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. 

still thinking...

Maybe a business with hubby with an on-line shop.  Etsy....ebay....amazon...   Need to do some research.  Also stopped by the local craft shop in town.  She does her own crafts/wood items as well as sells parts & pieces.  Anyway, she was working on a dollhouse refurbishing project. I had a nice chat with her and shared some of my ideas with what we did with our little house.  Then she showed me a Victorian kit house she built for someone.  It was lovely!  She says that she does several of these types of houses each year and that people pay her to build them .  So sweet....just really love doll houses at the moment!

Took some time over the weekend to clean up the flat surfaces in my craft area so that when some inspiration hits over the holidays then I can be ready to get at it!  I'm feeling like a quilt or a bag is in order for the week!