Saturday, April 23, 2011

Moving My Life To Joy!!

Since I'm a lover of so many crafts and beautiful decorative...
And I've discovered I especially love them when they are made by someone other than myself...
Since I'm a lover of all things old and rich with history...
And I so love the idea of not letting such beautiful old things being thrown out or destroyed...
Since I love the idea of re-purposing and reusing things ...
Because I hate the idea of throwing perfectly good things away...
Since I've recently discovered my love of beautifully well made clothing...
And my head turns every time I see a pretty bauble or striking piece of jewelry...
Since I've also discovered that I actually like the now popular mid-century/vintage look...
Which is something I never thought I would because I grew up in that crazy world...
Since I have accumulated more stuff than any one family could ever use in a lifetime...
And there are so many others have so little they can barely afford to feed their family...
Let alone try to dress themselves and their children and decorate their homes comfortably...

I had a thought...which in my case leads to multiple thoughts and possibilities.
I must find a way to recycle and/or re-purpose these things.
I know so many of us are feeling the same way.

So I looked into wonderful world of thrift stores and consignment shops.
I knew they're around, and I thought this is a perfect time for these businesses to thrive.
Well, as it turns out, as trends go...It's a bit late, shall we say, to be cutting edge with this idea.
It turns out, these little shops are popping up all over...in brick and mortar and on the internet in places like Etsy.com. And it seems as though the trend is growing in leaps and bounds. to the point that some are even considered "High -End". Well, how about that!!

So my knew project is to research the overhead in a brick and mortar shop..because the thought of owning a little place where the opposite of wastefulness could happen, a place where I could interact with people who really love the idea of saving and reusing these wonderful old things, or just helping families save money just makes me dizzy with excitement. Oh, and a huge bonus to all of it...whatever doesn't actually sell eventually is donated to charity...something that is also so dear to my heart. I think I might just faint with the bliss of it all.

If that isn't a passion, then I don't know what is.

Now...finding a way to make it work.
A little more research.
I must write a business plan.
I need a timeline.
And I will make it work.
There is no taking no for an answer.

Oh my bloggy friends, wish me well and pray for me.
I've been on this journey so long...
I think I've found my Joy.