SORE HANDS

Okay, Tammy and I've come up with this new product to sell at our flea market store. We make necklaces out of little pieces of tootsie rolls...tie them together with yarn, a bow between each piece. I must have made 50 of them already and my blisters have blisters. We sell for for $1.00 each...20 pcs of candy in each necklace. The bags of candy have 360 pcs...cost about $5 per bag...so the profit is good if they prove to be as popular as we think they will.

We have added a lot of new stuff to our inventory. We have salt lamps, sequined newsboy hats, 22 inch vinyl dolls, and aquarium lights...in addition to our other stuff. The Sea Salt Crystals and electric oil warmer lights are still our biggest sellers. The beautiful dolls are selling too. In fact, we need to make another trip to Indy to buy more dolls. Our space keeps growing and filling up as we try to find just the right items to sell...you know, the things people just cant' live without and didnt realize it until they saw it.

Now, if the owners of the flea market would do a little more advertising and get more traffic thru the building, we might make a profit! So far, since January, it's been good enough that it is supporting itself, but all the money we take in has gone right back into buying more inventory.

We are carrying a lot of religious articles...signs, crystal paperweights, oil warmers, etc. and they sell pretty good. AT least they are conversation starters and give us the opportunity to share our faith with others.

Tammy is planning to go to Shipshewanna at least one week a month, perhaps more if she can. A couple of other vendors have offered to go in with her, sharing a booth, and helping her with the work. We're also planning to do the ThreeRivers Festival in July. Haven't decided yet whether we'll do the craft show there, as in years past, or get a booth in the vendors area. I have to do more research on this.