The Thirteenth Friday four of 2024
Happy Friday!
There is a stretch every spring where as the days begin to have more sunlight, my hours also increase at the university. Which is this strange place where the days feel longer, and the weeks go by really fast. So, I am looking forward to slower moments this weekend in the studio with creativity, then at home with my family making something delicious and hopefully getting outside. I have lots to be grateful for this week, including the 4 highlights from this edition of the Friday Four:
1. You have a few more chances to enter the Tura Lura Co. Grand Opening Giveaway. The giveaway is for a private two person candle making event - think a special friend date, a parent & kiddo outing, or date night experience. To enter, visit the studio in person and fill out a piece of paper, old school. Open hours this weekend are today (Friday, 3/29) noon to 4pm and Saturday 3/30, noon to 4pm. There is also an opportunity to visit during West Branch Wednesday on April 3 for Candle Pour Bar starting at 5:30pm. Otherwise the very last chance to enter is Friday, April 5 from noon to 4pm during open hours. The studio is shut for private parties on Saturday, April 6. The winner will be drawn, by hand from an old school raffle basket, the week of April 8!
2. Speaking of giveaways, there is another one available on Instagram that I want to highlight because it has Tura Lura Co. swag in it! I met a fellow mom & entrepreneur from my kiddo’s school, and she volunteered to take some of the sweet moments from the Tura Lura Co. grand opening. You’ve seen the ribbon cutting pictures on social media, because she knew that’d be a moment I’d want to have captured. Jessica is a gem of a human and if you want to enter her Mama Pampering Giveaway, go to the first post on my Instagram and follow the instructions on the post until Saturday 3/30 at 8pm.
3. We can create together during a spring candle, reed diffuser, or dried floral class at the studio in West Branch, and there is one last opportunity coming up in Iowa City for a Candle Pour Bar Pop Up Class at the Green House! Join us Sunday, April 7 from 2-4pm for our last spring class at the Green House. I love the Green House, and I spend way too much time there between candle making classes and hanging out with friends - it’s such a special place. And I still meet folks who have never been, so I wrote up a little more about what to expect at a class there on the blog. Check it out!
4. If you recall, last week I began to sow some seeds - and I wanted to share that the seeds are growing! I have a whole set up now in our basement and get to check on my plant babies every day. In this stretch of feeling very busy at my day job, it’s nice to have something simple to check on. The goal is to get the plant babies into the garden after the last frost and continue growing our garden outside with more fruits, veggies, and cut flowers. A few weeks ago it felt like this was huge new endeavor filled with unknowns, and it’s been a good reminder that sometimes just taking the first step into something new is usually the hardest step.
I hope you have something to look forward to this weekend, and get to slow down and enjoy some moments with the people you love the most.
Sending you love and light,
Erika
