Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Something Funky This Way Comes


I own an all natural body care company neatly tucked away in a market/business district in downtown Orlando. I wanted my spot to be inviting, beautiful, aromatic, stocked full and brimming with all natural essential oils, exotic fruit and nut butters, attars, sweetly scented body scrubs, coconut milks, herbal sachets; you know, a Bohemian haven for all things natural for the body. I was inspired to start the company during my internship to Africa several years ago and I did. I started the company, launched the store, and found that it was much more difficult than I thought to create this eclectic, yet earthy, organic, neat space. In my travels through cybermarket, I found a lot of really phunky pieces that I would love to have in the store, but will need to sell a lot more jars of creams and balms to have there. This chair is an outdoor swing found only in the UK. I think the last time I checked it was about $2K. Ok, I'll need to sell a helluva lot more jars of butters and creams, soaps, scrubs, etc., etc. Nevertheless, the Jasmin swing is quite phunky.