Sniffles and Snuggles

There's something a little magical when you come home from a trip.... Even a super quick trip. Especially when you haven't been away from your kiddos for months and months. True smiles and the 'so glad you came backs' just make a mama melt.

Then I find out that we are battling a cold with Avin, who lets just say doesn't have the best hygiene etiquette when it comes to a runny nose and cough. 

Today I was in full on nose blowing, hand washing mode with her while stealing a few snuggles and wrestling to keep her at arms length from her baby brother. (News about his last lung appointment soon!) I have borderline fear about him getting a real cold with respiratory yuck that would likely admit him to the hospital almost immediately. 

I'm so thankful we have are able to flip a switch and try to alleviate these cold symptoms. 

Now here's my shameless plug because I love it and truly believe this little device would bring value to your home and lives too. Our Scentsy oil diffusers are pretty much amazing and in my and many others opinions, the best diffusers on the market. With a LIFETIME warranty (yes you read that correctly), 16 LED lighting options and 3 diffusing settings, this beauty will be beautiful, and useful, addition to your home. I'm thrilled to tell you that it is 10% off which makes it $117 for this month only. I'm telling you, from experience, you won't regret the decision to invest in one (or two) of this little miracle workers. 

Now, I'm off to steam up the babies in the bathroom with some Eucalyptus and Lavender oils. 

Relationships Built Through Scentsy

I received the sweetest text from a very special friend this morning. She opened her TimeHop app and this is what popped up 6 years ago today.

I had been a Scentsy consultant for just over a year at that time and I had met Amy through Facebook. We had one mutual friend at the time and somehow we connected. Amy makes the most adorable hand appliquéd crafts and baby clothing. I instantly fell in love with her creativity. At that time of my life, I spent most of my time crafting.... scrapbooking, repurposing second hand goodies, coffee cozies, and more. Amy and I grew a friendship through Facebook over warmers & wax and crafts & creativity.

Six years later, countless phone conversations, we have grown to be incredible friends. We have grown together and worked our successful Scentsy Family businesses side by side. Without Scentsy and our incredible products, we probably wouldn't know each other today. I can't imagine not having her on this journey of life and business with me.

Today we have 225 mutual friends on Facebook. This blows me away. This simply means that the business we are in is all about relationships. It's humbling, really, to know so many people all because of our growing businesses. When I joined, one of the main reasons that I invested that $99 was to make friends. Little did I know then, that by sharing a product that I loved, I would be blessed beyond my wildest dreams with honest, authentic, lovely friends.

This community that we have built and the friendship we have will forever keep us on the phone, sharing ideas... laughing, crying, and goal setting together. We have both grown into people we didn't recognize 6 years ago. Even though we live hundreds of miles away and only see each other once or twice a year, we pick up right where we left off. I love friendships like this. I'm grateful that I have many relationships like this. Some from high school, college, church and maybe a work place or two.... but most of my friendships are with women who are building a legacy for their children with Scentsy.

I'll never forget the feeling I felt when in October 2011, Amy reached Super Star Director (our highest title in the Scentsy Family!) She hit this lofty and amazing milestone before I did and I'll always remember that I honestly didn't care about myself or my goals in that moment. There was something so special and made my heart leap for joy at the thought of my friend reaching the top of the mountain! All I could think was how absolutely proud I was of her. And then I worked like heck to follow her footsteps to the top!

This perfectly describes what our Scentsy Family is about: giving more than you take, investing in others to help them be successful, celebrating with arrows out.

I'm humbled and blessed to be able to call Amy friend.... along with so many other women that I've met along this crazy journey. As I reflected on these relationships today, I can't help but feel overjoyed. Grateful. Honored. Happy.

Thank you for sharing today Amy. I can't wait to see what the next 6 years has in store for both of us. Cheers to our friendship.

Overwhelmed in the Beautiful Mess

Last night I saw an Instagram post from Village Church AND I had a friend give a gently reminder about the 'beautiful mess' we all really live in.... And the highlights we like to share in our 'social world.' 

It's easy to clear a space and take a quick snapshot of your 'super cute, look how adorable my space is' area. 

I know.... Because I do that. All. The. Time. 

Friends, I live in chaos.  Each and every day, this is how it looks. I'm overwhelmed.... But in the most beautiful way. 

I had my dearest friend ask me today to sit down and write out my blessings... Each one. One by one. And I can't stop. I could never stop. My (our) blessings are raining upon us every single moment. Like that in a never ending storm. 

It seems that in sharing and showing my life behind the lens of this iPhone 5, I may have put on the 'I've got it all together - my life is grand - everything is planned and scheduled and organized... Seriously, it is!' mask. 

But it's not. It's crazy. It's messy. But it's beautiful. And it's us. And we love it. I love it. 

We share what we think others want to see. We share the photos of how we wish others to view us. It's just something we crave... To be wanted, to belong, to be admired. 

But in reality, we're a mess. Each and every day we struggle with what our back stages, our bloopers, look like... As we sit in the same breath comparing our 'zoom out,' to our friends' or even internet strangers 'zoom in' looks like. 

But even then, always, we are admired by The King; we belong to His Kingdom; we are wanted to do His work. 

It's not easy. But it's worth it. Very rarely do easy and right belong in the same sentence. Anything worth doing is hard. 

 

All of it is hard. Being a wife and mom, running a business around the world, home educating, church volunteer, friend, sister, daughter, coach and more... But these; These are my blessings. And this is why I'm overwhelmed. Because of the love. Because of the beautiful mess that it all fits in. 

I smell Christmas!

To some, decorating for Christmas as soon as Halloween ends just seems crazy. But for me, it's the perfect time to start celebrating and transforming your home into a winter wonderland. 

Growing up, my mom and auntie would have Christmas trees up year round. There were snowman everywhere. It just seems normal to have it all displayed well before Thanksgiving. 

We are slowly pulling garland, trees, lights, wreaths, and nativity scenes from their hiding place since February. (I do leave them up until February!)

Not everything is ready to be hung or displayed at in our home.... Not yet anyway. Some of our goodies will be up in the University Center Ballroom this Saturday to create a magical Scentsy display. 

Joel and I have stocked up on our favorite Scentsy holiday goodies and we're ready to share them with all of our amazing customers and friends this weekend. It's a week long process making sure everything is ready to be showcased. We've never worked this hard on making sure all the details get our guests into the Christmas spirit. 

If you're around and looking for a show that's filled with Scentsy galore (my biggest stash ever!) and amazing handcrafted holiday goodies, come see us! It'll be a cozy grand time. 

(Those are all warmers searching for a new home!)

See you Saturday! 

Almost TIME!

I'm just wrapping up our Spring and Summer selling season with Scentsy Fragrance & Velata. I had to snag some of my favorite scents before they went away.... and of course, I had to restock my chocolate stash at a 10% discount.

Now we wait until tomorrow.... TOMORROW our Fall & Winter goodies are available! Hooray!

Want to see why I'm so excited?!?

Our new charitable cause warmer: Ribbons of Hope. All proceeds go to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.

Chasing Fireflies is our new warmer of the month for September! I know this beauty is going to be well loved by everyone who has one on pre-order (thank you!) and anyone who decides to add it to their home decor. (I kind of want one for every room... but Joel thought that'd be a bit much!) But I do think this one is going out on our back deck... and maybe our fireplace.

Look at the spooky cute little things! So sweet.

These two little snuggle buddies are absolutely adorable. I can't wait to add them to our collection.

Stella the Unicorn & Scout the Dragon

There are so many more amazing new warmers and don't even get me started on the delicious scents available TOMORROW! Squeal!

Now Velata! Dill and Cajun Artisan Rubs.... YUM!

Meltables: confectioners wafers in Vanilla & Chocolate! I might have to try my hand at cake pops again!

The vegetable peeler and bread knife are soon to be a part of our kitchen wares. I can't wait!

I think I might go to bed now so I can hurry up and wake up tomorrow morning to place my order.

This is such an exciting time of year for us with Scentsy Family. Our team is growing and the momentum is rockin'! We are helping launch businesses & having parties constantly around here! I love it!

What's your favorite new product?

Fail Forward

What is success? What does it mean to you? How do you reach it?

I think of these questions often and I get asked about them sometimes too.

Today, I held an open house style Scentsy & Velata party. What does this entail?

Inviting many people via phone, text, facebook and handwritten invitations. Cleaning my office yesterday because it was a disaster (if you've seen it before you know exactly how bad it gets!). Sorting, labeling and pulling everything from the office down to the main floor. Wiping tables down and setting up the display. Making and displaying hostess & guest gifts. A last minute grocery store run to make sure the snacks and goodies to dip in the Velata were just right.

It's almost picture perfect don't you think?

The time came for guests to arrive. Two minutes into the open house, as I was scrambling to make sure everything was finished, my first guest knocked on the door! After a brief catch up, she started sniffing the fragrances that are leaving soon and she got her nose in the new scents that are available beginning September 1st.

As my customer was ready to walk out the door, I asked if she was ready to place her order with me today. She said that she'll order online in September. Her little nose LOVED the fall fragrances!

When she left, the girls and I finished all the details of the day and just kind of sat around. Waiting for more knocks.

Waiting.

And waiting.

The first customer of the day, my friends, was also our last.

What does this tell me? How should this make me feel? What did I do wrong? How can I keep going?

I'll tell you how... and why.

Almost exactly 6 years ago, a similar situation happened. It was my Launch Party for Scentsy Wickless. I was so excited! I had my dear friend and sponsor, Ariell, present just in case I got so overwhelmed with the rush of customers during my open house.

I had done almost every detail mentioned above to make sure that this Launch party for this 'new to me' company was a huge success.

I bet you can guess what happened..... one person showed up. But do you want to know the funny thing? This person wasn't invited! She was our neighbor, 'The Cat Lady', who just happened to knock on the door during the hours of the party, to ask my girls if they would watch her cats for the weekend. She must have felt bad, or saw the desperation in my eyes, but she came in and sniffed her way to a $44 warmer and wax set.

At the end of the night I had a few mixed emotions. I was part embarrassed that I had 'wasted' Ariell's night. I was sad that I now had a counter full of food, prepared that we could barely afford at the time. I felt let down, like my friends didn't care about my new business...or me even.

What did I learn?

I learned that none of those feelings was the truth! (except that we truly were broke!) I learned that there may be days that you decide to party but everyone else is busy. 

This is what has happened since my first Scentsy party until today's open house.

I have grown to be a whole different person than I was 6 years ago. I have met hundreds of new people and have reconnected with many friends from the past. I have learned to get comfortable doing the things that make me most uncomfortable... talking to strangers. I have grown in my confidence to speak to a group to hundreds of people on more than one occasion. I have witnessed other peoples lives change. I have set goals and have met them.... set bigger goals and have seen them finished as well. I have learned to dream bigger and share that with other people. I have seen the heart and soul of our company give more and more. I haven't had to work outside the home in 6 1/2 years. I have learned that consistent effort and discipline each day (some days lots, some days just a little) can change your life.

The one big lesson I have learned during my Scentsy journey.... is NEVER GIVE UP! NEVER QUIT! Always know that:

And that: 

Please take these words of advice as encouragement to you as you try to run a 'successful' home based business. If little ol' me, the girl that struggles with consistency & discipline; the girl who has dipped her toe into many business adventures,... if I can climb my way up to the highest title on our compensation plan with this amazing company.... so can you. It doesn't matter if you're just starting, rejoining, or if you've been around longer than I have. It doesn't matter if you have no clue where to begin or what to do. I know that you can do it. You have an incredible team and sponsor or director who want nothing more than to see you reach your greatest potential. I believe in you.

NEVER GIVE UP. FAIL FORWARD!

Because.... what if?

A few weeks ago, my sweet friend Amy called me and told me this quote she saw floating around on facebook....

It made my heart sing. 

So, what if?

What if you were able to pay off debt.... school loans, cars, credit cards? What if you were able to buy your husband the gift he's always dreamed of? What if you were able to take your family on a dream vacation? I'm thankful that I took a chance on Scentsy Family and the growth I've seen through it is too great to mention it all. Personal growth, new relationships with so many amazing people... customers, hostesses, team members and other Scentsy Family. We've paid off our credit card debt, school loans and were able to buy a new home. I've been able to not only take my husband and children on dream vacations but in May I was able to take my sister to Greece.... a vacation of a lifetime.

I'd be the first to tell you, because I felt it all.... 'what if I fail?' 'What if I fall flat on my face like I have in every other area of my life?' 'I've tried something like this before and it never worked.'.... But I'm living proof that when you set your mind to something, when you choose not to give up and start watering your own grass, when you give credit where due (all glory to God), when you truly care about each person you come into contact with... your dreams will come true.

So my question is this...."What if you fly?" "What if you succeed?" What if you took the chance?" "How big is your why?" "What if you caught your dreams?"

If you've ever considered if the Scentsy Family opportunity (Scentsy Fragrance or Velata) would be something you'd want to try, I'm inviting you to chat with me so I can share with you this very thing... the opportunity. The blessing. Wherever you're at.... working full time, full time mama, businessman, near us or half a world away... we want nothing more than for you to experience this blessing like we have and hundreds other that we know.  Because you're worth it... and so are your dreams.

Comment here if you'd like more info. Or a phone chat. Or skype date. Or a coffee date. What better time than now?

To read another story about being brave, click here.  "Go ahead.... Be brave!"

XO.

Jari

Scentsy Spirit!

What an amazing day! Being in a room filled with almost 1000 Scentsy Family members is such an incredible thing when Scentsy Spirit is oozing out of every one of us!

Spring Sprint Toronto was a happening place. We had almost 80 members of our group there so it was a no brained about which location of the 31 sites for Sprint we were going to choose. 

We had the honor of spending all day with our fast growing group up here. We met so many new faces and hugged the necks off everyone. High fives and 'wahoos' were in abundance!

My favorite part was connecting with and hearing the stories of these people. (Photo of about half of us there)

People I now call family. They inspire me to be a better leader. They (along with ALL of our Scentsy group) motivate me to be brave. To listen. To cheer. To have fun. To share. To bless. 

I feel so blessed to have spent the day with them. This joy will carry me through until I see a big chunk of our group again in July!

 I truly wish we could have went to every single Sprint. Hundreds of our group was spread throughout the country getting pumped, new ideas, new products and building relationships. A few of our girls are speaking and I am so proud of them. 

I'm boarding an airplane in snowy Buffalo NY, with a notebook and pen. Nothing but ideas, inspiration, and joy filling my head and heart. 

Scentsy Spirit!!

XO

Jari

Happy Friday + Happy to be Here

This is the 3rd day in a row that my main squeeze and I were up traveling well before the sun made it's appearance for the day. 

Every year, Joel and I travel to a mini family reunion with Scentsy and this year we decided to fly up to Toronto to surprise our group of consultants! They have well surpassed 200 this past month and over 80 of them will be at this mini reunion. For us, that is a BIG family reunion! We've been asked what we're going to do while we're there and every time my answer is simple. 

"We're going there to simply give high fives and hugs!" 

Seriously, I have the best job ever!!!!!

Details about our trip so far?

Day 1: up at 4:15am to travel to Bozeman and hang out with my friend Kay while Joel worked his job. Then an afternoon tax appointment. 

Evening drive to Butte to catch a little snooze before an early flight out. (Notice temperature at the continental divide above! Burr!)

Day 2: up at 4:00am and off to the airport. It was soooo cold outside. So cold in fact that our 6:35am flight was cancelled because air temp was -33 F and they couldn't use de-icer until it was at least -26 F which they weren't expecting until around 11am.  We rerouted and got a flight early the next morning out of Missoula. 

Day 3: this was our earliest morning. Up at 3:30am and out the door at 4:00 am. This is our bright eyes and not so bright eyed photo... Happy to be on the jet plane. 

Three air legs and we arrived in Buffalo NY around 3pm.... We were hungry!

What better thing to eat than hot wings at the bar that created them 50 years ago?! We loved hot wings so we found the Anchor Bar and downed a couple dozen little spicy wingers! Then off to the border. 

(I love my travel buddy!)

When you are in Canada and you see a Tim Horton's, you stop! Donuts and coffee were the perfect dessert for our early night in. 

We have just been laying in bed, watching the Olympics and dozing on and off. I woke up just in time to watch the lighting of the flame and wanted to share our last few days with you. But now it's time for me to go back to bed... Because I'm full of Scentsy Spirit and EXCITED to be with our group tomorrow!!!!!

Want to follow the rest of our trip? Follow me on Instagram to catch a glimpse into our weekend!

Want to know what's interesting? The last Winter Olympics in 2010, we were in Vancouver BC watching from a condo downtown while soaking in the real atmosphere with our family. This year, we are also watching from a Canadian perspective in a hotel in Toronto. I love how patriotic our friends are here. I do miss seeing some USA coverage though. But fun that two Olympics in a row we are watching from this beautiful country. 

XO

Jari

SCENTSY SUPER SALE!

WHOA NELLY! You have to check it out!!!

Starting tonight at 1am mountain time (ok technically tomorrow!), select Scentsy goodies will be selling like crazycakes at a HUGE discount of up to 70% off... for 4 FULL days!!!!!!

Don't miss it! I know I'll be staying up late to get the best deals!

There's going to be GRIZ warmers... Holiday warmers... and every day warmers that are so gorgeous I can't believe they're going for such an incredibly low price!

Don't forget to shop til you drop... well... don't drop... but get in on the good deals!

XO.
Jari

An 'Almost Perfect' Thursday

They woke up early enough for mama to feed her babies some eggs and toast before the little pupils loaded the bus to learn at their church co-op school. (Mama has incredibly amazing friends who accept and teach her kiddos when she needs to focus on her business)

Baby Bear was taxi'd over to a dear (not to be confused with deer) friends house to be loved on by another sweet mama for almost 4 full hours!

Mama met a close friend at a coffee shop and chatted and set goals for the next month... (Shhh... She even smuggled in her own coconut coffee creamer!) She always leaves these chats filled up until they meet again. 

Next mama had to run lunch to her bigs at the church. Subway was too far away so she zipped down to Ruby's Cafe and got 2 BLTs and fruit salad to go. If you're local you know what a treat Ruby's is! Two little love notes written on the styrofoam boxes and a quick hi to friends and mama was off again. 

With a Scentsy basket party in tow, mama picked up papa and they went to the bank. Finally the title to the old blue Honda was notarized and ready to handed off to sweet friends. They got new bank cards and left the basket party for the bank ladies to sniff away until another day. 

Taco del Sol was on their menu for lunch and a big naked chicken burrito with extra jalapeños hit the spot. 

Mama dropped papa off and headed back home to pick up her wee one. Upon arrival of the their home, two huge Target  boxes blocked the door. (Project Main Floor Makeover will be underway oh so soon!)

Today was the very first day that while mama was away, the house cleaners played. Walking in to a clean home, almost top to bottom, was just what was needed to pull mama out of the drowning waters that a busy, family-school-business minded was nose deep in.  Papa played that card almost perfectly. 

The bigs were dropped off by the sweetest 'bus lady' ever and were grinning ear to ear. 

Mama took a nice long nap with her three sleeping beauties before sweating in a totally fun, uncoordinated manner, to the top 20 hits! She went home feeling Oula-la. Wink. 

A glass of wine, a soak in the tub with Luna (it's a fragrance people!) and ending the day with kisses from the family and this good book. 

Mama doesn't want this night to end. 

XO

Jari (mama ;)

Quick catch up

It always feels so good to be home when you've been away....

Where we were, was the best place to be this week!

I spent the majority of the 7 hour road trip home thinking about what I'm going to do differently and more effectively in our business. 

I'm so excited to be a 'She Do' (more on that later) and am already using my time more intentionally. 

While Joel, Arly & Alyn were at softball practice this afternoon, I couldn't help but just play on the floor with Avin. It felt like the first time this week that I could really just play with her. We read books, snuggled and cruised all over the house :)

We snuggled until she fell asleep... Stretched out into her crib. (There is nothing like your own bed...amen?)

When I really felt like sitting on the couch just veggin' out this afternoon, I got up and started grading schoolwork!

I'm all caught up!

When Joel and the big girls got home we all unpacked our bags and picked up the living room and kitchen from the trip and garage sale last week - finally it's somewhat baby-proof again! Ha!

I even sat down and did some Scentsy work! I need to be prepared because tomorrow is an exciting day! I can't wait to show you what I'm talking about! Yummmmm!!!!

I'm going to bed again, with a thankful heart... Overflowing with love and friendship. 

Missing our friends already. 

XO

Jari

The Chat

Sharing your heart is not always easy... Unless you share it with someone who totally gets it. 

Tonight I had a talk with a sweet friend whom I've come to love like a sister. 

She keeps it real. Encourages me. Let's me cry. And lovingly doesn't sugar coat anything. For that I am thankful. 

Whether I'm feeling overwhelmed, insecure, unsure of what to do next I know I can count on her to listen and love me through times and pray with me. For that...thank you. 

I'm so thankful for the friendships that I have with so many of my Scentsy sisters. We all come from different stages and phases of life... But we all have a few things in common: to better our own lives and to help enrich others. 

Girls, you did that for me tonight. 

Thank you.

XO

Jari 

Preparing for Take-Off

Wow! The past couple of days have been amazing! 

I'm so excited to go home and finally get 'systems' put into place. (For those of you that really know me.... Pick your jaw up off the floor!) With working Scentsy from home, schooling the girls, and wearing the many other hats, it feels like everything is so inconsistent with our life. 

I've heard so many great ideas and most of them are just validating what Joel and I have been talking about for the past month or two. Refocus... Simplify... Action.  

I'm positive that when I start treating our Scentsy business like a business (finally!) by way of projecting and working numbers, we'll see even more growth.  Our business will just take-off! 

But even more importantly, I'm ecstatic to keep building relationships with those on our team and our customers. 

I'd be lying if I told you that I have it all together and was an organized person who leads her team & cares for her customers and had never failed them. 

But I can't go back and 'fix' who I was... However, I can go forward and do what I love to do... Build relationships. 

I'm going to start treating our business like a family. And helping the family make their dreams come true. 

It's been a fantastic couple of days learning and chatting with our friends and peers in Scentsy. These women (and men) are part of our family. I so enjoy their ideas and willingness to share... And their conversation and hugs. 

I'm going to bed with a thankful heart and a notebook full of ideas on how to be a better me. 

Tomorrow is our last full day at the home office - it's sure to be amazing too. 

XO

Jari

Full

Tonight I feel full. Full of new information. Full of laughs. Full of friendship. And the Krispy Creme didn't help (dang it, why couldn't I say no?!)

It was a day full of trainings from our peers and dear friends.

(Even little Avin sat in on the meetings like a sweet girl.... Sweet BUSY girl!)

 I'm so excited to get back to work next week! (I'm really focusing on being present during this training this week)

I'm full of gratitude for this amazing company. Scentsy LOVES their consultants and I felt that love today as Joel and I accidentally were the first consultants who had entered the new Scentsy tower (because we needed the elevator for Avin's stroller) and found this:

Honored. Humbled by our teams. 

 

I'm exhausted. I wish I had more to say but my brain is overloaded and only mush is being released right now (as I type on my phone with one eye open). 

XO

Jari

Roadtrippin' + friends

Over the river and through the woods, to Scentsy Summit we go! 

That was in my head for most of the day as we traveled through some of the most beautiful terrain on this earth (some of my favorite anyway.) 

Joel, Avin, Ariell & I took a 7 hour trip through the mountains so we could attend Scentsy Super Star Director Summit - focused training directed to Scentsy's top leaders. 

We stopped in the beautiful town of McCall Idaho for some Mexican lunch on the deck overlooking the Payette Lake. BEAUTIFUL!

  

As much as I love the training, maybe more, I LOVE seeing so many of our closest Scentsy Family. 

Tonight we got into town and immediately started hugging, laughing and catching up with friends. (Ok to be brutally honest here, I got dumped like a bad prom date as soon as everyone saw little Miss Avin! She's quick to steal the show... And I love it!)

(So many hugs and no photos to prove it. Ill be better tomorrow)

We had a Velata dessert bar... (Bacon drizzled with Caramel Milk Chocolate is a new favorite!) and even got goodies in our room. 

We may or may not have stopped for some more Mexican tonight with a little treat. 

Anyway, it's a jam packed week and I can't wait kick it off bright and early tomorrow morning. 

So.... Goodnight.

XO

Jari

Feature Friday.

It's another Friday (I've been doing every other Friday) and it's time to feature another successful Scentsy Team member.

The following girl I have known my WHOLE life! It's my big sister Jenna O'Grady! 

This is her story:

Hello, I’m Jenna O’Grady Director of Team Sniff~a~licious! I currently live in Olympia WA with my husband and 2 daughters. My Scentsy story started just shy of 5 years ago….

My family was stationed in Hawaii and my sister had just started selling this new product, called Scentsy.  I wasn’t a huge candle fan so when she asked me to buy from her I told her “I’m just really not into candles.” She then asked me to join her team…..that certainly was NOT going to happen, ha! So about a month later she sent me a warmer and 3 bars for my birthday, along with 1 catalog so I could see it ALL. When I opened the box I thought wow this warmer is cute, and the smells…AMAZING!!! I quickly plugged it in and dropped a cube in.  About an hour later my doorbell rang, my neighbor wanted to know what that amazing smell coming from my house was.  In HI we always had our windows open and she could smell it in her house! She instantly wanted to order. In the next week everyone who came into our home wanted this product that I had fallen in LOVE with, in one week I had over $500 in sales! Wow if it’s that easy and the product is so awesome why am I giving these sales to my sister….yep we know what happened next I joined her team and became a Scentsy consultant!

Fast-forward 4 years I now have an AMAZING team of over 100 amazing ladies and gentlemen too, which I never would have imagined!  We continue to grow in business and friendships!

Being a military wife and a stay at home mommy, Scentsy has been the perfect fit for us! It’s given me the opportunity to meet new people, volunteer in my girls classrooms and I’m still able to chauffeur them to all their activities!  With no worries of punching any clocks or asking for time off! 

The income and opportunity is endless! The friendships are amazing! And the trips are phenomenal! Not only have I been able to earn fabulous trips (that I would never have been able to afford on my own), earn generous commission checks, etc. I have made so many wonderful, lifelong friends that I would have never met if it weren’t for Scentsy.  My family is so glad I found something that I love so much AND gives me plenty of time to spend with them!!!!  I am so blessed to have a job where every time I go to work - I end up at a party!!

I love that Jenna is on this crazy awesome Scentsy journey with me. We get to see more of each other because of all the events including FREE trips to the tropical beaches! I love you Jenna!!!!!

XO.
Jari