Landon is happy as a lark and that's what is important. even better, along the way i got to register our fictitious name, which i cannot help but laugh at every time i think about it.

new pics

it sounds like i need to head to the alb. circuit court to register a fictitious name (sounds sketchy :-)) and then we'll be set to go! this has certainly been a learning experience, but worth every minute.

here are some new pictures of products...i discovered some new colors i really like...i've been partial to green these days and found a nice green.

SO EXCITED!!!

We went to the bank today and we now have a business account! Things seem a bit surreal at this point. I am excited, but overwhelmingly scared. I keep trying to convince myself that it is all going to be okay, but i have had a pit in my stomach for days. I keep thinking that even if this company is a flop I followed my dream to do something for the person who means the absolute world to me!

Getting There more and more everyday

That title could mean a lot of things...

--Landon is making progress more and more every day. He is as sweet as he could be in these summer programs. SPLASH is a speech and language based program that he has tuesdays and thursdays until early July. He continues to go to the "farm" (Edenbrook Farm Therapy Program) every Saturday. We usually last about 2 hours there. He is receiving private speech therapy twice a week. We are looking into getting OT and PT for the summer as well. Our first playgroup is tomorrow at we are SO EXCITED!

--The other meaning of this title is that we are getting there more and more with Landon's Love! I picked up some receipt booklets today so that when people buy things i can give them a receipt. I got more labels today, which means that i could print off labels for the boxes that i put the products in. I am working on the first Landon's Love party. AND IT'S ONLY BEEN 1 FULL DAY OF SUMMER VACATION! If i keep this up i'll be thrilled!

the thing i'm most focused on now--setting up a website. if anyone knows of a resource that i could use to set up a website for the business, let me know!

Schools Out--Landon's Love is On!

...and Landon's Love is on in more ways than one! We have had such a blast so far on our first day off together!

I spoke with our SCORE counselor yesterday and he says we're a go on Landon's Love!!!!!!!!!!! We can start selling! i am so excited. i need to get receipts and start making some more things, but i could not be happier! and i've got the summer to work on stuff!

Thanks again for all of your support...we'll let you know when the first Landon's Love party is going to be!

Edenbrook Makes Front Page!!!!!!!!

I know this is a blog about starting up a "Landon's Love" business and all, but this is truly where Landon's love is these days...

http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/article/getting_back_to_nature_keswick_woman_opens_farm_to_children_and_families_se/40850