Business was booming, my income skyrocketed, dividends were high, remember those days? Here's where it got a little out of hand. I seriously could not keep up production going at that pace single handed. I am such a control freak. I refused to hire anyone and continued to tough it out on my own. My health started to suffer and my home life was neglected as well. I was working until late in the ...
Another bold move
A vacant spot opened up in my building that was twice the size and twice the rent. I was super excited and went for it. I bought my third 2 head embroidery machine since that's all that would fit through the door. These were pretty exciting times for me. I loved my new digs and the future looked bright. ...
Was he an angel?
My little shop was a huge success. I had more work than I could handle with 3 embroidery heads. Since I had a guaranteed income as a subcontractor for a large T-shirt company, I felt confident that I needed to buy more equipment. I was getting orders by the HUNDREDS and was tripping over boxes. It was really bad because I didn't have a way to dispose of the cardboard. I would throw the empty ...
Things got a little crazy.
Hard to believe, but I was doing a lot of business and my shop was getting too small for the volume of work I had coming in. At this point I only had my single head SWF embroidery machine and a two head Barudan 15 needle commercial machine. I was contacted by a large company to see if I could take on some contract embroidery orders. I had no idea that this would be the turning point in my ...
Ammended my DBA to Sweet PEA Designs
I am a sucker for acronyms so I used the word PEA to represent : P - personalized, E - embroidery, A- art. I Liked it in the beginning, but as time went on I felt it was way too cutesy. I didn't think any businesses would take me seriously since I was SERIOUSLY considering opening a shop in town. ...
I Did It!
Yeah, pretty scary. I found a place to rent in town so I could have a commercial storefront. It was super tiny, but this changed everything. I did everything wrong. No business plan. No advertising. No help. It was just me and my big dreams. ...
