Seattle's own Geoffrey Castle & Eric Robert

After picking my daughter up from school today, she got in the car and sat back in her seat and sighed, and told me she had the best day at school, ever.  Quite curious of her day, she said they had a guest musician play during an assembly at school and he was soooooo good she couldn't speak, move, blink and her face went pale while he played his electric violin. 

He was going to be performing a concert at her school later that evening, but due to other plans we were not planning on attending.  After seeing the passion in her eyes and wanting to encourage her musical talent we quickly changed our plans to attend.  I'm not sure who was more mesmerized by his music, me or her.  I had never seen such talent delivered in a captivating way.  Geoffrey Castle's music sent chills down my spine. 

After being able to divert my attention to my daughter I noticed she had the same transfixed expression I had. 

Not only was his music amazing, his cause for the concert equally impressed me.  Geoffrey and keyboardist, Eric Robert, are using their musical gifts to raise awareness of the decline of music in our schools.  With cutbacks happening everywhere, unfortunately the music programs in our schools is the first to go.  I shutter to think what our next generation will be like without music in their lives.  How many budding musicians will miss their opportunity?

Thank you Geoffrey for a great evening of music, inspiring my daughter and raising awareness of a very important cause.

Boeing 787

787 Landing Cleaned Up 1/9/2010 from Liz Matzelle on Vimeo

The main reason for our relocation to Seattle was Boeing and the new 787 Dreamliner.  It was quite a sight, watching history in the making, while this new composite airplane took flight for the first time. 

My husband came across this video this morning, while surfing the net, and I liked it so much I wanted to share it with all of you.  I really like the shot of Mt. Rainer in the background.   I hope you enjoy it too. 

Scentsy February Warmer of the Month - Paws

Each month, Scentsy reveals a Scent and Warmer offered at a 10% discount.  For the month of February, Scentsy will be revealing the new Scentsy Warmer, Paws. 

I am really excited for this warmer.  I know a lot of animal lovers who would either like this warmer for either their own home or as a gift for their animal loving friend. 

Animal lovers can now express their affection for their furry friends and add beautiful Scentsy fragrance to their homes at the same time. Designed in an alternating barn red, cream, taupe and black checkerboard pattern with playful debossed black paw prints and embossed “I my pet” sentiments, Paws is adorable! Add a high-gloss black lid surrounded by debossed paw prints and you have a playfully designed warmer perfect for a family room, child’s room, powder room or anywhere you want to showcase your love for your pets.

For more information, visit my website, www.Addicted2scents.com.

The New Improved Fun FREE Giveaways is Here!

This past Scentsy holiday shopping season was one of the busiest times of my Scentsy career.  At the same time my income far exceeded anything I thought possible. Thank you Scentaholic Team!!!

At the same time I watched many of our team members reach goals and sales figures they didn't expect to accomplish either.  What pleasant surprises for all of us. 

Being that the holiday season was so busy, I haven't had the chance to focus my efforts on this blog or my other sites and blogs.  I have been wanting to change my site, http://addicted2scents.blogspot.com/, formerly known as Fun FREE Giveaways to it's proper url address, http://funfreegiveaways.blogspot.com/. 

I'm excited to announce that Fun FREE Giveaways is officially here.  I started this site a few months ago after attending a Meet Up Group for women here in Seattle.  This meet-up group is intended to help independent business owners promote one anothers business.  Since the internet has been a big help in promoting my Scentsy business I was thinking of how I could use the internet to help them, in addition to other independent business owners.  After a member of our Scentsy Team, Shawn Robinson, who is quite knowledgeable with the internet, introduced me to a blog that discussed how giveaways were a great way to promote your online business, a light bulb went off and I created Fun FREE Giveaways. 

My Scentsy career keeps me quite busy so I don't have as much time as I like to dedicate to Fun FREE Giveaways, but if I am able to help a few business owners improve their business, my mission will be accomplished. 

Happy New Year everyone!! 

Skirts & Wellies

One of my long time, extremely talented, good friends, Sandi  moved to the United Kingdom just outside of England a few years back to start her marrriage and family.  After visiting and taking in the sites in Europe, such as Scotland, Ireland, Germany and more,   She met her husband after visiting the UK to obtain her Masters Degree.  When she returned back to the states, it was apparent that her heart was still in the England with her soon to be husband.  Shortly thereafter, she relocated to England and started her family. 

Although we here in the US miss her, she still shares her talents and creativity on her latest blog "Skirts and Wellies." 

It is great way for all us friends who miss her to still experience her talents and creativity. 

If you want to be a believer of her talents too, I would highly recommend visiting, http://skirtsandwellies.blogspot.com/

You won't regret it.

Help Mend Maureens Heart

One of the many enjoyments I receive in my Scentsy journey is the incredible people I meet.

There have been many amazing people I have had the pleasure of coming in contact with, but one in particular has been Carlos Pundik from Tampa Florida. 

I was fortunate enough to have Carlos join our Scentsy Scentaholic team in September 2009.  Carlos is extremely talented, charismatic and his willingness to share his creative talents and expertise with the rest of our team has made him invaluable.  

A few weeks ago I learned that the mother of Carlos children, Maureen, was rushed to Broward General Medical Center CVICU due to a sudden, unidentified infection which has severely weakened her heart. She is in critical, yet stable condition with only 10% of her heart working on it's own. The doctors tell us they are limited and it may be in her best interest to be transferred to Jackson Memorial Hospital for a heart transplant. However, issues with(out) insurance are making things complicated and slow.

The family is asking for as much support as possible.  Although I haven't had the pleasure of meeting Maureen, yet, I am hoping that my small donation and a link to her website, http://www.helpmendaheart.com/ will help make a small difference. 

If you can, please help Carlos and his family, help Maureen.

Thank you!

Our Scentsy Team is now in New Hampshire

I am very excited to welcome my teams first Scentsy Consultant in the state of New Hampshire. 

There are only 47 Scentsy Consultants in the entire state of New Hampshire, including our new teammate Shannon Dawson.  Welcome aboard Shannon!! 

This is an exciting opportunity for Shannon to be the leader of Scentsy in Dover, New Hampshire.  It isn't everyday that an opportunity comes along to join one of the most successful, fast growing companies as the leader in your area. 

I can't wait to see where this exciting opportunity is going to take her. 

Stay Tuned... 

Our Scentsy Team brings new Directors to Texas, Alaska & Washington

The month of November ended with my Scentsy team amazing me once again.  In addition to our records sales, I am so happy to welcome 3 new Directors to our Scentsy team. 

Norma and Chris Boushey, Washington


Nikki Adams, Amarillo Texas


Martha Cooper, Alaska

They join our teams 4 other Directors

Shawn and Wendy Robinson, Washington


Jamie Tyner, Colorado


Shannon Schmidt, Texas


Kristin De Los Santos, Texas

If you would have told me 2 years ago that I would have a team of over 300 members, 7 Directors along with records sales in the six figures, I would have laughed.  Little did I know of the opportunity that was in front of me.  Even better, I think this is just the beginning of many great things to come, not just for me and my family, but for everyone in our team, especially our new Scentsy Directors.

They each have their own unique talents and creativity that has helped them reach their Scentsy goals in such a short period of time.  I am so impressed with their talents and how they have successfully led their own teams.  Their team members are very lucky to have them for an example and guidance with their Scentsy journey.

Congratulations and thank you to everyone on my team.  It is such a honor to be associated with such a talented group of people.

Back Links

I was online looking for back links and came across this site, http://linkbacklink.blogspot.com. What a great kind idea, the author of this site had. It is simply a site to provide back links for all of us, helping everyone. It doesn't cost a think and everyone wins.

So, to repay the favor, for them allowing me a back link, I am providing them a few back links as well.

Thank you for the kind public service.

Scentsy is Exceeding all my Expectations!

Little did I know when I decided to join Scentsy two year ago, what my Scentsy future would hold. The past few months have far exceeded my expectations and much to my amazement it still keeps growing in record numbers each day.

Two months ago, my Scentsy business consisted of a little over 200 people, including two Directors, Shannon Schmit and Kristin De Los Santos, from Amarillo Texas. They had both promoted to Director in just 3 short months. Also, after my team expanded into Puerto Rico, my team was expanding internationally for the first time into Canada. Also, much to my amazement, my Group Wholsale Volume was well over $50,000.

The following month I had two other talented members of my team, Shawn Robinson and Jamie Tyner promote to Director. Wow! Because of their promotion, this promoted me to Star Director, a title and promotion I'm honored to hold. Also, along with this accomplishment came a nice pay raise. While other people and families are strugglig with the poor economy, lay offs and pay cuts, I am watching not only my checks increase on a monthly basis but my team members as well.

Now jump forward two months later to mid November. My Scentsy team member and sales have almost doubled and a few more people who will most likely achieve the title of Scentsy Director this month too. This may possibly promote me to SuperStar Director, which is the highest title a Scentsy Consultant holds. WOW!! I am still pinching myself to see if this is all real.

The fact that we still have over one more month left of the Christmas Holiday shopping season, I can't wait to see what my incredible team will surpise me with next. Also, the beautiful Holiday Scentsy products that Scentsy has introduced has helped. These Holiday Warmers and Holiday Scentsy scents are selling at records rates.

I am so honored to be the leader of not only a company that allows me this kind of opportunity, but the talented group of people who have the vision and talent to make these promotions possible.


If my team has been able to accomplish these kind of strides in just 2 short years, I can't wait to see what the future holds.

To be continued...