I just had to share this with you guys!!!

[DisneyDork712]

Ooohh!! I’m so excited!! I might be selling my things through a little shop near my house!! It’s a shop that specialized in ‘chic, hip’ clothing and handmade accessories. They lady that owns it is so sweet. Her name is Andrea; Annie for short. She was very funny!

I was at a little shopping center that has some little shops like Panera, Marble Slab, plus some little gift shops, etc. Me and Mom had planned on eating dinner at Panera so we could get one of those pizza Crispani things – so good by the way! Anyway… I had brought my tackle box with some of my beading things in it so that I could show Mom some of my new stuff. It had a bunch of resin blobs, tons of finished phone charms, a couple of key chains, some polymer clay charms (including my entire finished Tropical Paradise Charm set, along with a finished flip-flop charm that I made the night before to go along with it!) along with some other odds and ends.

So, Mom got to the shopping center early and was looking around the shops. When I got there she was in the shop I might be selling at. I decided to just go ahead and carry my tackle box into the store so I wouldn’t have to go back to my car before going into the Panera. So I got all my stuff and went into the shop. I was looking around and talking to Mom and Andrea – we were talking about my curly/straight hair. Well, Andrea keeps looking at my tackle box and finally says, “Um, so what is in your tackle box?”

I was like, “Do you really want to see??” At this point I’m thinking, Goody! She is going to get to see all my finished stuff!

I told her, “It’s not fishing stuff!”

“Yeah, I kinda figured that!” Everyone was laughing. It was so funny!

It was funny later, the way she said that she was kinda worried after I said it wasn’t fishing stuff. She was wondering if I had body parts in there or something. She said she was thinking, Okay… well her mom seemed normal. LOL!!

Anyhow… So I sat my tackle box up on the counter and opened it…

She went crazy for all of my creations!! She loved it all! She was asking me over and over to think about letting her sell some of it in her store!! She was asking for earrings made of the Tropical Paradise charms – she said that a flower and the flamingo, or a flower and the pineapple, or a flower and the palm tree would be so cute.

Here’s a pic of all the charms together:

Andrea told me that the girls who shop there would go crazy for the non-matching sets! And, she wants me to make a logo bracelet to sell in the shop – with ‘Hey Annie’ on it!!! It was all so exciting!

Andrea said, “All this, and you have curly hair!” LOL

I think I’m definitely going to do it! This is what I’ve always dreamed of!! I’m sort of nervous though… My creations are going to be displayed in a store for everyone to see! Eek! I can’t believe it!

I have so much to do! I’m going to order some free business cards to give her as well, so she can hand them out with my things when they sell. Plus I’m going to work on a logo bracelet. I’m going to turn those charms into earring sets. I’ll probably work on some more charms for earrings as well. Plus I’m going to make an inventory list of the things I’m going to have in the store. I have to do some pricing… So much to do!

Spring break is the week of March 19th, so I would like to have everything finished before then so I can take some things to her.

OMG, I’m so excited! I can’t believe it!

Can anyone think of anything else that I need to do? I feel like I have a million things to do!

I better get ready for work! I just wanted to share this with you guys since you're always so enthusiastic about my crafts!

 

[ddavis860]

First,

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Second, are you selling to her wholesale or on consignment? Easier is wholesale, you have your monies upfront, and can use to buy more supplies.

Make sure you don't under price yourself. She might be nice, but is still a business woman, so keep that in mind...

Sounds like a great opportunity...go for it and best of luck!!

 

[orangetiggs]

I'm new to the creative boards but I LOVE that flamingo! do you sell them online?

 

[cryssi]

congrats!!!!!

that's SO great! your stuff is so cute, I think that shop sounds like the perfect place for you to sell your stuff!

let us know how it goes!

 

[DisneyDork712]

Thanks so much for your encouragement! I'm still so excited about it! I thought I would sleep on it for a couple of nights and then see how I felt, and I'm still just as excited as I was on Wednesday night after I got home!

I'll keep you guys posted on how it's going!

 

[Caboosey]

That is so exciting for you! Congrats!

I think you could do lots with the mismatched earring sets - think about foods, like fries and a burger? Fries and a Coke? Or breakfast foods, bacon and eggs? The coffee bean and cup of coffee earrings are definitely cute too...

You could also do charm bracelets with a whole bunch of things around a central theme! Oooh, I'm so excited for you! I just hope that you won't get so busy you stop showing off your amazing work!

 

[DisneyDork712]

I just hope that you won't get so busy you stop showing off your amazing work!

LOL Thank you so much for that! That really made my day! Oh, and by the way, you had some great ideas!! A burger and fries!! That's an awesome idea!!