That phrase must have been borrowed from the Bittersweet Book!
I have always felt that Bittersweet resembled a small kingdom. It's difficult to explain my business philosophies because there are so many. That might possibly be the reason it's challenging for me to particularize the manifesto behind Bittersweet and the little soap company. The Bittersweet team consists of one CEO. Her duties include manufacturing, shipping, web site developer, marketing director, photographer, accountant, shop manager, merchandiser, advertising director, and buyer, and decorator. So in that way, Bittersweet resembles a kingdom, minus the king's people!
I have always loved working with my hands. Whether that be building a coffee table from scratch or crocheting a new hat. My specialty has always been making things. It's what I was put on this earth to do! Those passionate feelings are the drive behind all that work that goes into operating this business.
Opportunities have presented themselves over the past twenty-two years. Hollywood connections, wholesale inquiries, thoughts of warehouses and production plants, sale representatives, employees. Typically all the necessary ingredients needed to operate a growing and thriving business. Right?
Not this time... I make things.
Today Bittersweet makes twenty-five thousand bars of soap a year. We stock our rich lather luster soap at our brick and mortar shop. We also offer Bittersweet brand of products which you'll find throughout our Apothecary Shop. There's a Home-keeping Department, Scent Your Own Department, Clothing Department. We specialize in Aroma Therapy and Custom Perfumes.
Soulful Inspiration comes from Aunt Vivian, the person responsible for teaching me to make soap, Great Grandma Lucy, and Sweet Soft Spoken Alice, my mom.
Alice Bracelets and Grandma Lucy's Dish Soap carry their name proudly and are surrounded with collective soulful memories.
I make things.
The bittersweet Kingdom.
Jill
