I cannot begin to tell you what making that first sale of something that I had created by my own hand felt like! To see my product being sold on the shelves of a gift shop (well really a gift shelf in our local drug store!) was a most incredible high. I really have never quite reproduced that feeling since. It gave me such a shot of courage and confidence that I could do this...I could make this into a business, I could start making my own income!
That was really the pivotal point that changed a hobby into a business. I became a driven saleswoman... making cold calls on shop after shop within a days drive of my home. I think many of those first sales were really pity sales because I was so bad at selling my product. My voice would quiver, my hands would shake..I was a mess, but thankfully my ornaments were selling themselves! My list of shops was growing....enough that I was working 20-30 hours a week painting. That may not sound like much, but as a mother of three small children it was a lot. But the satisfaction of having a business that was mine, was intoxicating. It kept me focused when it was hard to find the time get everything done, when it was hard to stay up late into each night painting, producing, and doing paperwork. It was hard work but so much more satisfying than any job I had held in the past. I was home with my kids putting my all of my energy into them and into building the foundation of The Chesapeake Bay Christmas Company.
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Thank you for reading and being our cheerleaders!
Lynn
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