Congratulations Mommy Mogul!

We are beyond excited here at Mommy Mogul. We have just been named a winner in the top 200 Leading Moms in Business Competition!!!!! The event hosted by Start Up Nation and it was sponsored by Infusionsoft. This was our second year to enter the contest. We were unranked last year and this year, thanks to your support, we were in the top 200. This means so much since there were thousands of contestants entered.


We want to say a HUGE Thank you to everyone that voted for us!!!

Coming Soon!

Mommy Mogul has been hard at work! Working Mother is a redundant term right! We have been working on a new bath and body line and things are going GREAT. We can't wait to unveil our new recipe for our soaps, along with new fragrances. We also are in the works to unveil our new line of CoolClips Clipboards! They are going to be something you have NEVER seen before! Stop by our store at www.mommymogul.etsy.com to see all of our gifts! We have specialty gifts for all kinds of occasions!

Until next time,
Keep being the best Mom you can be!!!

Moms get homework too :-(

My eight year old son came home from school today to inform me that the teacher had given ME homework! Teachers usually use this phrase (about giving parents homework) to help the kids remember to tell them something important that they would like done. So of course, I assumed that I would have to fill out some kind of paperwork- no problem! I was quickly corrected, that I had a homework assignment. Not only did I have a homework assignment, but it was due the next day!


EXCUSE ME!!!!!!!


"O.k. ," I replied. "What is the assignment." He began to tell me that I had to bring a snack for the class. "Is that all?" I thought to myself, I will just go to Wal-mart or somewhere like that and pick something up from the bakery. My son broke my train of thought when he added, " it can't be bought. It has to be homemade."


EXCUSE ME!!!!!!!!


Does this teacher not know that I work a full-time job , own my own business, and have three other children besides the one she teaches? Does she not know that I already have a busy day of basketball practice, orders to fill, laundry to wash, meals to cook, and rooms to clean?


How does MOM get homework? I have enough homework- I'm always working when I'm home!!!!!


After I mentally blew a fuse, I began to try to figure out what to make. Since I am a Type A Personality Mom, I had to make it GOOD!!!


My son LOVES pumpkins and so I decided to make his favorite cookies! Pumpkin cookies!

It's a simple recipe, they always come out just right, and most importantly they are delicious!! Pumpkin Cookies it is!

If you want to the perfect cookie for Santa this Christmas, no matter what variation you decide to make (no raisins, frosting, no frosting, etc.) these cookies are soft and delicious! Now you can really say, " My dog ate my homework!"



Enjoy!

Pumpkin Cookies

1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 cup pumpkin pie filling (half of can)
1 egg
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup raisins (you can use more or less or none at all)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.Mix shortening, sugar, pumpkin, and egg.
Blend well. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well. Put on ungreased
cookie sheet by the teaspoonful. Cook in a 375 degree oven for 12-15 minutes.

Frosting *optional*

3 Tablespoons Milk
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup powdered sugar
3/4 teaspoon vanilla

Melt brown sugar and milk in saucepan over medium heat.
When melted, take off of heat. Add powdered sugar and vanilla.
Mix well and spoon over cookies.

Party Kits by Mommy Mogul

Spa-tacular!!!

We are introducing our Party Kits! We were asked the question: How do you help not-so-crafty Moms throw a fabulous party? Our answer was the Party Kit to go! We give you all of the items you need to throw one of our signature parties. What sets us apart from all of the other party kits that you've seen out there is -we give you a complete party itinerary telling you exactly how to host your event. This way you don't have to try to come up with any games or food ideas or how the party should flow.

The first kit that we have unveiled is our Spa Kit! It is marvelous! Spend the day pampering your diva and her friends with this spa kit. We have provided almost everything you need for this party! All you need is the food! With a few items that you purchase and our kit, you will be the Mother of the neighborhood!

Our Spa Kit includes:

8 Custom invitations & Stamps

1 Table cloth to use for a 6 foot table (can be reused- not plastic)

Coordinating paper plates, cups, napkins, and cutlery

8 Pairs of pedi slippers

8 headbands to use for facials

1 relaxation cd

1 cupcake holder (holds 13 cupcakes- can be reused after the party is over)

12 custom water bottle labels

8 favor bags filled with spa essentials (emery boards, toe separators, etc.)

2 bottles of Mommy Mogul's signature lotion (to use at party- 4 oz. bottles)

8 hand towels

Variety of nail polish to use at party

**Spa Party itinerary- complete how to on salon set-up, food suggestions, setting the mood, spa attire, party tips for a budget mom or splurge tips for a not so money concious mom, and extra items that you will need to throw a fabulous party.

This party package is resonably priced at $250 and none of the headaches. Just picture yourself enjoying the party instead running around making sure everything is perfect- we have thought of everything so that you don't have to.

Check out our site at http://www.mommymogul.etsy.com/ to purchase.

Look for more of our Party Kits coming soon!!!!

The favor factor!!!!

We have been so excited here at Mommy Mogul! :-D
We were recently approached by a wonderful lady to be featured on her blog. Of course we accepted! How wonderful, and she wrote a wonderful article about us too!
I enjoyed reading all of the feature articles on her blog!
check it out at: 2gerberbabies.blogspot.com

We have been experiencing things like this all of the time. We were also able to donate a gift for a fundraiser for a shelter. We have donated things before, but we feel so very fortunate to be able to help others.
Although our days are busy, we like to stop and give thanks for all of the wonderful things that have happened to us and all of our wonderful customers! Without you we would not be able to do what we are doing!

Thank you!

Helpful tip: Procrastination is the killer of dreams! Stop waiting for everything to be perfect, because it never will be. Stop waiting and start doing!

New look, New Site, New Products!

The word of the day is new! We have a new store that we just opened. It is the same address mrsmommymogul.com- but we changed providers. You will notice the new format. I really love it! It has a wish list that you can email to your friends to help them pick out something that you really want. We are in the process of getting a gift registry added.

We also have just joined twitter! We are having a lot of fun with that as well! Facebook will be next on our list of things to do.

As you can see, we have a new banner and our blog background has changed as well!
Sometimes change can bring a sense of excitement with it and that is what it has done for us here at Mommy Mogul.



We have added our altered paint cans to our line of fine gifts! One of my favorites is the Movie Night! I think it is wonderful. You get two sodas of your choice, 2 boxes of candy of your choice (choices limited), and 2 bags of popcorn. It all comes packaged in this wonderful paint can that has been altered.



Another one of my favorites is the Birthday Party in a can! I know when I was in college, it felt great to receive a care package from a loved one. This is great for that college kid that is celebrating a birthday. It comes with a cake that they can make in the microwave, birthday candles, balloons, and 2 confetti poppers. It comes in this beautifully altered paint can. They will receive the key to open this "care package", and boy will they get a kick out of it. I'm sure all of their college roommates will be jealous!




We have also added fizzy bubbles bath bombs-TM



They are so fun! Just drop them in the water and let the fizzing begin! They will scent and color the water. Each bomb is made with essential oils, so it will feel great to your skin.


*Always to remember to use precaution with products that use oils in them, they can make the bathtub very slippery!

Happy New Year!!!!

Happy New Year everyone! I can't believe the year is almost over. It has been crazy, but it has been fun. I am excited to see what the new year has to bring. If drinking is in your celebration plans for the new year, be sure to drink responsibly. Remember choices have consequences :)

From all of us at Mommy Mogul . . . . Happy New Year.


pictured above:
Bath Cocktails-bubbling bath salts and soap

Busy, busy, busy!!!

Boy has this holiday season been busy, busy, busy!!! I did not realize how busy it would be during the holiday season owning your own business. This has been our first official Christmas season, since we are just one year old. Boy was it busy. I have four children ranging in ages from 17 to 1. Each one has their own activities that I have to fit into my already busy day. I also work a full time job while I am trying to start my own business. I love the phrase that working mother is a redundant term!!! I know exactly what it means to be a working mother. You never seem to get a day off. Even when I get a day off from my "regular" job, I don't get a day off from anything else.
We recently found out how much fun craft fairs are for our business and how good they are as well. We did Santa's Market earlier this month, and we ended it with a craft fair at Tabor's here in San Angelo. We did very well at both fairs. The neatest thing about these fairs, is that you get to meet the customers that have been following us to get our soaps and lotions! We get to hear the wonderful stories that they have about our products! That is the neatest thing to know that something that you made is helping someone, or that they simply just love it better than that Wal-Mart brand. It is a great feeling to know that people are starting to know the name of your business and that they want your products.

We recently introduced our hair bow holders to our line of kid's gifts and they were a huge hit! One woman bought two of our hair bow holders at a craft fair. She kept one for her daughter and took the other one as a gift to a birthday party. When one of the other mothers at the birthday party saw the hair bow holder, she asked where the mom bought it. She told her that she got it at the craft show. The mother left the birthday party and came to the craft fair to find us. She has now bought several hair bow holders from us! Another lady ran out of our soap and and she tracked us down at a craft fair just to get more! It is stories like those that make you appreciate all of the hard work that goes into starting your own business. There are many struggles, but it is all worth it to know that someone appreciates the things that you are creating.
Someday I hope to own my own shop. I hope to do this full time. That is what I am working toward. And I believe that I will make it . . . . one step at a time!!!!!!

"A dream is a wish your heart makes." -Walt Disney

"A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul." -the Bible

Santa's not the only one bringing gifts!!!!

Santa's not the only one bringing gifts! Mommy Mogul went to it's first Santa's Market here at Goodfellow Air force base. It was so much fun. It definitely hard work though! We were supposed to go on Friday to set things up. Well, Mommy Mogul is not the only job that I have, I also have another job. I am really wanting this company to become successful enough that I can quit my other job and do my Mommy Mogul job full time! After working eight hard hours on Thursday, I was so tired that I fell asleep and did absolutely nothing to prepare. That was not exactly my plan. My wonderful husband (I am saying that sarcastically right now) let me sleep the whole night away instead of getting ready for the craft fair. Since he didn't want to mess anything up without my help, he didn't do anything either :( . Needless to say, nothing got done on Thursday. Nothing! That was not good. We wound up running around on Friday like crazy people !! :)
Now this was our first craft fair on an air force base. You have to go through a lot of security checks and things of that nature when you are participating at a craft fair on an air force base. I thought it was going to be a lot of trouble to have our car searched by military dogs and then a security force and all of that kind of stuff. It wasn't! Everything went off without a hitch.
It was definitely an experience to go to a show of that magnitude. We were not used to it at all. We have been to some craft fairs, but this one was bigger by far than anything we had experienced. It was a lot of work, but it was so worth it. Everything was done with such professionalism and we loved it. People poured in from the time they opened the doors until the time the doors were closed. There was no down time at all, it was a constant stream of shoppers coming in. I love the vendors that went to this show. It is a community within it self when you are a vendor. People are so friendly and so helpful and you come to realize very quickly that this is a way of life for these people! And I love it! The vendors had some very creative things to sell that I had never seen before. I loved the creativity of the vendors that were at this show. I love to see how different minds work and I love beautiful and unusual things. I got a chance to see them all! This was one of the best weekends I have ever spent.
We have given our soaps a face lift. They look different, but they are the same quality that you have come to expect from Mommy Mogul. I have the most wonderful story that happened to us this weekend while we were at Santa's Market. We have a booth at a store called Jerrolyn's. Our products can be found there everyday if one of our customers needs to buy more. We normally also go to the Chicken Farm, which is a craft fair that is held every first Saturday of the month. We did not go this passed month because we were trying to get ready for Santa's Market. I had heard that the Santa's Market craft show was very big, and I did not know what to expect. So we made more products and we pulled our products from Jerrolyn's on Thursday afternoon to make sure that we had enough products. There was a precious lady that did not see us at the Chicken Farm show and so she went to Jerrolyn's to buy more soap. She didn't see any of our products and so she thought we had gone out of business. The owner of Jerrolyn's told her we were at the Santa's Market craft show. She drove out there and looked all over the place to find us so that she could buy another bar of our soap. She told me how much she loved our Japanese Cherry Blossom soap. It really touched my heart. I love to hear how much our customers love our soap! It touches my heart to hear how much they love our work. It means so much to me, and it never gets old. Thank you everyone for your support!!!!

Gearing up for the holidays

This will be our first holiday season that we are really going to be selling our merchandise. Last year, we had just started our company so we were nowhere near ready for a big holiday push. I really love the holidays! Just the holiday spirit is what I enjoy the most. I love seeing the Christmas decorations out already in the stores. I love Thanksgiving and Christmas. I got a recipe of some of the most delicious cookies from one of my friends at work. The recipe was for pumpkin cookies. Usually when you get a recipe from someone and you try to make it yourself, you find that it doesn't taste as good as theirs. Not so with this recipe. My cookies turned out just as good as hers. I had the wonderful opportunity to make these cookies for another one of my girlfriends and her family. She told me, " they are the best cookies I have ever tasted!"
I want to share this wonderful recipe with you. It is perfect for the upcoming holiday season, or anytime that you want to taste this delicious snack.

Pumpkin Cookies

1 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
1 cup pumpkin pie filling (half of can)
1 egg
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup raisins (you can use more or less or none at all)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Mix shortening, sugar, pumpkin, and egg. Blend well. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well. Put on ungreased cookie sheet by the teaspoonful. Cook in a 375 degree oven for 12-15 minutes.

Frosting *optional*

3 Tablespoons Milk
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 cup powdered sugar
3/4 teaspoon vanilla

Melt brown sugar and milk in saucepan over medium heat. When melted, take off of heat. Add powdered sugar and vanilla. Mix well and spoon over cookies. Enjoy!!!!!

We have some wonderful holiday gifts for you to choose from here at Mommy Mogul. Since we were just sharing our pumpkin cookie recipe, I would like to share with you a favorite scent for the holidays. It is called Pumpkin Apple Butter. This fragrance is wonderful. It smells like the holidays and gives you that comfort feeling that you get during the holiday season.


We also have this wonderful candle called cinnamon roll. Even if you don't bake, it will smell like you are creating something wonderful in your oven. This candle is so authentic to freshly baked cinnamon rolls, that you can smell the hint of butter in the fragrance. It has a great throw and will fill your house with that wonderful aroma of freshly baked cinnamon rolls!

These are just a couple of the wonderful innovative gifts that you can find here at Mommy Mogul, during the holidays or any other time.

Checkout our shops at mommymogul.etsy.com and mrsmommymogul.com

We have the perfect gifts for you as you gear up for the holidays!!!!!!