Ready for Christmas Market!

Come see us this Saturday at the 3^rd Annual Christmas Market in Helena!

Between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday, November 10, Smith Family Resources and 75+ other vendors will be set up in the Family Life Center of First Baptist Church in Helena (815 Highway 52E., Helena, AL 35080). Christmas Market is a great way to see all the great products and services that are available right here in our area. Do your Christmas shopping and support local businesses at the same time!

If you’re not in the area, you can browse our products in our online store any time. Visit www.smithfamilyresources.com and enjoy free shipping when you spend $150 or more.

Hope to see you soon- either in person or online!

 

 

 

Helena Fireworks Shirts

Don’t you love this very Helena-esque design for our Independence Day shirts?? Available in white comfort colors and dry-fit, from Youth Small all the way to Adult 3XL. Adult shirts are $20, youth sizes $15.

You can drop by Alterations by George to get yours, or you can message us to arrange for local pick-up or delivery. Reserve your shirts by commenting on this post or by emailing us at smithfamresources@att.net.

Helena Fireworks, Tuesday, July 3, 9:00 p.m.
Sponsored by
Helena Business Association
City of Helena-Helena, Alabama
Mayer Insurance Services, LLC
Jones & Associates, LLC
SMS
Southeastern Butcher Supplies
CIS Home Loans, Clay Brunson
By George
Helena Health Club
Smith Family Resources
Jarrod Gibson State Farm
Scozzaro Law, LLC
Gretchen B Photography
Wright Construction Company of Birmingham Inc.
Bob and Diane Van Loan

Small Business Saturday

When you shop this weekend, please remember to shop small!
We’d especially love it if you would shop our small home-based business!
Click here to check out this weekend’s specials and sales.

If you want to save even more, email us or message us on Facebook and ask for a Small Business Saturday gift. We’ll reply with a coupon code for 10% off any purchase through Monday, Nov. 28.

Thank you for shopping small!

Family Business

Blogging about our beginning led me to reflect on how our business has impacted our family.

Before we were officially launched, we decided to involve our children as much as possible.  They listened in on phone calls with city hall while we were learning about business licenses and sales taxes. They watched us count the cost of inventory and office supplies and shipping materials and website subscriptions. They helped us with proofreading and organizing and planning.

The whole family has been involved in every aspect of the business including purchasing inventory, advertising, selling, preparing orders for shipment, remitting sales taxes, and renewing business licenses. Two of our children earned school credit for Business Math and General Business. One is presently working on credits for Entrepreneurship and Career Preparedness. Some have been more involved than others, but it has been educational for all.

And I don’t see how there can be any better place than Helena to operate a family business. The other business owners in this town have welcomed and supported us and have been an important part of our children’s education and work experience. My son started attending Helena Business Association meetings with me when he was an elementary student, and all of our children have helped at First Fridays. Helena is an awesome place to live and raise a family- and to own a family business.

So has owning a business been good for our family? Absolutely! It’s obviously a blessing to have access to great health supplements, and the income from providing supplements for others is a good thing, too. But it’s been really great to be able to introduce our children to the real world of small business with a real business.

Thank you, friends, for making all of this possible for our family!

Melissa and Matthew at Helena First Friday, July 2014

 

Helena T-Shirts!

The Helena Business Association has designed two awesome t-shirts to
celebrate Independence Day and Helena businesses!

 Available in size Youth Small all the way up to Adult XXXL – only $10!

Get yours this week by stopping by the HBA booth at First Friday!

Countdown to Christmas Market!

Come see us at Classical Conversations’ Christmas Market next Saturday!
The fun begins at 9:00 a.m. and continues until 3:00 p.m.
at First Baptist Church, Helena
(815 Highway 52 E, Helena, AL  35080).

We’re counting down on Facebook

and placing one new stocking stuffer under our tree every day.

So far, we’ve added Pure Olive Oil Soap,

Paraben-Free Moisturizer,

Beeyoutiful Essential Oils,

Laveshmint Toner,

and BeeyoutifulSkin Mineral Makeup catalogs.

Stop by Saturday and browse our stocking stuffers and Christmas gifts

and pick up a free BeeyoutifulSkin Mineral Makeup catalog!

Christmas Market will feature more than 60 vendors-

a great opportunity to shop for Christmas,

support local business owners, and

support the Helena campus of Classical Conversations!

Follow us on Facebook for the rest of the countdown!

First Friday is this week!

Helena First Friday is this week!  We’ll be there with Helena postcards and some great products for summer, including natural sunscreen.  Come visit the Smith Family Resources booth near the Helena Museum on Main Street from 5:30 ’til 8:30.  Mention this blog post and get a free postcard!

Spend the evening enjoying live music, good food, and great shopping.  Then, at dusk, move on down to the Amphitheater Park for the first of our Movies in the Park.  This week’s feature is Frozen, the Sing-Along Edition.

First Friday and Movies in the park are brought to you by the Helena Business Association.  Smith Family Resources is proud to be a member of this awesome organization!

Cahaba Lilies

This morning, Hewy Woodman (of No Sleep In Helena) led a group of us down on the banks of Buck Creek to see one of the largest stands of Cahaba lilies in the south. According to www.cahabariver.net, Cahaba lilies are found only in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, so I feel grateful to be able to see some here in my own hometown. 

 Home sweet Helena!

 “Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these.” Luke 12:27