Preview Party Friday, December 2, 2016 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. (exclusive, ticketed pre-shopping event and party)
Marketplace Hours Saturday, December 3, 2016 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. (admission is $5 and free for children under 12)
Profits of Hottytoddy.com benefit the University of Mississippi’s Meek School of Journalism and New Media. This is a premium holiday marketplace/show being promoted regionally and nationally to our audience of 1.9 million unique readers over this past year!
Website: http://hottytoddy.com/marketplace/
Summer Lewis, Florence, MS
Summer Lewis is a full-time special needs teacher from Florence, Mississippi. She loves making pottery in her spare time and meeting people at different craft events!
Check them out here: https://www.facebook.com/SummerLewisPottery/
My Heavenly Creations, Shalene Weddle, Olive Branch, MS
My Heavenly Creations started in 2011 as a hobby making natural, handcrafted soaps by Shalene Weddle. After a suggestion from her best friend to sell them at the Southaven Flea Market, Weddle entered into her first market event. Much to Weddle’s surprise, they sold out of everything. From there, they were chosen to participate in the first MemFix event with a storefront. In 2013, My Heavenly Creations was chosen out of 35 applicants to be one of the first five MemShop tenants on the historical Broad Avenue Art District.
After closing the storefront on Broad Avenue in the summer of 2015; Weddle decided to focus more on growing the business with online orders, social media, word of mouth, wholesale customers and craft/trade shows. The business continued to see growth with a supportive client base. In March 2016, a new business partner who believed in the benefits of using the products, came on board to focus on the sales aspect of the business so Weddle could focus more on product innovation.
My Heavenly Creations offers all natural handcrafted soaps, soy wax candles, spa body and home products.
Check them out here: http://www.myheavenlycreations.net/ or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/soapersinlove/
Emily Defenbaugh is an Intern of HottyToddy.com. She can be reached at eadefenb@go.olemiss.edu.
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