eek! Cross your fingers for me

[peach]

I just emailed a lady today ; we're talking about me paying her rent to have space in her shop to sell handmade things I've been wanting to do this for a while but was too chicken. She wants me to work in the shop in exchange for having space in the store but I work during the week so I am hoping she will let me pay rent instead - I know another vendor there does the same.

Eek, fingers crossed! This would be BIG for me - I have been fiddling around with making chalkboards, wooden signs and wreaths and I love it. I crave that creative outlet; and to be honest I desperately want to quit doing daycare in a few years an and trying to find ways to supplement our income.

[sierramist03]

How exciting. I'd love to do this but chicken is definitely the word for it. Plus I don't feel like I have the spare time. Do you have an etsy shop?

[ktzmoh]

good luck!!

[emoflamingo]

AWESOME! I love the creative outlet. I'm currently crossing my fingers and toes that things will work out so I can go back to part time at work and get my creative outlets back up and running 100%.

[peach]

No I don't. I make things for our house all the time, and sometimes make an "extra" of a project and sell it on a facebook community swap site..it always sells right away so I know there is a market for it. I've sold a few handmade chalkboards and some small furniture pieces.

[heygrey]

sounds like a great opportunity!

as a second option - i have a friend that just opened a store in kelowna and is taking this kind of stuff in on consignment. she does a lot of stuff herself, especially refinishing and painting furniture, but she needs consigners to keep up the supply. i'm not sure if it would be worth it for you to make a bunch of stuff and drive down once a month or so, but if you're interested pm me for her info. i can also send you her fb page if you just want to check it out.

eta: i just google mapped the distance... woah. didn't realize how far it was! 

[peach]

yeah, probably not...It's a 9 hour drive to Kelowna

[peach]

I have been thinking for a long time about crafting and selling things at craft fairs and Christmas bazaars.....

Any suggestions on a cute name? I was thinking of doing a blend of my daughters' names somehow?

[McGavin]

Good luck, fingers crossed!

[mrsemilys]

Ooooo, excited! Good luck! PIP some of your projects

[bunnymendelbaum]

That's super exciting! Good luck!

[peach]

I got in! eeee!

I will be working every second saturday in exchange for space in the shop - DH thinks I am crazy for taking a second job but I am excited; I don't see this as a job I see it as a creative outlet. I am so "needed" all day with the kids that it sucks all the "me" out of me. Leaving my own kids for a few hours a month will be good for me - I can putter around a cute shop and talk to adult customers.....that sounds like some quality "ME" time to me! A few hours of peace and quiet, no one calling me or rubbing bodily fluids all over my shirt..ah!

I need a brand name, she says. Every person in the shop has a "name".....HALP! I was thinking of doing some blend of the girls' names, or the other name I came up with quickly last night was the Burlap Cottage, but I feel like all those words like "Cottage, Painted, White, Linen," etc. are already used in Every single cutsey shop and blog out there already.

[emoflamingo]

Oh man that is so exciting!!

It took me 3 days for 3 people to come up with the baby boutique name we run (not in a store, unfortunately) and 3 weeks for me alone to figure out what to call my invite stuff so I'm no help there!

[OrangeBanana]

I'm really happy for you! I too do in-home daycare and I get exactly what you mean about the little people.

I do a lot of little side jobs that I know if I pushed harder I could make them into something bigger. I do a lot of baking for people in our community and lots of little sewing projects and home decor items that people rave over so I know I have something here, I just need to push to make it bigger!

[peach]

May 1, 2013 8:42:51 GMT -5 OrangeBanana said:

I'm really happy for you! I too do in-home daycare and I get exactly what you mean about the little people.

I do a lot of little side jobs that I know if I pushed harder I could make them into something bigger. I do a lot of baking for people in our community and lots of little sewing projects and home decor items that people rave over so I know I have something here, I just need to push to make it bigger!

I've done daycare in my home for 5 years, and worked as a nanny or in a daycare center for 4 years before that. I love kids but I am burning out and I need to switch careers in a couple years...I feel like these adorable little people are just sucking the life out of me some days because they constantly need all day long, and I have nothing left to give to my own children in the evenings. I have a really good group of children right now so I am riding it out until most of them go off to school and then I hope to shut down and do something else.

It's a hard job! 

[Deleted]

That's awesome!
I'll FB a name suggestion to you a in a sec. I don't think you want me to plaster your kids' names on the internet.

[OrangeBanana]

May 1, 2013 9:42:09 GMT -5 peach said:

May 1, 2013 8:42:51 GMT -5 OrangeBanana said:

I'm really happy for you! I too do in-home daycare and I get exactly what you mean about the little people.

I do a lot of little side jobs that I know if I pushed harder I could make them into something bigger. I do a lot of baking for people in our community and lots of little sewing projects and home decor items that people rave over so I know I have something here, I just need to push to make it bigger!

I've done daycare in my home for 5 years, and worked as a nanny or in a daycare center for 4 years before that. I love kids but I am burning out and I need to switch careers in a couple years...I feel like these adorable little people are just sucking the life out of me some days because they constantly need all day long, and I have nothing left to give to my own children in the evenings. I have a really good group of children right now so I am riding it out until most of them go off to school and then I hope to shut down and do something else.

It's a hard job! 

I started my in-home daycare about 5 years ago to. We wanted me to be a SAHM but I still wanted a small source of cash that I could use guilt free on my hobby stuff. It's been really nice. Good daycare is really hard to find around here so I didn't even have to advertise. All the kids I have now are from neighborhood families that are our friends as well so I know the kids and parents pretty well which I like. I took about a 9 month break after the birth of my second son and then opened back up and took the kids I have now. The youngest two are three (one is mine) and I will see them into kindergarten and then I will go back to teaching part time and hopefully find something else that is part timish that gives me a creative outlet.