I am an idea person most of my ideas are eventually shredded literally or by circumstance. Sometimes I try to suppress them. I recall a scene in A Beautiful Mind when John says “I’ve learned not to indulge certain appetites…like dreams… “, however; I do not have this control. My husband recently explained it very eloquently to our son. “Mommy is all about good ideas”.
As of late many women entrepreneurs in the Home & Garden trade have suffered in the economic downturn, myself included. As we were in the process of shutting down our store a registered letter arrived from Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic™ the letter was to inform me that we had lost our dealer status due to lack of volume of sales required for stocking dealers. I can’t remember exactly what it said I immediately tossed it but I should have saved it, because only weeks later I read that Shabby Chic™ was shutting down. I was happy to see Rachel’s blog post regarding the re-opening of two stores.
During the past many months notions of my new identity “Tattered” have taken many forms. Where should I begin again? Wholesale, Etsy, Ebay, Zazzle …. too many product ideas to recount. Hopefully posting some of them will bring clarity.
