IT'S OFFICIAL!!!!!

We are officially a small business!!! I am not a side hobby/side business anymore! Papers have been signed! This is a very exciting day and new step into making this company expand! Here is the biggest news......we are changing the name. I know that I had mentioned to some of you that we were planning on shortening the name down to Brighten Your Day! however Scott (my more wiser, more business-minded brother) came up with something completely different. It will not be unveiled for another couple of months but I would just like to announce the up and coming business of

FRANNIE'S!!!

Now some of you may be quite confused so I will have to fill you in here. This is not something that many people know, nor had I wanted to share with many people, but I am going to have to spill the beans. Last year I wrote a children's book manuscript and I have been working diligently to get it published. (It has not happened yet but I am still hoping and praying). In the meantime, one of my very good friends had sketched up a picture of Frannie for me for the book. She is an amazing artist and brought Frannie to life. My brother knew of Frannie (the name is from my late step-grandma) and brought up the thought of having her as the "mascot" for the company. Even though I have loved my business name and sunshine logo, if you look at most successful businesses they usually have a one-name business name and the logo is highly marketable. Think about all of the well-known places such as Target, Starbucks, Michaels, Walgreens, HALLMARK (which I still hope to overtake one day), and thousands of one-name restaurants that we all shop and dine at. And, we all know what their logo is even if their name is not attached. Brighten Your Day! is a big name and the sunshine (even though I love it) is quite generic.

So, that is the story behind FRANNIE'S! We will be starting work on the new website and getting other logistics lined up in the next couple of months and we hope to share the world with FRANNIES in August. And please know that nothing about my products or services will be changing...just the name. I will still be making cards, painting rooms, and creating scrapbooks, it will just be under FRANNIE'S. However, as of now, Cards that BRIGHTEN your day! is still up and going so you can still refer to that name for now.

Your business, support, and prayers are much appreciated as we embark on yet another new adventure!