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A Business Made from Love

Illustration by Lynette May, commissioned by Jon and Cambry Curry[/caption] I was writing thank you cards this morning. It's a nice way to start the week. Today and yesterday, I've been working on the PILE of thank you cards for the registry gifts we received for our wedding on May 4 (I have a year! don't judge me!). When Russ and I got married, we knew we didn't need a gravy boat or a fancy ladle, but we did need supplies for our business. We went with a registry service that allowed us to pick our own registration gifts and amounts (link: Simple Registry) and added gifts that were useful to us, namely oils, lye, and packaging (we also had some honeymoon stuff in there in case people wanted to give us fancy stuff). We even had a gift for the Trademark filing fee. I was writing to my friend XT and thanking her for the burlap bags, and I realized that whenever I use burlap bags, I think of her. Whenever I use castor oil, I think of Janet the Planet. Whenever I use lye, I think of Elliot (I know other people contributed to the lye, but it brought Elliot the most joy). People gave us everything we needed to start this business out of love, in honor of our event of recognition of that love. The business has truly been built out of love. And a week after the wedding, the illustration you see above arrived in the
