Happy Monday!
So, I sit here thinking about all I want to blog about....and then quickly remind myself that there is a limted amount of time today...so i will give you all part of the scoop of what is up with WSD as well as me...on a personal level.
Let me say that the outpouring of support has been truly overwhelming.
OKAY...WAIT...SIDENOTE: If anyone out there has Allison Kimball's email, could you please send it my way? She sent me *the most beautiful* artwork you have *ever* seen. However, with my computer being wiped, I have no idea how to contact her and I'm desperate! (Translation? Hubby threw away the box it came in...arrrggggggg). Alison, girl, you ROCK and I cannot tell you how deeply it touched me to receive your beautiful gift....i have so much I want to say to you!
Um, sidenote over, but as i was typing I totally thought of that....and it's important...so thanks to anyone that can help me out:) Now...moving to the scoop....
What shall we start with? Business or Personal? Let's go with the biz side....
Many of you know we have made the decision to move to wholesale only. Well, as soon as we announced it, my computer crashed again. Nice.
Well, by the time I got my laptop back and all the new files for the webssite updated...we ran into another problem...our password for the server had been changed because we removed an old user....who happened to be the master account holder.
Nice....again.
So, finally, we get the new password emailed to us yesterday...(thank you LORD)...thus, we were able to update the site to reflect the changes.
The good news? We will be bringing back our monthy kits and our speciale deal on April 1st. This will be available to all of you if you want it:) Going to wholesale only will give us the time we need to really get into our creative flow and afford us the opportunity to concentrate on what we are good at....designing.
A lot happened to us over the past couple of months....we grew too fast too soon and things got overwheming. I remember one email specifically that Sunday received from someone who said we needed to take Business Courses.
Holy crap it was kind of a biting remark, hey? Well, the truth is, we started to look at things, talk with advisors and figure out that maybe we did need to evaluate where we wanted to go, how we wanted to get there and what it would take to make it all happen.
Our passion, first and foremost, is designing. We love it. It's our passion...our expression...it's just such a large part of who we are...2 Artists that, truthfully, are much better at designing than business. (BTW: Let me say that Sunday ROCKS at business...her suggestions, recommendations and vision are the *only* reason we are still around today!)
SO...with that said....part of the reason we have decided to go wholesale is also so that we may start designing for other companies...whether it is a custom stamp for a kit club, product design for a major company or simple logo/graphic design...it is something we are going to do within our business. We have been told that this is where are talents are..and I think people are right about that.
Sounds crazy, huh?
Well, I will tell you that we are following the answers we are receiving from the Lord. At times, it seems so all over them map...but the common demoninator is that design is what we love. Designing for others, reaching out...and just makin' it all happen for companies.
Including our own. So, here we are....still crankin' out the stamps...on a wholesale level for the majority of them...but bringing back the kits and speciale deal...and ofcourse we still offer our custom goodies. Now, we are just throwing our hat in the the ring to design for other companies now that we are capable of doing that. (ahhh..........i love it)
Many of you asked about the limelight and our MUSES. Many of our muses have stayed on with us on a "per project" deal...which is so exciting for us because the muses ROCK and we feel really fortunate that many of them will still be designing with us.
Okay, what else?
Oh......me. My life...let's see.....
I did return to the doctor last week and had (many) tests run to check the levels of my hormones...it seems that is where the problem is..and as my Dr told me, she is my "Sherlock Holmes" and she will get to the root of all that is going on.
Is it tough?
Um...yes. Extremely.
But the one thing I know I have is faith...hope....and a group of people around me that love and care so deeply about the situation.
God is good...he is keeping me in his favor...and sending me to wonderful doctors that will get to the root of it all...sooner rather than later i hope...but in his time, we will know what is up. Okay, did I mention they think i am going through menopause??? I am 34...holy cow..what a shock...but the truth is i don't care so much about the problem as I do the solution....so whatever it is, i know that the Lord will lead us all to the right way of fixing it...he's just that good:)
With that...my fingers are falling off...lol, so i must run and get ready for my day.
Thank you ALL so much for your love and support....and patience.
x0x0
wendi speciale
