I met the founders of Pink Zebra last night! How amazing!!! Tom Gaines (left) Emily Dibrell (me, center) and Kelly Gaines (Right)
Monthly Archives: October 2013
Considering Joining a Network Marketing Company?
I am blessed beyond measure! It has been a crazy few days. 3 parties in 24 hours and 2 people chose to become a part of the Pink Zebra family! I am so overjoyed for them because I can see the potential Pink Zebra has to offer and I know these ladies will go far! I have a team of super starts. They help me out in so many ways I could never thank them enough. I am very honored to coach these ladies and gentleman. Hearing someones goals and helping being a part of that is an honor. At the same time they are helping me achieve my goals. We are a TEAM!
As I have posted before I joined Pink Zebra in August. September was my first official month to hit the ground running. I am now and Executive Consultant and on my way to being a Manager! My little team of 1 is now a team of 8 in just a couple short months! Pink Zebra delivers a product that people love.
How many people use wax warmers? How many people love their house smelling great? How many people prefer soy candles and wax over regular paraffin wax? Soy wax is more cost effective, better for the environment, etc. The list goes on and on. I will try to find a study somewhere or try to do one on my own that actually show some statistics on my above questions. The point remains the same. Pink Zebra offers products that people already use!
Pink Zebra is new, catchy, has remarkable quality products, 100% customer satisfaction guarantee, eco-friendly, non toxic, the list can go on and on. Nothing against Scentsy, Glade, or other companies out there that have wax melts. I actually highly respect Scentsy for paving the way for Pink Zebra to come along and offer something different to what everyone is used to. Pink Zebra’s Sprinkles may not be for everyone. (Although I think everyone should have some!)
Some advice for you as an individual that goes for any company your considering enrolling in.
When choosing a Direct Sales/Network Marketing company, my advice to you is to choose one with consumable products. Consumable products = Repeat customers!
Enrollment kits should be reasonably prices. Around $100 or so. Make sure the company you are looking into compensates their consultants for sales and not just for sponsoring. Sponsoring should be an added bonus to an already amazing compensation plan bases off sales. Companies that are free to join make me wonder. Why? You can join for free, yay, ok.. but ponder WHY these companies are free to join. Do some research. Are they brand new or are they desperate for people to enroll? Do your homework before you jump on the Direct Sales bandwagon.
Strong support for your sponsor and your sponsor’s sponsor and so on. These tools are vital to reaching your goals! Before you join, ask how much help you can expect from those above you? For example: The wonderful lady who is #1 in our company with team wholesale volume, I talk to her on a pretty regular basis. She is a text or a phone call away. My whole upline checks in on me. Cheers me on. AND I have the honor of being asked to speak at our Pink Zebra Rally in Houston next week! If that is not upline support, I don’t know what is!
And join a company that is fun!!!! One that you enjoy. Love sharing your story and products with everyone! I know I do.
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Pink Zebra Recipes
A quick note to share with y’all some of the exciting advantages of Pink Zebra. They’re are so many recipes to choose from the possibilities are countless. Well, I’m sure some of you could probably do the math on that one. But I’m not one of those. We have over 51 scents to choose from.
Here are a few that some fellow Zebras have come up with. A few i have created on my own.
Apple Cider has to be my favorite right now. I can’t even begin to describe this fragrance. I can try. Close your eyes and image an cold winters day. You come home, kick your shoes off, sit by the fire and pour yourself a nice warm glass of oh so good for you apple cider. Are your eyes still closed? You can open them now!
Nothing reminds me of fall like the smell of a warm pumpkin pie. This recipe is amazing!!
Our jars come in 3.75oz. sizes and our cartons are 16oz.
Yes, they are the size on an ice cream carton. Cartons are the better bang for your buck.
Here are a few more recipes. Let me know what you think.
Sprinkle your way!
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Blessings!
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Meet the Animals (Country Living)
We’ve been living in the country for a little over a year now. My in laws purchased 23 acres last year and we moved shortly there after. Kenan and I love the country. We enjoy the peace and quiet. Waking up with whitetail deer at the feeder, Listening to the rooster crow. We like it. It’s what we love. You should see the sky at night. Reminds me of a song. “The stars at night are big and bright, deep in the heart of Texas.”
Let me introduce you to some of our “family members”. They are furry and feathered. We love them just the same.
Cats… Cat’s are essential to the farm life we are building. They hunt rodents and keep the snakes away. Even though most of the time they are asleep somewhere in the house. We’ve only seen a couple of snakes since I was bit last April by a Copperhead. I’ll have to post about that one day. Not fun! I think the cats, for the most part are doing their job.
Meet the feline team…
This is Sam or Sammy as we call him. He’s the cat that thinks I need to wake up when the sun comes up every morning. Yeah, he’s one of those.
Dean is our black “Halloween” cat.
Ringo is our fat, lazy cat. I’m sure he hunts when I’m not looking though.
Meet our mighty warrior, Cass. He is defender of the chickens. Super cat among his friends.
So now that you have met the cats..
Let me introduce you to THE DOG. Yeah, we call Ruger the dog because he’s the last man standing. We recently had to give away 3 of our other dogs because they would not stop killing our chickens. And yes we tried every trick and tip in the book. Didn’t help. When an animal keeps killing a source of your food and costing you money. Time to make other arrangements. Some dogs can be trained to keep away from the chickens, Ruger was.
Here’s what Ruger does 90% of the day.
Ruger will be 5 on October 29th. He’s been a great dog and he is very loyal to me. I’ve never seen a dog play fetch like this one does. One day I’m going to have to measure how high he can jump. He’s my first Border Collie and I adore him.
On to the ladies of the farm.
We have 10 free range chickens. 8 are hens. These ladies product 40 delicious beautiful large eggs every week.
They are hilarious to watch when they are chasing bugs. My 4 year old son gets a big kick out of it.
It’s hard to believe they were ever this small. I know, you just went awww.
I’ll have to snap some better shots of our two roosters. On the left we have Cujo. He just came of age and is showing signs of being a great leader.
On our right we have Ferb (my son named him) Ferb has little man syndrome. He really, really, likes to crow. And as you can see, he checks my car for bugs on a regular basis.
I’ve always wanted chickens. We have a lot to still learn about them but they have been so beneficial to our family. The health benefits of fresh farm eggs vs store bought eggs are amazing.
You can check out my friend, Angi, over at Schneider Peeps. She has taught me so much about chickens!
I’ve posted before about our rescue horse, Honey. We’ve had her about 6 weeks now. She’s looking a lot better although she needs a little more exercise in her routine.
She’s starting to get her winter coat. And it’s about time for her worming. Y’all pray for me. She does not like to take her medicine. I gave her some vitamins with B-12. I think I more ended up on me than in her mouth. Mares…
She’s such a sweet girl! And her hair is hilarious! I tried to make her into a unicorn one day. My husband didn’t think it was funny.
And my husband’s favorite part of living out in the country would be….HUNTING!
Last year was my oldest daughters and my first year to “officially” hunt. We’ve gone with my husband before but that was about it.
First deer of the season. We had this guy cleaned and in the ice chest before Kenan had to leave for work that morning.
Next up! My first buck ever! Yay me! If you know anything about hunting, then you know about spikes. He needed to be taken out of the gene pool. My husband tells me I did great! Although the guys later asked if I was going to use his spikes for toothpicks.. Men! And for you pro hunters out there, yes I had to throw out one of the front quarters. I didn’t realize how much damage a 30-30 can actually do.
After lots of practice and training. Hailee proved that she knew her way around a rifle and was a consistent shot. During youth season, Hailee took out her first deer ever. Let me tell you, she was HEAVY!
I can’t wait until we make sausage again after hunting season this year. We missed out on it earlier this year due to my mom’s passing. So we should have quite a bit of sausage this year.
And I have my eyes open for this guy. We named him Flicka. He wasn’t legal last year but he has a beautiful rack. We’ve seen him a time or two earlier this year while he was still in velvet. Gave me “buck fever” just seeing him with his bachelor group.
Here’s a pic of our “backyard”. I’ll post more later.
Blessings!
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Until next time.. Watch out for evil kittens!
It Makes Scents! (Simmering Lights by Pink Zebra)
I love my job! Have I said that before? I’m pretty sure I have but I will say it again. I love my job. I know not many can say that. I have lots of exciting events and parties coming up that have me pumped up. I love getting together with friends and meeting new people. Today one of my team members and I went to speak with a woman who wants to join our team. I was so blessed by hearing her speak and listening to her why story. So encouraging!
Today I want to tell you about one of our products. I was trying to think of a theme to go with like some of the other professional bloggers do. Favorite Fridays? Product-ive Monday.. Who’s productive on Monday? Hmm. I’ll have to think about that one.
So our Simmering Lights. One of my favorites..
The base comes with your choice of colored shade, base, bulb, and sprinkle dish. Colors available are white, black, orange, and pink. Gold is coming soon!
Love these colors!
So these bases look great on their own and burn at a lower temperature than traditional wax burners. Because our Soft Soy Sprinkles melt at a lower temperature, you can touch the bases without burning yourself. Which is really nice when you have 5 children running around your house like I do. Simply place a tablespoon size scoop in the dish on top. You may have to adjust serving size depending upon your room size. Obviously a bedroom is going to take less than a great room.
If you want so spice up the bases, Pink Zebra offers a wide variety of shades that slip over the top of the bases.
I know, you just went oohh, that’s pretty! You should see it in person! I was so surprised at how heavy and well built these shades are. I just love how elegant this looks.
Here’s a look at one of my teenage daughter’s favorite. The pink base with the metal zebra cut out. Guess what she wants for Christmas.
And when the season change? Well that’s easy too. We have shades to fit your holiday needs. You can keep one base in the same spot and just change the shade out! Easy!
Here’s on of my fall favorites. Our natural twig pumpkin. And beside it you can see our cathedral shade. Stunning as well.
You can keep the pumpkin on through Thanksgiving or if your more of the festive type. You can change it out with this guy.
Our ceramic Silly Turkey Shade. He’s cute!
And then Thanksgiving is over. Black Friday has come and gone. Time to put up that tree and string some lights because here comes Santa!
We also offer amazing host exclusives that go right along with your Holiday preparations . Our host exclusive for the month of October and November is a 5 piece set of “Winter Wonderland” Christmas trees. It comes with a starter base and a jar of The Perfect Tree. The first time I laid eyes on the trees I had visions of sugarplums dancing in my head. The music from The Nutcracker started playing… ahhh! Yes, they are that pretty!
So there you have it.. Our Simmering Lights. A very neat option for adding home decor and fragrance to your house all at the same time. All without the hassle of changing your warmer out for every season.
Want to earn FREE products and half priced products? Ask about hosting a party. Parties are done via facebook, online, catalog, or in home.
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SHOP – HOST – JOIN & ENJOY!
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Restoring Life
Yesterday was a day that I will never forget. Besides the fact that it was my first real vendor event with Pink Zebra, the day turned into something truly amazing. Pink Zebra was blessed to be a part of a fundraising event for Restoration House Ministries.
Restoration House helps restore broken lives by taking in young women and teaching them the tools they need to succeed in life. Many brave women got on the stage and shared their testimonies. With tears in their eyes, they bared it all. So many stories about drug addiction, prostitution, abuse, hopelessness, prison, and despair. These women should be honored! The stories all started different, broken homes, abusive parents, etc. But they all had the same ending. The game changer. These beautiful women all told the same story about a Savior, coming into their lives and changing them forever from the inside out. Through Christ’s strength they were able to stand up in front of a crowded room, air their “dirty laundry” and give others hope of a better life. And remind those of us (myself included) who have struggled with past evils of the hope that is within us and not to take it for granted.
Our event went really well. A lot of new people were introduced to Pink Zebra and fell in love with it.
This is why I love my job. While working I was so encouraged and so blessed to be part of such a wonderful cause. I am looking forward to next year!
Here’s a few snapshots of our booth. My husband thinks it’s a little TOO pink, Might have to work on that one for him. Ok babe?
I have the best team! This is Jacy, Mallory, and myself.
We would love to have you on our team. It is so much fun. I love my job.
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Network Marketing and Having FUN!
A job is a job right? You work, you get paid, you work, you get paid. Right? It’s a repeat of the same events. Get up, go the “that place” as many refer to it. Try to avoid annoying co workers, same routine. Unless, of course your boss throws a little something extra in there for you. Or you could have one of those jobs where if you do a good job, bust your butt, get your work done right and on time, they have you help someone else who did not “try” to get their work done. Someone who complained enough that now their laziness equals extra hours for you and less time for your family or your personal life.
Do you have one of these jobs? Angry customers, ungrateful bosses, same old routine day in and day out, pay check to pay check. The alarm goes off in…
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Network Marketing and Having FUN!
A job is a job right? You work, you get paid, you work, you get paid. Right? It’s a repeat of the same events. Get up, go the “that place” as many refer to it. Try to avoid annoying co workers, same routine. Unless, of course your boss throws a little something extra in there for you. Or you could have one of those jobs where if you do a good job, bust your butt, get your work done right and on time, they have you help someone else who did not “try” to get their work done. Someone who complained enough that now their laziness equals extra hours for you and less time for your family or your personal life.
Do you have one of these jobs? Angry customers, ungrateful bosses, same old routine day in and day out, pay check to pay check. The alarm goes off in the morning and you want to weep. Dropping your kids off at daycare yet again to be where you don’t want to be. Is there an alternative. Can I really have a job I love and make money at it? What about financial security? I can’t save enough to start my own business. I can’t change career paths at this stage of life. What happens to my family if I fail?
Take a look at my job.
This is my friend Mallory. Is she my co-worker, well yes. But it’s more than that. Let me introduce you to the world of Network Marketing.
Which of the below illustrations looks like your current job?
My career looks like the top one, my husbands.. the bottom.
Network marketing is very different that your average “work force”.
I find it very interesting when I hear statements from people like Donald Trump, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffet speak about Network Marketing. Have you heard of these guys?
Fortune magazine called direct selling (of which network marketing is the largest segment) “the best kept secret in the business world.” It has experienced 91-percent growth in the last 10 years with annual sales in excess of $30 billion in the United States, and $100 billion worldwide. Financial experts say it’s a “recession proof” industry. Billionaire Warren Buffet, after purchasing a network marketing company, called it the best investment he’d ever made. Tom Peters, author of In Search of Excellence, calls it the first truly revolutionary shift in marketing in the last 50 years.
“I am often asked if Network Marketing is a Pyramid Scheme. My reply is that corporations really are pyramid schemes. A corporation has only one person at the top, generally the CEO, and everyone else below.” — Donald Trump, Entrepreneur and Author
Why Network Marketing?
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It usually costs less to get involved. Other than samples of the products and an at-cost distributor kit, there is usually no investment. Customer orders can be drop-shipped by the company, and customers can usually reorder company direct or on the company Web site with the designated bonuses going to the person that made the original sale. Consequently, this doesn’t require major inventory. And that means …
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More people can become involved, since the concept embraces the part-time salesperson along with the full-time career builder.
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There’s potential for exponential growth. Distributors can leverage their energy and efforts through a small number of people they train who manage to in turn train and manage their own people and so on. In this way, sales create bonuses for the sponsor and upline.
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Mallory and I with our game faces on!
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My Why – My Butterfly
My Why?
One thing I’ve been told by a lot of influential business colleages is to share with people my why. Why, did you start your business. Why, did you decide this was a good decision for your family. My why is not pretty. It’s not covered in roses and painted with rainbows. My why is painful.
Let me just start by saying that I have not had an easy life. It’s been a rough 31 years. I have had more joy than I can imagine thanks be to God, but I have also gone through many raging storms. 2013 was my biggest storm to date.
April of 2010 – I received a phone call that would forever change my life. My elderly, disabled mother called me hysterically in tears. Her “husband” had left her. Went to work, drained the bank account, and never looked back. What do you do when you hear someone you love in that much pain. You do what you have to do. After a month of trips back and forth to Houston which is about 2 hours away from me. My mother came to live with us. We had home health come in, sent her to specialist, got her eating healthy again, and helped regulate her medication. On Mother’s Day of that year, she had a nasty fall. Into the hospital she went. This happened a lot with my mother though. In and out of hospitals as long as I can remember. What they thought was a broken hip turned out to be an old fracture that had healed. The doctor said she would need to go into a nursing home. I heard my heart shatter. How do you put your mother into a nursing home?! How? I cried out, “God give me strength!”
The day she was transported to the nursing home, something happened to me that day. I can’t begin to describe it. There are no words for the emotion. I walked into this little room and saw my mother laying in this tiny bed. She cried and cried because for the first time since she was a toddler, she was in a diaper again. I can’t imagine what she was feeling at that time. What does that do to a person? To have that one simple act of free will stripped from you.
For over 3 years we, and I say we because I was right there with her, battled drug addiction, depression, threats of suicide, and loss of all hope of her ever walking again. There for a while we all thought she was doing better. I think she just found a new normal. Facebook games and bingo with the other residents.
July of 2012 she had a heart attack. She was given blood thinners amongst other medications and released a few days later. Shortly after her release she ran her electric wheelchair into her hospital bed. The damage done was unimaginable! Being a diabetic didn’t help her heal and the bleeding could not be stopped. She went into surgery to have the dead skin removed from her legs. We spent so many months in and out of hospitals and acute nursing facilities. But her legs just wouldn’t heal. After over a year of being bed ridden my mother changed. The holiday season of 2012 was one of the most depressing for our family. Mom would just lay in bed and stare at the wall for days on end. Was she giving up? Maybe. She couldn’t fight infections, her muscles were deteriorating, and her mental clarity started to fade.
January 28 2013 – I knew my mother was going to die soon. It was my youngest son’s birthday, as well as mine. She forgot. In 31 years she had never forgotten my birthday. She would call me early in the morning and sing to me. I even went to visit that day and she still didn’t remember. She just wasn’t herself. My mom was gone. The next day I reminded her and now I regret doing so. She cried and cried.
February 6th – I knew something was wrong. I was headed to town and called my mom, no answer. Odd. I called the nursing home. No answer. I drove up there to find out she was taken to the ER with altered mental status. Um, hello! Shouldn’t this have been done weeks ago? Don’t get me started on that one. I dropped my kids off at my mother in laws and raced to the ER. Knowing in my heart that this time was different than the other 100 times she had been there. I walked in and she had no idea who I was. She asked me if “I had seen her daughter ” OUCH! God gave me the strength to help the nurses, talk to the doctors, and take action. She needed dialysis but refused. She was admitted and administered medicine. Her kidneys were no longer functioning. After 3 days of being at the hospital with her, she finally came back to reality. And we had a talk. She was tired. Tired of the needles, doctors, hospitals, and pain. She wanted hospice. “What do you say in a moment like that?” The only thing I could. “Momma, I love you so much, I will be okay and I would never deny you heaven.” Those words were the words she needed to hear.
5 short days later, my mother took her final breathe. With her family gathered around her. She opened her eyes, saw Jesus, and went home.
Grief is a word we use. But that little 5 letter word cannot even come close to describing the next 6 months of my life. Or even now as I write this post. My world changed, the storm raged, the devil tried everything to bring me down and keep me there. I lost touch with friends, and reality from time to time. How could the world keep spinning without her in it. Like she was never here!
I leaned on my everlasting rock, Jesus. I cried, prayed, screamed, and cried some more. My children felt the effects and my wonderful husband, Kenan tried his best but he is only human.
A couple months back Kenan ran across Pink Zebra on accident while trying to find some toe nail designs for my oldest daughter. We have both been so skeptical of Direct Sales companies. Something inside me got really excited when I read about this one. I had never done direct sales. I have sales experience but not with something like this. Could this be the company for me? Weeks of research led me to purchase my starter kit sight unseen. And let me tell you, we did not have the money to spend on that kit. Somehow we scrounged up enough, by the grace of God.
How could I honor my mother, even in death, and help provide for my family? Was this the answer I had been praying for when I cried out to God so many times. “Guide me Lord. Show me what to do with my life, direct my ways Lord. Help me!” I believe so.
I have dedicated my career with Pink Zebra to my mother. Every business card I pass out has a butterfly cut out on it. I’ll tell you the significance of the butterfly in a later post.
So what is my why?
I have dedicated my business to my mother. To her grandchildren, and to her daughter. I want the life she wanted for me. I want the life God has planned for me since before time. I want to make her proud and my heavenly father proud. So on that day I see my mother again, I can see the smile on her face when Jesus says, “Well done my good and faithful one.” It’s not about the money, it’s about getting up in the morning with a purpose. Whether I want to or not. I will get up, I will put my best face forward, I will work my business, and I will make them proud.
In loving memory of Cecilia Marie 1938-2013
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God bless you and thank you for reading! I would love hear your why? Why do you do what you do?
Two Months with Pink Zebra!
My rewards for hitting my sales goals for the month!!! $425 in free product!
Today marks my 2nd month anniversary with Pink Zebra! I cannot believe what I have accomplished by the grace of God. Kenan and I took a huge leap of faith jumping into a Direct Sales company sight unseen. Yes, I was every bit as skeptical as others have been getting involved with a DS company. Let me tell you the difference with Pink Zebra. 90% of companies do not make it past their first 2 years. September was 2 years since Pink Zebra was founded. Right now we are growing at a phenomenal rate. We now have over 10,000 consultants. Are all these 10,000 consultants active, no. Have many dropped out, yes. Some do it for extra cash during school, or during a layoff. Others have decided it just wasn’t for them. But the people who have jumped into Pink Zebra with everything they had and made a career out of it are seeing huge rewards for their labor. The product is NOT hard to sell. Everyone loves candles and wants their house smelling good. But you DO have to work at promoting your business. You have to put time and effort into building your business and your reputation. Customer service is key. You can’t sit at home and hope someone orders from your website. You need business cards, samples, etc. Pass them out to the cashier’s, the ladies at the hair salon, and that single mom you know down the street! Have friends over, serve some wine and visit! Just having your samples out will promote you! Create a basket party or two. Send them to work with some friends. Pink Zebra offers great host rewards and folks, people want them.
I cannot stress enough.. if you are on the fence about signing up with Pink Zebra. Scrape that piggy bank, set a few bucks back each week, or look for a consultant who is willing to help you earn your starter kit (myself included) to get you where you want to be. I’ve made about $1200 in cash and free product just since I signed up!
Let me show you just how far up you can go in this company in a short time.
Yes, that’s me.. # 17 in my first full month! WHAT?!
I would love to have you on my team while we soar to the top! You can learn more here!
Don’t forget take advantage of this months special!!! Anyone who enrolls with me this month will also receive a free gift from me!! Who doesn’t love gifts?! I do!!!
Sprinkles of Faith, Pink Zebra, Independent Consultant 