O' Taste and see.

One of the most exciting parts of my blogging experience is, Coming up with the title's.

So I'd been brain storming on ways to provide the ultimate experience to my clients, I mean when I say that we want to be your "One Stop Source" for all of your event planning needs. Now of course the worl is to large for us to "have it all" but for the persons that decide to do business with us we want to set you off right; In fact, we will set you off right.

We're gonna do pastries and cookies, is what popped in my head... I began shopping for baking supplies, I purchased cookie cutters, sprinkles, shaped pans, Decorating Tips and all types of Stuff. The items sat for months. Then I hear that Ms.Julie of Torino Baking had a class coming up...OH YEAH?!?! Now if you don't know who Ms.Julie is you had better find out -> www.torinobaking.com

Im headed to class thinking; im about to put it down, I mean I create customized Center Pieces, Favors and all types of stuff...Whats it to a Cake?
Bake, wrap, refridgerate, slice, dallop, spread, smooth and decorate, all in certain, measurements, rotations, pressures and ummm NO THANK YOU! Let me tell you that this was plain white cake and plain butter cream, all pre made, nothing fancy! The Cake World does not have to worry about Kyonda's Korner trotting on it's territory.

I realized something, it's not always about what you can do because I can very well learn those techniques get my papers and sell cakes. It is more so about your passion, I was passionate about the decorating part but had very little interest in the rest of it. The Measuring and stuff, well I do that with my soap but for some reason my patience were disturbed w/doing it with that cake. So it brought me back to one of my favorite quotes "Find A job that you love doing and you'll never work a day in your life". I can tell that Ms. Julie Loves her work by the Nick Name's that she gave certain techniques like "Air Plane" A.K.A smoothing the frosting =)

So since time is only wasting I'll rid(E-Bay) myself of these baking supplies, probably save a few for my daughter (she loves the kitchen) and focus on the things that are in my heart vs. those passing through my mind.

Here is a glimpse of My Sunday morning at Torino Bakery...



Kudos to the Bakers out there!!

XOXO,
Kyonda

The Patience Virtue

Squeaky Green

Hey There!

It's A very calm Sunday here in my sanctuary called home, the calm makes me think. I laid some where in it and thought about skin. I love skin. I realized that we don't take it serious enough. I thought of the times before us, they relied on their skin to keep warm, to seduce, to tell stories and to combat harmful sun rays; okay the last one was an assumption but here is what I figured, we can purchase SPF's over the counter but what did they do before there was a counter? They ate foods, herbs, spices and relied on them to transfer their properties into their skin, thus leading...protection from harmful sun rays. Yup! Don't correct me if I'm wrong =)

I want that type of skin for my family, A skin that is healthy,resilient, smooth, fragrant and SEXY; T'is How I got into Soap Making. My understanding of Natural, Homeopathic, Organic and the like is this = Gentle Vs. Harsh. Gentle it is... Here is what happened, I was driving down a street some years ago, saw a store called "Juniper Tree" and knew I had to go inside. I'd never heard of a Juniper Tree, I had no idea what was in that store. I went in and fell in Love w/A whole New World. A World of Nature and Self. So I'm making batches of Melt and Pour, giving them to neighbors and friends (sharing is my favorite), buying books on them, selling them to people, taking classes, making and selling them in bulk as party favors and eventually selling them on Etsy.

Money was the major when it came to my products and my customers, I learned that people were just purchasing my stuff to be supportive, I would to many times find 'My Soaps' sitting in their cars for weeks, corroding in their cleaning cabinets (My Aunts) an so on...I didn't know that I had to market to A market, people who love their skin too. I do understand the Money Majors though, there are somethings that I too refuse to cash out on but my skin care stuff is not one of them... To be cont'd

Pictured above(?) is a Strawberry inspired bar. Scented w/Strawberry fragrance oil and infused w/African Shea Butter.

and

A Coffee Bar. Scented with Columbian Coffee fragrance Oil, infused with Honey and Topped with Columbian Coffee Beans.

No more tears.

Hello All,

So this post is about several things, I'll probably jump in and out of them so bare with...

I lost My Grand Mother last week, she was literally the best thing since sliced bread, if you'd the pleasure of meeting her you'd feel that to be an understatement. SO, when this happened I realized A few things; 1st, I realized that there are no Event Planners. Events happen on their own, us party people just organize their celebrations. We know that we go to school to graduate, date to marry and live to die, but we don't know when and if they'll actually happen. My Granny put in a lot of work during her stay here on earth so I'm not as saddened by her passing as expected by some, I understand life... it's just temporary. We're here in it and we are to work diligently in all of our endeavors so that when our time comes there are minimal sorrows left behind.
Secondly, I realized that life alone is reason to celebrate, reason to make happy. There is no reason to frown and be angry, disappointments come fast and leave even faster. We have all that we need to live prosperous lifestyles, sometimes its as simple as getting out of the bed. Prosperity to you could be a herd of Friends, land ownership, millions in the bank or what ever... We have the power to achieve those things,it's right in the center of us...channel in and unleash.

And 3rd, I see that you can actually put you mind over the matter and govern yourself however you want. I told myself that I would organize her home going celebration and mourn later, I did and am doing just that. Mind over matter, speak what you will over your life and watch it come to pass.

While organizing her "Funeral" I discovered something about myself... I looooove flowers! I want to see them, smell them, smile at them... I even want to smell like them and I'm not an Old Lady! Ha imagine! So I'll be spending a little time with them over the next few weeks... Books, movies and what ever else pertaining to them. They pack a powerful punch, we (Kyonda's Korner) need them on our team.

T'is all for now =)
-Kyonda