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Black Friday is almost here!

 It is the biggest shopping weekend of the year. Will you be shopping #BlackFriday or #CyberMonday? Don't forget to give small business owners (like me) some love on Small Business Saturday. 

Details will be released later this week, but be sure to stop by www.KatieTinker.OrigamiOwl.com this weekend to score yourself some deals.

Messy, Messy

Look at this mom. She looks like she has it all together. She's even smiling!! As a wife, mother, sister, daughter, paralegal and Origami Owl designer I find it's hard to get everything done in a 24 hour period. Sleep is overrated right? I'm definitely not smiling in the morning when I'm rushing my 4 year old and 1 year old out the door. No matter what time we wake up it seems like we're always hurrying in the morning.

I find it's those small day to day tasks that get overlooked then become a huge pile of mess. Our mail pile is one of our problems. Most of it is junk so we just leave it on the side table. Then when it's piled so high it's falling over, it takes hours to sort through and see what we need, what can go and what can be shredded.

Here's a current picture of our entryway table. First I bought the organizer on the left and folders for each member of the family so we had someplace to keep papers. Well that didn't seem like it was enough. Then I bought the divider on the wall. That has space to sort the recyclable mail and mail to be shredded too. Then I felt like I needed the white board to keep important papers and be able to write notes. Notice there is still a pile of mail on the table, lol. This stuff only works when you use it. :-)

Hey we're all a work in progress. What are your biggest organizational challenges?

Consistency

The holidays are upon us and this is the busiest time of year for those in the sales industry. I need focus and use my time for business building activities. I'm starting to feel like I'm working a lot, but not seeing a lot of results.

I have a bunch of vendor events, but those aren't great for making money. They're more so about making contacts. I need to focus my efforts on booking in-home parties. Those will be the best way to earn money and hopefully earn a trip to Cancun!

I made a few calls yesterday and I have one party in the works. My plan is to call as many past customers as possible, starting with my past hosts.

My goal is to reach out to at least 5 people a day and see what happens.

I did book a fundraiser today so that was great. All of my commission will be going to the fundraiser,  but hopefully it will lead to potential parties or designers.

It's been a while

It's been a while since I posted. I had a 2 day event last weekend and something every night this week. I do try to squeeze in something business related everyday. I usually have Thursday to catch up, but my little one was sick and needed lots of Mommy snuggles.

I'm gearing up for my second event this month. I'm hoping to schedule a few parties from all these events. Wish me luck!

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness

Everyone knows October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but there is another great cause to be aware of this month, Pregnancy and Infant loss. October 15th is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.

While breast cancer is a horrible disease, no one says, don't talk about it. However, that's exactly what people are saying when they tell pregnant woman to wait 3 months before telling anyone they are pregnant. I'll admit, it's hard telling people you are no longer pregnant, but isn't it better to have their support if something goes wrong?

This is going to be a hard month for me. I recently suffered my 3rd miscarriage. I've never really talked about the others much, but this one seems to have hit me a lot harder than the others and I think it's time we start talking about. Women don't know how common it is until it happens to them. Statistics say 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage. My doctor said that statistic might be closer to 1 in 3 now days with all the super early pregnancy tests available.

I wore my memorial locket right after my D&E, but I think it's time to break it out again. I'm going to use the locket from our October special to tell my story. I'll post a picture later after I get home and put it together.
If you would like to create a memorial locket for your angel baby, please contact me and I can help.

I hope our journey doesn't end on this note, but for now I will enjoy the children I do have and I wait for the day we can give them another sibling.

Facebook

How's everyone doing? I hope you had a great weekend. How many of you are on Facebook?

Why not like my Facebook page to stay up to date on new releases and promotions. I like to have a little fun too! If you like a deal, be sure to join my VIP group to see my personal specials and giveaways. I just posted a 20% off special for those in my VIP group. You don't want to miss out on the next. Especially when I get to my 12 days of Christmas!

The holidays are coming! Do you know what to get those on your shopping list?