Leap of Faith

This is all new territory for me. I am a fish out of water and just trying things out. What I'm learning is everyone is feeling the same thing and just doing the best they can to get their products out there but to also make it through this tricky economic time we are finding ourselves in.

I don't have a lack of ideas for things I want to make or sell. But what you don't realize til you are deep into the thick of this process is the costs!  For example, you think it won't cost a lot to just make a shirt. But then you make the pattern, the sample, order the fabric, sew a true sample and then you find you don't like the fabric afterall but you have rolls of it (which you had to buy bc you can't just get a small amount).  So you go back to square one. Again.

But when someone unexpectedly truly likes your product, it's just the best! When they have that genuine smile on their face because they like what you designed or they like the concept then you get renewed energy to keep going.

We have kept our first samples of swimsuits we made because they just make us laugh!  They were so wrong it was hysterical. At the time we wanted to cry but I'm glad we kept them because it shows us how far we have come and reminds us of the little bumps in our road.  

This is one big leap of faith but I have to do it because I have always wanted to create something.  If I don't go for it then I'll regret it later.  I'd rather jump and fail then never to try.