Monday, March 12, 2007
It's Official!
Yesterday, I got the paperwork back from the Oklahoma Secretary of State--the Articles of Organization and Trade Name Report for Lavender Frost, LLC have officially been filed with the state. Now I can send in the rest of the official paperwork...and the company will be fully legit! I've already received the business cards I designed and had printed with a professional printing company, but, unfortunately, the wrong phone number was put on the card (Don's and my mistake...we put my cell phone number rather than a land line. We'd rather not pay oodles of cell minutes!) So, it's back to the printers again...thank goodness for fairly cheap printing costs.
I have begun my creations...one necklace I made recently is displayed on the official website: http://lavenderfrost.com. So far, I'm only making necklaces and earrings...eventually I will probably design bracelets as well. I'm so very excited about the company, but am worried about actually selling the pieces. I believe that my bridal line will sell fine, but I'm not so sure about the other lines, mainly because I'm not sure that people will be willing to shell out $140 for a necklace (that's pretty much to cost for me on some of these pieces--I use real Swarovski crystals, sterling silver, etc). I realize that that is not much for many people, but it's a lot to me. Once I start making sales, I'll probably stress less about this, but for now, I worry.
Of course it doesn't help my stress level that I'm worrying about getting all the house work, organizing, and arranging of things done in a timely fashion. There's so much to be done in my new house--repainting, arranging furniture, organizing everything so that every object has its place...not to mention the everyday cleaning and chores that need to be done. I really am grateful that Don and I have a new house...it is nice that I have a fresh canvas to work with, but some days the work seems daunting. I am trying to take it day by day, but my attitude is often soured by long days spent in the house, alone. I'm used to spending a lot of time with other people--whether it was at work in the lab, hanging out with the Raleigh crew (and before then, the Norman metr's), or going to classes/studying with classmates. It is wonderful when Don comes home, but all day I am without companionship...well, other than that of my two kitties. They are good about "talking back", but it's just not quite the same as talking with thinking creatures. Thank goodness for Friday's at Louie's with the OU grad students...our weekly meet-ups give me what little sanity I have each week.
Despite the occasional blues, I really am overall quite happy in my new life. And I cannot wait for events such as the Road Trip to the Walsh Wedding...yay for spending days with two girls I absolutely adore and for possibly meeting up with my other Raleigh buddies.
I have begun my creations...one necklace I made recently is displayed on the official website: http://lavenderfrost.com. So far, I'm only making necklaces and earrings...eventually I will probably design bracelets as well. I'm so very excited about the company, but am worried about actually selling the pieces. I believe that my bridal line will sell fine, but I'm not so sure about the other lines, mainly because I'm not sure that people will be willing to shell out $140 for a necklace (that's pretty much to cost for me on some of these pieces--I use real Swarovski crystals, sterling silver, etc). I realize that that is not much for many people, but it's a lot to me. Once I start making sales, I'll probably stress less about this, but for now, I worry.
Of course it doesn't help my stress level that I'm worrying about getting all the house work, organizing, and arranging of things done in a timely fashion. There's so much to be done in my new house--repainting, arranging furniture, organizing everything so that every object has its place...not to mention the everyday cleaning and chores that need to be done. I really am grateful that Don and I have a new house...it is nice that I have a fresh canvas to work with, but some days the work seems daunting. I am trying to take it day by day, but my attitude is often soured by long days spent in the house, alone. I'm used to spending a lot of time with other people--whether it was at work in the lab, hanging out with the Raleigh crew (and before then, the Norman metr's), or going to classes/studying with classmates. It is wonderful when Don comes home, but all day I am without companionship...well, other than that of my two kitties. They are good about "talking back", but it's just not quite the same as talking with thinking creatures. Thank goodness for Friday's at Louie's with the OU grad students...our weekly meet-ups give me what little sanity I have each week.
Despite the occasional blues, I really am overall quite happy in my new life. And I cannot wait for events such as the Road Trip to the Walsh Wedding...yay for spending days with two girls I absolutely adore and for possibly meeting up with my other Raleigh buddies.