Join me in Building my Shop!

Hello Everyone!

For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Marcie Macari, and I’m the owner of Bloomin’ Cosmetics, Bloomin’ Belly Soaps, Bloomin’ Body and She Births. I’ve been operating my business(es) fairly steadily online now for a few years, but as of November I will be opening a brick and mortar shop just outside of Fergus Ontario!

This shop, will be “Bloomin’ Boutique”, and will have not only my handmade body/home care products, but several
other artistic and interesting gifts/cards. It won’t just be a retail shop however! (Because when do I ever do just one thing!?)

It will also offer “Womyn in Bloom” Classes-everything from poetry readings, to art classes, from female spirituality and healing art workshops, to babywearing and cloth diapering. Really anything that enriches or interests the womyn who come to my shop! I also plan to offer “Lil’ Sprouts” classes for kids too!:)

I haven’t yet set an official opening date for November, though I expect to be able to finalize the plan with my wonderful PR lady in the next week or so-but in the meantime, I’d like to tell you about an opportunity for you and your business to be a part of our Grand Opening!

The Challenge:

So here’s the deal: I am opening this shop on the smallest budget known to woman. Seriously-it’s laughable.
I’ve even been told I can’t do it-not on this amount of moolah. And they are right! I can’t do it-ALONE!!

But I believe that barter is an amazing tool for getting things done-and if everyone benefits,
has fun, and builds something together that couldn’t be built alone…well, then isn’t that what Community is about!?

The Event:

The Grand Opening will be a coming together of several different groups of people-
current customers, new customers garnered by asking to place flyers in local shops,
shop owners, friends, family, their (and your! ) friends and family, and yes-even some members
of the media. Honestly, I don’t know how many people to expect-but I have already been
receiving some feedback, and this could turn out to be a very good!

The Opportunity:

If you have items I need to complete my project, or services I need that you are willing to offer (reliably please!), then I will gladly offer you advertising options in ratio to the approx. value of your trade in exchange.

Alternatively, if you don’t have anything on my “needs” list, and don’t offer a service you feel would benefit me,
(You may want to ask anyway!) but would like to “get in on this”, then I’m happy to give you my very reasonably
priced advertising rates, and I’ll use the moolah to help me purchase said items. Additonal advertising will consist of
mentions on my Blogs, Tweets, (that’s Twitter.com for those who are new…), and hopefully others will join in and do the same!

The Dream:

I would like part of the feature of this shop, to be that it was built using barter to accomplish much of its reno-currently, the structure stands as a 22 x 44 steel shop, which is insulated, woodstove heated, and has hydro. It is primed and fairly clean, but needs a TON of work. I want one of the “angles” for the media to be that this shop, which will support women and children in the community, (and indirectly the men too!) was brought together by the inspired gifting and focused intention of a group of otherwise unconnected people.

In this downturned economy, when many people are self-protecting-this story could inspire and encourage so many!

The Next Step:

If you’re interested, simply write to me at: bloominboutique (at) gmail.com and I’ll send you the full info sheet!

Here’s to Building something amazing….together!

Sincerely Yours,

Marcie Macari