Sunday, May 21, 2006
It's been busy for us these last 2 weeks. We have both been working hard to get our Simply Said Signs hobby/business up and running. I have been working on the website functions (getting the pictures and prices posted), cutting and routing wood. Cassie has been busy sanding, painting, lettering and customizing the signs and magnet/message boards that we've put together.
Our friends the Brandon''s were nice enough to host a "sign party" or open house, where we were able to to sell a couple of our pre-made signs but more importantly take quite a few orders and get our name and web address out there.
Prior to the party, Cassie and I were up late sanding and touching up some of the signs. Cassie made a nice flower arrangement and had purchased some finger foods. The party was originally to be from 10-12pm but ended up going to 6pm because Jessica Brandon had so many friends she kept calling to come by. I think it went went really well, but was definitely a lot of work. We're going to be pretty busy the next couple of weeks making the signs everyone ordered.
We are looking into renting some space at a couple of the local craft fairs to see if we can sell some of our signs there too. We also might be having another open house soon as one of the guests was so excited about the signs she wanted to host her own party! We got some really good feedback and it looks like we could be busy! We will be sure to keep you all posted on the process of our little business venture!