We are potty training!!!! Today is the day!! We have our potty timer out, we have our potty stickers and we have about $20.00 worth of toys from the dollar store for those wonderful successes! It’s nap time, so for the next 2 hours I am going to revel in the knowledge that I won’t hear the word Potty come out of my mouth for approximately 120 whole minutes!!!

I had a meeting with my graphic designer and got my first draft of the graphics for the packaging back. I love it! There are a few things that I’m going to change and mull over, but over all, it’s awesome! The front is basically a “window” to see the Charms, along with my logo and tag line. I feel it is interesting enough for Joan-Q consumer to pause a nanosecond and actually pick up the package. Now that they have it in their hands thinking… “this is kinda cool and different” the next thing they will do is turn it over. This is were I (will) have a photo of the Charms in use, and there is enough space for about 50 words of explanation. Not much when trying to explain a completely new product… This is what I have….

“Grill Charms™ are the grilling equivalent to the popular wine charm. Grill Charm™ your food prior to cooking to indicate steak temperature, food seasonings / spice or to address health or allergy concerns. Your food is personalized before, during and after it’s cooked, the way you want it each and every time!”

I’m going to let that sink in for a while and see how I like it in a week from now. With consumer goods, the packaging can make or break you. That’s a lot of pressure to put on a 6 x 2 x 3 inch box! It’s such a wonderful feeling watching all the aspects of this invention process come together to make 1 tangible product. I’ve still got a long way to go before I see this on the shelves, but things are really coming together.

I was able to procrastinate doing my UPC codes for another week as my husband is really particular about putting stuff on the computer. The disk that needs to be installed to make the UPC’s asked some technical questions about the computer that I don’t know, so I’ve asked him to install it for me… Hee hee…. I get to get out of it again!!! Yahoo!!!

Leslie Haywood, Founder and President of Charmed Life Products, Inventor of Grill Charms™  www.grillcharms.com

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