Tangled in Recession Home
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 -- www.recessionhome.com). 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 now Tangle full time. The store gives me freedom to reinvent myself on a regular basis. Custom requests are welcomed, and when a client gives me an idea to improve, add, or change something I always give them back a little something extra.
A full time Etsy store is both a challenge and an adventure, wrapped in glue-gun-singed fingers and free enterprise lessons. My daughters help, and love to share in the day to day operations. They create their own parties, and even (now) prepare their own decorations and food!
I am so grateful to this opportunity that Etsy affords shop keepers, and look forward to crafting not only Tangled, but other parties as time goes by.
