My craft bussiness has changed over the years many ways.As you can read in my last post how my whole craft bussiness came to be in the first place.
http://jennifer-collectorofhobbies.blogspot.com/#!/2013/02/how-my-whole-bussiness-got-started.html ( here is a quick link)
I have always said from the beginning of this that my mother in law has been
my biggest cheerleader! She talked me into classes and then it was her idea to
start selling the things I painted because she knew I needed something to do
with my extra time being home with a little one. She went with me to every
craft show and was my salesman telling my story over and over to anyone who
would listen (see post about Kira special birth). We both looked forward to
craft show days. This was a lot of hard work for little return, but we loved it.
We would shop garage sales and thrift stores for glass. I even reached the
point that I had make enough money from the craft shows to buy a skid of glass
that was delivered to my house. The package listed me as a business; I felt
that I had arrived! I became so good at painting, that I even went to Donna
Dewberry 3 day class to become a teacher in her ways on One Stroke painting. I
became the fastest painter in the class and one of the youngest. I meet a lot
of wonderful people those 3 days and have even stayed in touch with some of
them. I keep painting at home while my daughter was taking naps and even when
she was a wake. She loved to watch me paint. I started teaching classes at a
local rec. center. A lot of time went into planning the classes but I learned
that I enjoyed come up with designs and color combinations. I also worked at Michael’s
craft store for a while but turnout was low there. I did enjoy doing demo for
Fork Art in the stores showing the new paint lines that were coming out.
My father in law was always a great help as a support baby sitter to my
husband who would watch my daughter on the weekends when I was gone at craft
shows or teaching classes. He is the one who came up with the idea to sell my
hand painted item on line and put together my website. My father in law has a
wonderful business sense about him and looks at things in black and white as I
see everything in rainbows! He has many wonderful strengths that have kept my
little business moving forward.
In 2004 my business came to a crossroad I became pregnant with our son. I
keeping teaching classes but did few craft shows due to physical stress of
being pregnant (my body doesn't like it). I figured once I had my son that I would
take up right where I left off. Like I said I was having a son. I soon realized
that he didn't want to sit and watch me paint!
Use this pretty Celtic knot inspired egg design element to welcome Spring! Cut it in greens and yellows for a Saint Patrick's look, or in other pastel colors for more of an Easter look. The knot design is intricate, so the final egg must be at least five inches tall. This means each piece of your egg should be at least 3.7" wide. You can easily turn this into a card by adding the "back" of the card which is included in the Extras folder of your download, as well as an envelope that fits perfectly! Just size everything to 3.7" wide and size the envelope to 7.5" wide. Happy crafting!
Dimensions: Each finished project measures as follows: Chocolate Bunny Card - 4x6", Egg Lever Card - 5x7", Happy Easter Scrapbook Page - 12x12", One-Piece Chick - 2" tall, Tulip Basket - 7.5" tall.
