This year, I am starting something new- a new business specializing in hand crafted items (like hand painted yarn, silk scarves, felted bags, etc). I am calling it Penguin Feathers. The name came from a 14 hour flight over the Pacific Ocean. The airline kindly offered some entertainment to keep the passengers from going stir-crazy. One of the movies shown was Happy Feet, an animated film about penguins. At the end of the film, as the credits were showing, there were feathers floating down the screen. Since it was a movie about penguins, they must have been penguin feathers, and the sound of those two words together just tickled my fancy. When I got home, I told my husband that I had the perfect name for a little girl. Imagine my surprise when he said no way. Then my mother said the same thing! But the name was so cool, I had to use it for something. When I decided to start a business, no other name would do.
So now I have my business license (and reseller permit) with the state of Washington, and am working on getting started. It is slow going, but I hope to launch officially in the beginning of August. I have an Etsy account, and will be listing items there in the near future. I also got a tip on a cool site called cafepress, and have set up an account with them too. They do personalized t-shirts, bags, mugs, etc.
I plan to use this blog to write about fun and creative crafting ideas, whether they end up being used in the business or not. It will also be a place to write about the ups and downs of owning a small business.
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