Typical mid-week reflection time for me. Hitting a lot of high notes this week with business plans coming together. Things that have stymied me for months now have anwers, and with some resolution, suddenly there is clarity. What I appreciate most about the timing is the affirmation it has provided in how I must continue to make things unfold for my business and my chosen course.
Most businesses are not built overnight, and Daisy Janie is no exception. On the "about" page on my website, this statement has been there for 3 years: "Daisy Janie is future-focused and projects in the works include wholesale availability of Jan's custom fabrics." My husband - with his intuitive foresight - was always able to see this vision, as he constantly pushed me toward fabrics and away from sewing handbags. He wanted me to be able to capitalize on my talents before the market was saturated with independent fabric designers (who are willing to print their own fabrics & sell them directly). Well, I'm not sure I hit that mark (he's always been ahead of his time), but I'm sort of glad. In hindsight, I can see I needed to take an indirect path to make the connections I made along the way. Connections to others, to myself, to my work, to my talents, to my philosophies, to the world. In many ways, the past 3 years have been as much like a stressful internship as they have a voyage of self-discovery. I treasure all that I have absorbed along the way - good, bad, indifferent - b/c this is the right time for me. And that has never been more clear.
