more tinkering...

I'm thinking something like "Creation Station" or "Craft Hackers".  Offer a recycled craft source area and then die cuts, accessories, fabric, ribbon etc.  People could bring in their own stuff and use the hardware to assemble a product OR they could visite the recycle area and bag up stuff. Could charge for the new stuff and/or charge by size of project.  IE....like their item would fit in a certain size bag  and price it by size of bag.  Have classes....open for party or clubs to resource together.  Hmmm.....

Further thoughts...

I've decided that I don't want to be the "manufacture" person of a business but rather the person that inspires creativity.  Having beautiful foundations for folks to work from.  Maybe offering "fulfillment" process where I would create something to go with an event they are planning.  Fabric, die-cut services, craft findings, classes for different art forms AND maybe an area to showcase a local artist.   Seems like ideas are starting to come together :-)

New Year

The new year started off with the oldest moving up to campus!  So exciting for him....hope he does well at school with that arrangement.  Enjoyed cleaning up the remains of his room and making the bed in there and actually leaving the door open!  Moved some of hubby's instruments and his "tool boxes" for instrument repair in there as well.  He had been piling those things up in the newly refurbished "study room" (what had previously been his office but really was more of a junk room).  Probably will do a little more cleaning and sorting in there and just leave it alone.  It will be used by him during his off-school time when the dorms close down.  I'm enjoying just looking in there to a nice and neat area!

Husband will be talking with him (during their weekly leadership one-on-one meeting) about him gearing up for some sort of summer employment.  He is assuming that he will be able to work at the summer camp but I'm not getting a good sense from leadership that he will be able to do that.  We want to get him thinking of other options and ideas for the summer months.  Maybe even getting a word in now of his availability to work at Penn with their summer maintenance work.   Just don't want him to sit around the house all summer with nothing to do.