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Entrepreneurial Aspirations

I had a bit of a family week last week - mainly as we anticipated the coming lockdown restrictions - It was half term so the girls kept themselves isolated as much as they could and then we spent a few days together celebrating little (not so little) legs 5th birthday and with an e number fantastic cake and lots of barbies.... and then a lovely walk round Beamish for some fresh air.   

It was a welcome break in the tediousness of covid restrictions and also my daughter managed to sort out quite a lot of my technical issues include new mobile phone that works!!!!! We are now hunkered down for the next few weeks with time on out hands - I will be launching my Facebook page selling my scarves very soon - I' waited anxiously for them to arrive from the printers there was a rather avoidable and silly mistake about my address so they were much delayed... they travelled up and down the country lost in transit but eventually - much to my (and the printers relief) they arrived on my doorstep.

I have had them printed big - 130 cms square on 100% cotton lawn and its lovely fabric really soft and I'm well pleased with the drape and texture.  The colours are really amazing as well - vibrant and well defined - these scarves are not for the faint hearted!!!!

I'm actually finding the FB selling quite tedious and not as straight foward as I had hoped.  I'm lucky to have friends and family who have helped point me in the right direction but its all taking quite a bit longer than I anticipated .... but the scarves are hemmed - 54 metres worth and ironed - that seemed to go on forever and I have photographed most of them and tidied up the pictures - I've just got to work out invoicing and bite the bullet and get them on line - If you are interested but not on FB message me - and I'll send you details via some other medium - I'm probably going to have an online shop when I get over the FB issues!!!  





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