Recession Home Founded in 2009
Recession Home started with a job layoff, and a blog, born of the need to express myself (named in a moment of caffeine induced imagination Recession Home.
Now, I'm writing full time, but will still post here from time to time as energy allows.
I realized that though I was mother of two young daughters, I'd never been there for them, 100%. It was then that I decided my layoff from an east coast publishing company was really a gift. And that gift kept on giving.
First, with the time and inclination to blog. And second, with the unrelenting desire to create a whimsical, stress free childhood for my daughters. When I took them to see Tangled in the theater, I knew I'd stumbled upon something special.
Walking out of the theater, my oldest declared that her tea party birthday was off. She wanted Rapunzel for her birthday party, and that. Rapunzel, the tower, the lanterns, everything. So, I set to a little imagineering of my own, and voila. A few posts about what we did and how we did it, and the requests started coming in. Did I sell the decorations? No? Well, then would I sell mine?
And that, my friends, launched this little business. I Tangled full time for several years, as I party blogged and stayed home to be a WAHM. The store gave me freedom to reinvent myself on a regular basis.
A full time Etsy store is both a challenge and an adventure, wrapped in glue-gun-singed fingers and free enterprise lessons. My daughters helped and loved to share in the day to day operations. They created their own parties, and even prepared their own decorations and food!
I am so grateful to this opportunity that Etsy affords shop keepers, and the evolving business model and market. As my girls have grown up, this store has changed. We have college graduates now… and are attempting to live a sustainable lifestyle amid paying for student loans.
We now collect curios, objects d’art and antique items including books. The Found Objects shop has renewed a joint family enthusiasm so expect more items in this category, starting with our Vintage Western books by the famed frontier Arizona author, Zane Grey.
Stay tuned for more!
