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A photo of home-baked cookies reminiscent of the ones Aunt Sadie baked
By Brian Schnetzer 30 Mar, 2024
It may sound ordinary, but the impression that grandparents leave can be extraordinary. Aunt Sadie's is named for Sadie Denton Schnetzer, there are countless businesses worldwide named to honor and memorialize people's family and friends. So often when you see the name and image of a person on a product it's easy to assume it's purely the outcome of an ad agency's creative brainstorming. It's also possible that the name and image you're seeing on a product was a real person who three-quarters of a century ago was in her kitchen baking chocolate chip cookies, or watching Lawrence Welk on television, or just sharing a giggle with a grandson on her lap.
A photograph of  a roller coaster ride to show how it can feel owning a small business
By Gary Briggs 13 Mar, 2024
Owning your own business isn't alway as easy as it appears and putting it into words almost makes it sound like there's some regret, in which this blog author/business owner has none. If you're up for it could be the most exciting roller coaster ride you've ever been on, filled with exhilaration, fear, despair, confusion and hopefully lots of fun and success. As a business owner, your journey may be as different and varied as the product(s) you sell, but Aunt Sadie's has learned that longevity for a small business is fueled by passion from the owners and that employees are a company's greatest asset.
A scent icon with a nose and squiggles to represent the smell
By Brian Schnetzer 06 Mar, 2024
Aunt Sadie's process for creating their authentic handcrafted candles involves a subjective journey that begins with ideas and suggestions. Defining their desired scent characteristics leads to contacting fragrance suppliers and ending up with hundreds of interpretations of the same scent. The winning scent is hundreds of sniffs away, as Aunt Sadie's commitment is to pay a premium for authentic fragrances that aren't synthetic. Their signature scenting may seem more subtle, creating a pleasurable and memorable scent that won't overpower a room.
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