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Fort Hood Army Wives Fall Expo 2012

September 29, 2012 by Emilee Evans

Last weekend was the Fort Hood Army Wives Fall Expo, and I was excited to participate as a vendor again! I was representing my Cloud 9 Parties business (update: I am no longer with this company), and I had such a blast! As always, the event was put together so well, there was a fun carnival for the kids, the volunteers were extremely helpful and so polite, and there was great attendance!
I mentioned that after the Spring Expo I was wanting to volunteer more myself, which can be difficult since we have my husband’s doctor appointments, the kids’ therapy appointments, homeschooling, etc., but I am excited that I am now part of their team! I am more of the “behind the scenes” Admin – the “computer geek” if you will, but I felt honored to go up to the front when they asked for the Admins to come up! I was appreciative of my booth neighbors who watched my booth so I could do so!
I have to say the main thing that was so amazing about this Expo was just that – people helping each other! I just saw such an amazing response of camaraderie! Photographers helping each other, direct sales reps sharing ideas and helping each other, everyone going around supporting the other vendors and learning about their businesses and products. It was a very positive response in the networking regards with which I was extremely impressed and happy to see! I love, love, love to see people working together so well! We also got a free lunch from Chick-Fil-A sponsored by Allied American University!
 
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The Fall Expo is a little smaller than the Spring Expo, but the turnout was just as good! As always, I was very last minute getting everything ready for my display! In my defense, I did have family visiting from out of town, sick kids, etc. Unfortunately, all the lack of sleep and getting up early the day of the Expo and being on my feet all day also was enough to run me down, and I’ve been sick now, too! I still don’t even have my voice! The good news is I used it a lot that day and got to talk to and meet a lot of people! It was so much fun! The head massager was a big hit! Seriously, if you’ve never tried a head massager it’s a MUST! ๐Ÿ˜‰
Overall, I feel this Expo went very well just overall and personally. I did actually come a little less prepared this time simply because I just forgot stuff! I forgot bandages, and you KNOW when you forget bandages you will need one! Sure enough, I cut my finger and needed a bandage! Luckily, my friend Destiny, one of the awesome Admins, had TWO first aid kits with her. Talk about prepared! She is so organized it is awesome! I will be borrowing more notes from her from now on! ๐Ÿ™‚
For my display I obviously displayed mostly glam and bath and body products. One dilemma I had a hard time figuring out in my head was how to set up a “private area” in case someone wanted to view the entire catalog. One of the other vendors – Nicole with Celebrating Home – suggested a tri-fold poster board display, and it worked perfectly! I decorated it using stickers, information, and cut-outs I made using my Silhouette Cameo! I think it turned out great! (most pictures removed due to no longer being a representative)

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This is Cloud 9 Party’s Philanthropy Program – Knock Out the Wait – Organ Donation! That is little Macy Vail, and the cross necklace is named after Macy Vail, so I really wanted to share this!
Jewelry
Some of our jewelry
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Here are some other great shots of the Expo taken by one of our wonderful local photographers and vendor at the Expo – Krysta Reed Photography – she also posted a wonderful blog about the Expo HERE.

Fort Hood Army Wives Expo
Look! That’s me in the bottom right corner! ๐Ÿ™‚
Soldiers Love Boutique
Christine with Soldiers Love Boutique

Fort Hood Army Wives Expo

Fort Hood Army Wives Expo

Fort Hood Army Wives Expo
Some of the GREAT Volunteers – including Anita – the awesome head Admin for Fort Hood Army Wives!
Krysta Reed Photography
Krysta’s booth – the awesome photographer who took all these pictures!
Touched by An Angel Soap
Ken with Touched by an Angels Soaps – be sure to check them out in my Small Business Directory!!

Fort Hood Army Wives Expo
Fort Hood Army Wives Expo

Chick-Fil-A

Fort Hood Army Wives Expo

These are just a few of the great photos taken by Krysta Reed Photography, so be sure to head on over to her post where she shared all of her beautiful photos in their full splendor of the expo!

Another successful Expo, and another great time meeting new people and getting to catch up with others! I was so grateful to be a part of this awesome Expo and to be part of such an amazing organization that cares so much about military spouses and offering so much support including great events like this! Be sure to head over to Fort Hood Army Wives Facebook page to say Hello! It was so great to connect to other vendors as well! You know how much I love networking! ๐Ÿ™‚

Check out some of the other great vendors!!

Damsel in Defense
Damsel Pro Christina

ย Christina- Independent Damsel Pro with Damsel in Defense

Don’t be a statistic! Damsel in Defense can help you arm yourself! Visit Christina’s Website for more information!

Head on over and “Like” her site on Facebook as well!

 

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Tastefully Simple
Minerva with Tastefully Simple

Minerva – Tastefully Simple Independent Consultant

Head on over to Minerva’s Website to check out all their yummy products!

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Vous Etes Belle Foundation
Vous Etes Belle Foundation
Vous Etes Belle Foundation
Vous Etes Belle Foundation of Texas

Ana is the founder of Vous Etes Belle Foundation of Texas. Check out their wonderful organization at their Facebook page!

 
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Last, but not least, congrats to my Expo winners!!

The winner of my door prize – Angel Food Cake Lip Plumper, Pure Instinct, and Silver Diva Dust is Annmarie C.!
The winner of the $25 Gift Certificate from my booth is Mary F.!
 

*Were you at the Fort Hood Army Wives Fall Expo as either a Vendor or guest? Do you have something to add? Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments or e-mail me at emilee.roberts@peaofsweetness.com to be included in this post!*

 

Catching Up

September 24, 2012 by Emilee Evans

Wow! What a whirlwind life has been! I have so many posts and ideas in my head that need to make it here! haha We had such a great visit when my mom and grandma were here that I’d love to share some of their visit as well! I had the big Fort Hood Army Wives Expo on Saturday where I represent Cloud 9 Parties, which was so much fun! I definitely have a post coming on that one as well! I have more great reviews to share! And amongst it all I’ve had sick kids and got so run down preparing for the Expo then being on my feet all day that I got sick, too! Phew! But the good news is since I’m sick and don’t have much of a voice that means we’re taking a few days off from homeschooling, which also means I can FINALLY catch up on everything on the computer!! WOOOO HOOOO!! I think it will take me a few days! haha I need a nice break to just sit down, though, because I feel like I’ve been go, go, go this whole month! I’m gladly welcoming in Fall and a new month! Of course, here in Texas it doesn’t actually feel like Fall, but it has been under 100 degrees, so that’s definitely a plus!

Family
My mom and grandma with the kids

So, here is my post announcing that I am finally catching up! I am planning on keeping better track on my calendar as well now that we’ve gotten our Homeschool schedule pretty laid out as well as Dr appts, the kids’ therapy appts, etc. I’m ready to just pull it all together and get organized and be more disciplined this Fall! What are you looking forward to this Fall?

Fort Hood Army Wives Spring Expo

March 26, 2012 by Emilee Evans

Well, I know my FB posts, Tweets, and even website posts were dwindling the past week. I was SO busy preparing for the Fort Hood Army Wives Spring Expo! The good news? I survived! LOL I think I got more exhausted watching the moms with their kids going to see the Easter bunny because I could totally relate to what they were going through! It’s not easy taking multiple kids to big events! I loved how they would come to get candy and parents would act embarrassed! No, really, I have 3 kids under the age of 6. Our oldest is on the Autism spectrum and doesn’t understand social boundaries, so kids coming up just to take candy didn’t phase me at all! ๐Ÿ™‚ I had the candy out for a reason after all!
Watching all the wonderful volunteers run the Expo with such a friendly attitude and smiles on their faces was so rewarding! They are, after all, VOLUNTEERS! This wasn’t anything like what I was used to up in the DC area where booths cost so much you barely had enough left to get supplies to showcase, and the organizers were making a hefty profit! Wow, what a blessing to find such a wonderful organization with wonderful organizers! I can’t wait to be more involved with them and start volunteering more often myself! Check out the Fort Hood Army Wives on Facebook!

Overall, despite being right outside the door to the Easter bunny my booth was a little slow. I may be biased, but I think it looked rockin’, though! ๐Ÿ™‚ I represented Nerium for this Expo (I am no longer with this company – see why I made changes), and I had a blast getting the word out! You KNOW my passion for paraben free products and sharing that passion and connecting with others who feel the same way about chemicals, preservatives, etc. was so much fun! It was great spreading the word that Nerium is more than “just a wrinkle cream” with results that passed the clinical trials at an average 30% whereas most that hit the market pass at 2-5% was so much fun! I played a Real Results Slide Show on my iMac on the front table and the Opportunity Slide Show on my iPad on the side table! It was also great having my iPad there so I could share how Nerium gives their Brand Partners an iPad for hitting a certain milestone! I love that! I have the iPad 2, but they will soon be switching their rewards to the new iPad!
I prepared my display by taping an 8×3 section on my floor using painter’s tape (I have linoleum flooring) and setting up my own 6ft table next to it. I then proceeded to place the items while my husband entertained our youngest who hates sleeping and loves getting in to things (a BAD combination when you’re trying to plan a display for an expo!!). I put pieces of paper with a label marking where the big items would go and then took pictures of everything with my iPad so I could set up my display easily when I got there.
Unfortunately, my husband was unable to go with me due to the babysitter thing, so I had to set up and run my booth on my own, so I wanted to make sure I was completely prepared! I armed myself with Inspirin, snacks, and water, and had emergency supplies on hand like nail clippers, which ended up coming in handy when I accidentally tore a nail! I added a couple of smelly good turquoise colored accents that matched the Nerium logo’s color very well, and I packed all my stuff in my personalized bags! Luckily the Wi-Fi worked for me because I realized after I got there I had NO idea how to loop a video on my iMac. The easy answer? Put the video in the playlist on iTunes and set it to repeat! It worked perfectly! Here was my display:

Nerium Side table
Side/aisle table
Front Table
Front Table
From the corner
My Nerium display - my personal before and after is showing even! ๐Ÿ™‚
I have to admit, part of me is glad it is over, so I can take a break until the Fall Expo! hehe ๐Ÿ™‚ This was a really great experience for me, too, because we’re still pretty new to Fort Hood, so I got to meet some new friends as well, which is always nice! I had a chance to meet some of the other vendors during our mid-day break as well as some that came to say hello to me at my booth! I was kind of stuck since I didn’t have someone running the booth with me. They had a wonderful system in place, though, that if you absolutely needed to make a bathroom run, or run something up to the front, etc. there were row monitors to help keep an eye on things while you did what you needed to do!
Did I mention how FABULOUS the volunteers were? ๐Ÿ™‚ Now it’s time to take a breather until the next big event!! Another thing I really enjoyed? THE VARIETY! There were 110 vendors ranging from well-known direct sales companies to extremely unique crafters! It was awesome! I stuck around during the break knowing mooselion would only get upset if I went home just to leave again (he is SUCH a mommy’s boy!), so I had an awesome opportunity to just walk around and browse the other booths during the break! There were so many fabulous products!!

Check out some of the other great vendors!

Charise with Do You Bake
Do You Bake? with Charise

Do You bake? Bake with Charise: All natural and ohhh so yummy!

Visit her website and “Like” her on Facebook

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Diana Goff - BeautiControl Spa Consultant

Visit Diana’s Website and “Like” her on Facebook

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Indulge
Indulge

Indulge – to get your fun, funky, fabulous women’s clothing and
accessories! Custom sewing requests always accepted, we would love to make something perfect for YOU!

Visit the Owner of Indulge – Sarah Chance’s Website and “Like” her on Facebook

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LovingBird
LovingBird- Uniquely handmade items!

LovingBird was one that really caught my eye! Do you see how cute her products are!? Our last two kids LOVED their wraps, and HOW CUTE is that wrap!? I would have loved to have a wrap that cute!!

Visit LovingBird’s Website and “Like” her on Facebook

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Saleena's Tupperware
Saleena Chamberlin's Tupperware

Check out Saleena’s eye-catching display! (I heard she had some excellent chips and salsa at her booth, too, but I didn’t get a chance to make it over there to discover this for myself! haha)

Visit Saleena’s Tupperware Website and connect with her on Facebook

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Baubles and Blossoms Boutique
Baubles & Blossoms Boutique

ย Crystal Stagner Martin is a disabled Army wife who found crafting to help make her feel productive. She studied Interior Design and unable to utilize her studies due to illnesses she instead is using her creative outlet in her Deco Mesh wreaths and handmade jewelry.

Find her on Facebook

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Find More write-ups about the Expo Here:

DYB? Bake with Charise

Win Key Solutions

Killeen Daily Herald

Do you have something to contribute? E-mail me at emilee.roberts@peaofsweetness.com

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Last, but not least, congrats to my Expo winners!!

The winner of a FREE bottle of Nerium – the drawing from my booth is Megan W.!

The winner of $50 off a bottle of Nerium from the door prizes is Misty D.!

And the winner of The Scoop from Initials, Inc. is Destiny R.!

 
 

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