Have Oprah’s People Called Yet?
Many years ago, in the year 2000 to be exact, I received a call from InStyle magazine because they were interested in our favors for an upcoming bridal issue. I sent them samples and lo and behold they chose something I designed, our “Perfect Pair” candle.
Of course, nowadays everyone has this theme in every configuration, but at that time, the concept was brand new. Needless to say, I was thrilled when I was told we were going to be featured in their magazine. This favor put us on the map. We even had to move into a larger facility and hire more employees to keep up with the demand. Shortly thereafter InStyle took the candle to the Today Show, and I’m sure you can you imagine how exciting that was. The following year InStyle featured us again with our Plantable Daisy Pods.
As exciting as all of this was, and it was VERY exciting, what I wanted most was to be called by Oprah’s people. Not because of the financial gain we would get from that kind of exposure, but because it would just have been the most thrilling experience. I thought they would love my story of how I started the business. Every morning I would come in to the office and ask “Have Oprah’s people called yet”? The girls came to expect it when I arrived. Well, years went by, and eventually I no longer worked in the office, but work from home, so no one gets to hear that question anymore but it still lingers in my mind evey time I watch her. Then….last week we got an order through a blog called Everything Oprah and there we were, featured in an article on Baby Showers using our baby shower favors titled “Planning A Baby Shower Like The Celebrities”. Well, it’s not Oprah’s people calling….but to have Oprah’s name, even in a blog, connected with our favors, was a wonderful unexpected surprise.
Now that she’s going off the air, my dream of having her people call will have to vanish, but at least I will always have the memory of being featured on a blog all about Oprah…I can live with that 
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