Lucy In Stitches

One Pound Richer

Today was O Day for Luce Stitch. It was one very wierd experience. I know it is my business venture, but I felt lost. I had some lovely customers come in to 'have a nosey,' and one lady even made a purchase, so now my business is offically £1 richer. It may not have been a big sale, just a little card, but its a start!!

Here are some pics to update you with how it is looking, I still think it feels empty. I am sure with time it will fill out....

I just want to say thankyou very much to everyone who has supported me with my future plans. I know it is early days, but without you all I would not have got this far.  I received some lovely good luck cards today and two bunches of flowers which was completly unexpected...

I am apparently now officially a business woman, as mum gave me something I had asked for as a christmas present early today... a fliofax!!

Please feel free to come and visit me in my little shop anytime. And Thankyou again.

Developments

Things are apparently moving forward with my future, so I am reassured by others. But, it does not feel like it... especially when you have to spent hours on the phone to BT to get a phone line, you would think they want your money!! Then there are little nice things that happen that brighten everything up.

For instance, last week I turned up on a horrid rainy dull day to find this...

And thursday, I had a lovely machine delivered....

This is a dubied, it is the type of knitting machine I trained on at University. It knits very very finely. It gives a beautiful outcome, but it does take alot of getting use to infact it is very much like a bike, when you fall off get straight back on, well... when your knitting falls off on your toes and you are very very angry, you just have to bite your tongue and start again.

Apart from my two lovely deliveries this week, all I appear to have done is made mess...

Monday and Tuesday it is time to start making it look like a pretty little shop. Mum has made me some lovely blinds, which she is kindly putting up for me tomorrow while I sort stuff! I am now going to unofficially open Tuesday as I am waiting on one BIG parcel which is coming on tuesday. Then hopefully start for real on Wednesday.
So hopefully later in the week I can Blog you Luce Stitch.

Halloween...

For some people Halloween is ghosts, vampires and pumpkins, this year for me its O-Day.... OPEN DAY. Im beginning to think it is far too soon, there is too much still to do, and not enough hours to do it in. So, I may be opening with an empty shop at this rate!!

However, me and mum did have a successful weekend sussing out the knitting market at the Knitting and Stitching show, and went to ikea on the way home for shop furniture...

Ikea fun...

Labels...

Sorting fun...

I will keep you posted next week, as to how or if developments are getting on for the 31st October.

B and A's

Most people would associate BA with holidays! Today it is Before and Afters.... Last week I managed to enrole a mum to help paint the unit with me. Then last night I managed to enrole a mum and Tim as carpet fitters. Finally today I managed to enrole a dad as a odd job man!!

So, now I have managed to take some pics of the development of my unit for you all to see.

BEFORE...

AND AFTER...

BEFORE...

AFTER...

It still needs a lot of TLC, but it is getting there. After a days DIY I came home to an exciting shop delivery...

Unfortunately we only had silver ink to test it with so you may have to enlarge picture to see its full beauty!!
My last little update is this...

In order for my business venture to go ahead I have had to take on some evening work. So, monday I started as a silver service waitress, was very scary, and I am now about to silver serve tea for practice!!

Boring Update

Sorry I have not posted in a while, and this is going to be a boring post.. as I can't think what pictures to put. I got the keys to my unit this week, so me and a helpful friend a.k.a MY MUM, have painted the unit cream to give it a fresh new look. I was meant to take some photos, my camera travelled there, but I forgot. I have also been training for my new job as a silver service waitress at dunston hall this week... scary. This week hopefully some shelving is going up at the unit, and I will try and update you all with some pics. Sorry for this short boring post, I will make the next one soon, and more exciting.... but I just do not know where the time has gone.