Uh...Grand Opening?

Ok, so obviously I'm a little behind on my list. The Grand Opening of my physical store was supposed to be on the 21st of this month. What happened?

Well, I started having some health challenges that basically caused severe pain and made me home bound for days at a time. The days I wasn't home bound, I was trying to catch up on errands and enjoy my family.

On top of that, we had some monetary challenges due to the economy (isn't everyone?) and I didn't want to put more financial stress on us by opening up a store that might not break even within the first year.

I will be revising my To Do list to reflect new deadlines in the near future. Just as soon as I can figure out what will work for my family & I realistically.

Thank you to all who have supported me in my venture and to all who are continuing to do so. You know who you are.

I'll be out of town

I'm going out of town tomorrow for a family reunion and trip through Yellowstone. Should be fun. If nothing else, I get to have a little vacation. I will return on July 25th. Any orders received during this time period will be processed when I get back.

Have a good week!

Partnership

As some of you may know, The Funky Fairy Shoppe was started as a general partnership between my best-friend- in-the-whole-wide-world and myself. Well, she’s been having a bit of trouble in her home life lately and can’t put any thought, time, work or money into the store right now. So we agreed for me to buy her share and take care of the store, growing it and creating it as I see fit. When she’s ready and able to add more work and stress into her life, she has the option of buying back in at full partner, or even less if that’s needed.

This hasn’t put a strain on our relationship at all, as one would expect. We’re still the best of friends, we chat online almost every day and see each other as much as our busy schedules allow. We still hope for our younger children to get married - we’ve been talking about that since we met. In fact, I’m planning on seeing her later this week so we can help our kids make apple wreaths and paint using apple stamps (cut the apple in half the opposite what you would do to make apple slices and see the star).