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Hi there and how are you? Hope you are doing well and that you had a relaxing Memorial Day weekend. Ours was busy with a little bit of everything, some fun get togethers, a little pickelball and a little boating. \u00a0Monday it rained and \u00a0was an unexpected gift…our outdoor plans with friends was canceled and it was a nice day to chill and relax (much needed)! Today’s post is a little bit of this and a bit of that, wedding news, what’s happening on the Enchanted Home front, and home renovation news….<\/p>\n

A lot<\/em> happening on this end. So….we are not having the wedding in June after all. Its for so many reasons, not the least of which is logistically it was shall we say “ambitious” to try and pull off such an event in only four weeks. We could have done it, but it was proving to be extremely challenging and emotionally taxing, loss of sleep, certain people we wanted to use for it were not available, etc….it was a unanimous decision with my son, fianc\u00e9, myself and husband.<\/p>\n

I think we are all breathing a sigh of relief to be perfectly honest.\u00a0So, now they are looking at spring of 2025 and possibly looking for a destination wedding as our house will be under renovation (maybe next son haha). This way there is the luxury of time to do things exactly how\/where they want to do them. I had such beautiful plans for the tent to be erected in our beautiful formal garden, oh well! To be continued……<\/p>\n

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On The Enchanted Home front, so many balls in the air. We are at a definite inflection point. We may be partnering with a silent partner who is doing an assessment of the business and who has already been very instrumental in our multi prong warehouse cleanup that is in the process of happening. Truthfully I truly love the creative process, love writing my blog but the day to day office minutia, and the continuous pull that a growing business has drawn me into has started to feel overwhelming and all too time consuming. I feel like I have time for little else and want to create a better balance in my life. So taking on a partner would allow a definite sense of letting go of some\/much of the current non creative responsibilities and allow me more time to pursue other things I love to do (like coming up with new ideas and designs) and be able focus on our home renovation without feeling like I am spreading myself too thin.<\/p>\n

So right now, the name of the game is getting this warehouse organized! Cleaning up, deep diving and organizing 15,000 chock full feet of merchandise is not an easy feat. So it’s one step at a time. We are making progress though and it feels GREAT! We are moving forward knowing that we will be in even better shape when this is done. So yes, a lot of moving parts here, but I will certainly keep you in the loop!<\/p>\n

As I mentioned in a previous post, we were advised to sell off\/discontinue some of the categories that are either very seasonal (and taking up too much room) or categories that are not our main focus. I am the first to admit I maybe went a little wild with the products, I saw something I wanted not out there to buy, so I created it lol. So discontinuing any of these items is not easy talking to someone who created all of these things with nothing but her heart and love of bringing pretty things into this world! But I am certainly am agreement that we need to streamline and reorganize which is what we are embarking on!<\/p>\n

What is definitely staying and the crux of my business- porcelain, chinoiserie tole, all of our metal goods, all wicker, tabletop and some seasonal items like ornaments, chinoiseries trees, etc…<\/p>\n

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We have begun with the liquidation of silver and linens a few months ago. The gift wrap we recently announced and as of today all three categories are 50% off starting today through Saturday!<\/p>\n

We are getting low on silver and linens but have a lot of gift wrap since this is our least category that we will be doing away with *though I am considering possibly adding\/keeping holiday papers only. Either way this is a phenomenal chance to get these three categories at incredible savings.<\/p>\n

And, no you are not imagining that months ago I told you we were close to launching our new website. Unfortunately (not uncommonly) we had an issue with the developer, who was not fulfilling my wishes aesthetically so we have switched to a new developer to put the finishing touches on it. It is looking GOOD! I do not want to even mention a date, but I feel confident it will be this summer, so stay tuned:) It will be well worth the wait!\"\"<\/p>\n

Next to go may<\/em> be melamine and this one, is a tough pill for me to swallow as I love it so much. In my own home, we use it every single day and I hear this from so many. However when I order it is a minimum of 3000 pieces per style per color per piece! So for even one pattern you are talking several thousands pieces of melamine! So I am debating, I love it so much, its hard to imagine saying goodbye to it (though who I am kidding, I have a lifetime supply in my kitchen)! So would love your opinion and a few others below.<\/p>\n

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Today’s post is kind of a focus group where I want to pick your brain about a few things and for that time, (which will only take a few minutes at most) I am offering a big box of our gorgeous giftware (assorted rolls) see below.<\/p>\n