The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of

I'm at a loss for words, y'all.  So I've had my2sweets for a few years going.  I've sold to friends, friends of friends, church friends, you know, nothing real big.  I did the Rhea Lana sale twice a year, which was big time for my2sweets.  I retired from RL last fall and went out with happiness in my head.  It was a great 6 sale run.  So with a job change looming (oh, man, nothing looming about it---it's elation, to be honest!!!) I tried focusing on my awesome little booth at The Bees Knees where I hang my American Girl doll clothes I sew.  I post pics from time to time on Facebook to show others.  It's pretty fun.  Christmas is nearing so I have a great idea from a friend, Ms Jamie, to make clothes for the popular little Elves...you know the ones.  I can't really TYPE their name, but you know what I mean :)  Anyway, around October or so I start talking about it.  Not much comes from it.  A sweetheart friend from church and Rhea Lana, Stephanie, tells me she'd be interested in something.  I'm excited, but I kind of let it slip my mind for a while!  Good business skills, I know!  So, another sweet girl from RL, Ms. Kristie herself, says she'd be interested in something like Stephanie's getting.  Okay, so I'd totally let it slip my mind!!!! So wow, I need to do something I have 2 real orders, y'all!  I start planning on fabrics, keep on sewing my doll clothes.  I start getting calls from Bees Knees, 2 to be in fact, within a week.  My clothes are really moving.  That bunkbed and bedding I brought in, well it sold.  Really?  In all honesty, I was floored!  People are buying my stuff!  So, now I've got something to celebrate.  I have 3 more bunks in the shop, 2 painted and one unpainted.  A friend goes by Bees Knees and hears I had bunks that sold.  She ponders me doing a special order.  She leaves her name.  Shelly from TBK calls me and tells me.  Hey, I know her!  So I contact her on FB and tag her in a pic of my bunks from way back.  The pic is seen by others.  I start getting messages...before the night is over 2 bunks are spoken for and I'd already planned to take 1 to TBK to replace the one that sold.  In a matter of a week I've accumulated over 10 orders for something related to the Elf stuff.  I have had to tell at least 3 people I am out of bunks.  I've had to say no to custom orders.  Whose life is this???  (I'm laughing out loud here!) 

This is the stuff dreams are made of for people like me.  I have more than I can do right now and the feeling is amazing.  I only wish I could say adios to my regular job NOW instead of in a month so I could say YES to everyone!  The Elves are coming on Thanksgiving and I want all the little boy and girl elves to have their duds, and I tell you this...as long as I still have my health next year this won't happen again.  I WON'T have to say now, y'all!  I'm starting my holiday sewing preparation next July or August!  Now I have to try to figure out how to talk my father-in-law into making more beds for me!  Travis told me I couldn't do it myself and he's right.  I'm not handyman.  But I'd love to have 10 or more ready for next Christmas. 

Can I just say that in the midst of my chicken without a head song and dance I seem to be doing right now, I'm really, really happy?  The best part is when I hear something positive about what I've done.  Of course I think people exaggerate their responses to make me feel good, but I love knowing I've done something neat for a kid somewhere.  There's just something really satisfying about it.  I try my best to pray over each item I sew no matter how big or small.  I'm not in it to make a lot of money, but I love sewing and I love sharing.  My customers are pretty awesome and if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't be doing this.  Who knows what the next months hold, but as for the holiday season of 2012, this is one that I, my2sweets, will never forget.  Thanks, y'all, and God bless. 

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