We will be in NYC this weekend attending the Green Apple Festival. Also, on Monday we will be featured on one of the NYC television stations redoing a baby nursery to make it eco friendly. More to follow...
Peace, Love & Happiness,
Sandy
For those that don't know my husband and I met in LA and moved to CT after 10 years of life in the fast lane. Each year we return to go Expo West, the largest natural product show in the country. So we are off and I am very excited to get to the sunshine.
When we return I will be updating the blog and letting everyone know about all the new stuff we find.
Peace, Love & Happiness,
Sandy
Hello Peaceful People,
What a wonderful holiday season! We are so grateful for all the orders we received and the new customers we were able introduce to the Peaceful Company lifestyle.
My holiday was one filled with gratitude and reflection and a few too many “7 layer” bars. My husband asked me what my New Year’s resolutions were and I told him I don’t really believe in such resolutions any more. Well, I do—I just don’t believe in all the pressure that comes with them. Usually on New Year’s Eve I would begin the dreaded list of what I will and will not do. I’d finish my glass of wine and vow to be good for the new year. This year I didn’t put any of that pressure on myself and it was a much more relaxed New Year’s Day.
Even though I didn’t want the pressure of resolution I did make a few decisions about my personal life. I want to conserve more, live with less, and be at optimum health.
During the holidays we filled so many bags of trash. I am trying to be better but there is just so much trash. We tried to get the kids fewer toys, as well as toys that used less packaging but we still had too much stuff and with gifts from others the trash was out of hand. Walking down the streets of New York City the other day, I noticed the same thing—tons of big plastic trash bags with Christmas trees thrown on the curbs. They say the small shopping bags are horrible for the environment but I can only imagine how bad those big thick black plastic bags are. I guess you could say another resolution is to recycle more and better. We recycle at the office and in the warehouse and we recycle at home but sometimes we get lazy.
Living in a small house is great for not having a lot of junk. I donate clothes and toys as much as possible, I feel my mind works better in a house that is free of clutter. So yesterday I began by rummaging through the house looking for stuff to get rid of.
I also have an exciting new relationship with Dr. Darren Weissman, author of The Power of Infinite Love & Gratitude. I feel a personal transformation approaching for me. According to numerology, 2008 is dominated by the vibrant and powerful number 1. As I feel it will be a great year for change, I summoned Darren to help me reach my peak of health and fitness, and, most importantly, mental well being. I will keep all of you abreast of my new life changes. I recall a recent conversation we had, and it went something like this…I said, “Darren I ate a yogurt parfait and a bagel for breakfast” and he replied, “Sandy, what did you really eat for breakfast—guilt, resentment, anger?” I think there’s some very powerful stuff here…
New Year’s Eve was a peaceful one. My daughter had a horrible earache. So we stayed home. After she went to bed I tried to do something that would be positive going in to the new year so I took out the new Louise Hay DVD, You Can Heal Your Life. It is a documentary of her life. I have to say it was the perfect thing to watch approaching a new year. Plus I had to see if my husband was in it. He was interviewed in Las Vegas for the movie when we attended the Hay House convention, but unfortunately he didn't make the cut. But the movie was great. It made me feel giddy inside...You have the power to change any situation in your life. Magic is happening all around us.
I love getting feedback and talking with customers so please feel free to send me an email sandy@peacefulcompany.com.
I wish each and every one of you a great new year!
Peace, Love & Happiness,
Sandy
Dear Peaceful People,
I want to start by telling all of you how grateful we are for you, and for this great company we call Peaceful Company. We love coming to work everyday. Each and every day magic happens here!
In the past few months, we have been diligently working on our business plan which includes our mission statement. This task definitley required some soul-searching.
One of the greatest discoveries we have made about our company is…we want to make sure each and every product we sell gives you more in use value than you pay in cash value.
I have based our entire business plan and mission statement around our tag line…fashioning peace one person at a time…We want to make it cool to be peaceful one person at a time.
The short version of the business plan is simply as follows…grow Internet/Catalog/Mail Order sales at an alarming rate, give millions of dollars back to the environment and build sustainable flagship stores in New York City and Los Angeles. I have never been good at “thinking small.”
Here is our mission statement...
Peaceful Company’s Mission is to create an experience-based shopping destination by offering products that fit the seeker of a peaceful lifestyle. We strive to do so while applying a rigorous and unwavering commitment to our customers by selecting and promoting products that fit our own peaceful lifestyle, made by suppliers whose cultural profiles align with ours. We also strive to give more to our customers in “use value” from the products we sell than a customer pays in “cash value” for those same products. In doing so, we want to know that we add to the life of the world with every transaction.
We also want to develop our brand and a deeply committed customer base by choosing products that not only reflect a peaceful lifestyle, but are also created in a most kind and eco-friendly (in the broadest sense) manner. We will deliver the products to our customer in the same manner and provide a pleasurable customer service experience. We are committed to promotion of the peaceful lifestyle and yield the results in growth and profits of the company.
Finally, give back by donating 1% of revenues or 10% of profits (whichever is greater) to non-profit environmental organizations.
Hope you all have a wonderful holiday season. Please let me know what you think of our plans for Peaceful Company. My personal email address is sandy@peacefulcompany.com.
Peace, Love & Happiness,
Sandy
PS - I have not written for a while…writing to hundreds of thousands of people can be scary. It is always a little nerve wracking to say “go ahead, it is ready to send.” A while back I wrote an email about Vanilla Body Wash. I fell in love with this wash so I thought I would share with all of you how wonderful it was. Well, one reader wrote back and said, “this is the lamest email I have ever read.” We actually got a good laugh out of it here in the office. Because maybe it was not the best idea… for me to dedicate an entire email to Vanilla Body wash.
At the time, I didn't think that it bothered me. But you know, thinking back, maybe it did. I have noticed that I have not been so inspired to put fingers to keyboard for a while. I just want to make sure I have a reason to write before I send out emails.
Hi Everyone - i am too busy to post!
Peace, Love & Happiness,
sandy
Holiday rush is in the air… Lots of inventory coming in… I have to say the coolest thing that came in this week was a book named The Maker's Diet. I did not read the entire book but I skimmed as I often do and I came across the most interesting thing last night...
When I was a little girl and living in North Carolina I dug a hole in my backyard and played in it for hours on end. I made mud pies constantly. I dug so deep I hit water and I thought if I kept digging I would reach China, but I never did. Anyway I have to say kids today have too much stimulation and not enough exposure to nature. I have 2 kids and try to get them outside as much as possible.
So in this book it was talking about “soil” and how important it is for kids to actually get dirty. We are a nation of antibacterial this and antibacterial that. This is a great book but I have to say I never knew the importance of soil and the importance of us coming in contact with it. It says it can be good for kids to be exposed to lots of soil. It really makes sense to me.
So before I went to bed I plotted how I would tell my husband that my daughter Topanga and I were going to dig a hole in our yard.
Mid morning Topanga and I go out with our shovels and pick a spot on the beautiful green grass and begin to dig. I told her the importance of getting dirty. She liked that idea. I told her that the soil is healing and that the dirtier she got the better. So we come in and wash rocks we found and go about our day…I also took my 1 ½ yr old son out and got his hands as dirty as possible. He seemed to like it.
Later in the day my husband is on the phone talking to his friend and proceeds to tell him that all the mothers in our neighborhood are out raking leaves as good new England mothers should be but his wife was outside digging a 5 ft. hole on the green grass in our yard. I thought that was really funny. I suppose I am not the traditional mother…
Peace, Love & Happiness
Sandy
I had an idea this weekend. How cool would it be if I posted on the blog every Sunday so everyone could know what happened this week here at Peaceful Company? So here goes...
The week began with some spikes in sales due to the approaching holiday season. Business really starts to spike in the coming week. We got a log of cool new things in this week. I have to say the coolest new thing is the glass tumblers made from recycled wine bottles. They are sturdy, cool and each glass (they come in sets of 4) says "Protect our Earth" in a different language.
I also had the delight to be able to spend 2 days in pure magic in New York city. I met a friend for dinner on Monday night at the coolest restaurant "The Antique Garage" in Soho. I also had the priveledge of going to the city on Wendsday and having lunch at Takashimaya, a very zen place. They served us a tea made from popcorn, it even smelled like popcorn. I followed that up with a Dr. Hauschka facial at a cool Soho spa. Ahggg... it was sooo nice. Then I attended a fundraiser for the Women's Presidents Organization on the top floor of the St. Regis Hotel. My husband said I had a rock start week. I guess I would have to agree.
The weekend wound down for me Sunday night with a National Geographic show on Yosemite. I learned an amazing thing about the Sequoia trees. Did you know they have an internal water system that takes a ton of water each day to the tops of them. The saddest thing is global warming can potentially dry up that water and cause these amazing trees to die...just some food for thought...
Peace, Love & Happiness,
Sandy
When both of my children were babies I made sure they only had organic cotton toys and teething rings. With all the attention around the toys made in China, organic toys are becoming increasingly popular. We carry lots of toys that are not made in China.
Peace, Love & Happiness,
Sandy
Hello Peaceful People,
Lots of fun and exciting things happening here at Peaceful Company. In the past few weeks we have had a lot of press. Daily Candy, Ideal Bite and Family Circle Magazine recommended Peaceful Company. We also look forward to seeing the November issue of Entrepreneur Magazine on stands November 21st. They too will be featuring Peaceful Company.
Peace, Love & Happiness,
Sandy
