Bath time
I often get my customers telling me after many years their children’s towels are still going strong. Yesterday a customer told me her 18 year old, 6′ 2″ son still used his and I had to laugh.
People often say I should not make such a good quality product but that is what I feel passionately about.
Plastic toys and the latest crazes have their place but I have turned a boring utility item in to something a bit special. It takes an hour to personalise each towel as it involves a lot of cutting, fiddling and finally stitching around each letter very precisely.
Clean at last
Children seem to like them and learn their names from the letters, Mummys find them useful and when they’ve reached their sell by date you can always use them for the dog!
Giving birth after 14 months
Sequinned elephant by my lovely daughter
My personalised gift website has finally gone live. I honestly feel it is like giving birth to an elephant. A tweeter friend said,”A new website is like a new child – long gestation, the agony of birth but you forget all that when you hold that baby!”.
First, excitement deciding to start a business then as time goes by a feeling of incredulity at the enormous responsibility of it all. What on earth have I done?
The family certainly did not realise that I would turn into a mad, menopausal woman – trying to write a business plan, networking, meetings, radio, interviewing sewers, no food in the fridge…..grumpy, twittering, tired mother!
Has it been worth it? Only time will tell. Life is an exciting roller coaster. If you never dip your toe in the water you won’t actually experience the temperature. I have had a ball and life certainly begins at 50!
If anyone reading this is thinking of starting a business. Go for it. There is a lot of help out there but have no illusions – it isn’t easy.
I must mention the fantastic help I have been given by Nikki and Jean de Villiers at http://thewordwell.com/