3. Make It look Good

It helps if you can incorporate some design. A colorful tablecloth, some cheap decorations, and a friendly smile can attract costumers, like the stand below. Pick a few colors and use them to decorate.

photo from nypost.com

 

4. Know what they want

Do the people in your neighborhood love coffee? Are you projecting towards kids, who love cookies? It helps to know what the people you want to sell to want. Also take into consideration the weather. You may not want to serve lemonade on a cool day, just like you may not want to serve coffee on a hot one.

Are you looking to make a little money this summer? I am! I have been an entrepreneur for as long as I can remember. I’ve sold lemonade, pastries, coffee, crochet and knit items, and jewelry. I’ve never been extraordinarily successful, but that dose’t stop me from trying, and I am continually getting better at selling! Here’s my best tips to start a business:

1. Know your abilities

Making a small business really depends on your personal abilities. Can you crochet, knit, or bake? Are you a crafter? If so, base your business on what you know how to do. Making a business by learning is great, but it helps if you can put together a business by doing something you’re already good at and enjoy

2. Make a business plan

Many people skip this part. It is really important to map out exact costs and profit. Plunging right into a business with no real plan can get you in financial trouble. Here’s what your plan should look similar to:

Concept:

We plan to sell too (Who are you projecting to sell too?). We will sell (What do you plan on presenting to your costumers? Ask: What do they want?) cupcakes, lemonade, bracelets.

My Goals:

I plan to learn how to do business, earn and save money, and teach my friend to crochet.

 

Financial

Costs:

$4.00 (Funfetti mix, 2 boxes)

$2.00 (Cups)

$0.50 (eggs)

$3.00 (vegetable oil)

Price List:

$1.00 (cupcakes, each)

$1.00 (lemonade, each)

$2.00 (bracelets, each)

Profits:

If we sell 5 cups of lemonade, 10 bracelets, and 15 cupcakes, we will earn X amounts of money.

 

Remember, this is just a fake sample business plan, and you can customize your own to your individual needs.

Also be looking out for part 2 of Step Up From The Classic Lemonade Stand, which will be coming within the next couple weeks.

Thank you for reading thi.! have a blessed day and God bless you!

 

 

Lately I’ve been into curling my hair. Not just curling it, but finding easy heatless ways to curl it. After watching several Youtube videos, I decided eventually I would buy rollers especially for the purpose of curling hair.

I wasn’t expecting to find what I wanted at TJ Maxx while cruising through the isles. I bought the rollers and tested them out. Here’s the result:

This photo was taken from our computer so it isn’t the best quality.

Anyway, these are bendable foam rollers. You roll your hair up and bend them to secure the hair in place. Because they are reasonably comfortable to sleep on, I curled my hair overnight. In the morning I took them out and the result was better than expected!!

I 100% recommend these rollers. They create beautiful, relatively painless curls that are heatless and easy to use.

The rollers are bendable and stay in place

 

As spring begins to unfold I took advantage of the green grass and plants. I also got a couple new model horses and decided to use them to create some fun scenes! For these photos I used Cream, Thunder, Apache, and Butterscotch.

 

And now for a quick blooper!

 

 

This winter my model horse barn was falling apart. The hooks fell, the walls crumbled, and the stalls where cramped. Plus, no storage for tack or feed. I decided to remodel the interior.

 

1. First I removed the stall walls and cleaned the floor with wipes.
2. Then I used panels of wood and popsicle sticks to create a tack room with a top.
3. Next I used wood squares for stall sides and glued them in place.
4. Then I bent and cut paper clips into the shape of hooks.
5. Using scissors, I measured and cut pieces of thin rope.
6. I then glued the hooks to the front of the wood squares. Later I tied the thin rope to the hooks so it could be removable.
7. Then I glued saddle racks (cut & glued popsicle sticks) to the tack room, along with the extra hooks to be made into bridle hooks.
8. Finished!

 

  

   

 

I wanted to do something a little different in my hair recently, so I experimented with straw curls! Here’s how to make them:

1.  Take a straw and a bit of hair (preferably wet and after a shower) and wrap the hair around the middle of the straw.

2. Then bend the straw in half and secure it with a rubber band. Let set for 1-4 hours. I did it overnight, but I don’t recommend it because it hurt to sleep on. Bad planning on my part. 🙂

3. In a couple hours, remove the straws and marvel at the bouncy curls!

 

Mine turned out well. So beautiful!

 

Quite awhile ago we left for the drive to my Grandparent’s house. My Grandparents have cats, dogs, geese, ducks, and chickens. Plus, a huge property with a garden and 14-foot trampoline.

 

The cat’s name’s are Clofious and Baby. Clofious black and white and is occasionally seen lurking around a building, but he always comes back at night when my Grandma feeds him. Baby is even more seldom seen and is the same colors as Clofious except fluffier.

The two dogs are Sandy and Brea. Sandy is a part Australian Shepherd who is medium-sized, tan, and spotted with red-brown flecks. She has the most adorable “smile” on her face all the time, and she’s super energetic and wild. Brea (which means ‘pitch’ or ‘tar’ in Spanish) is a black lab mix. Unlike jumpy Sandy, he’s mostly calm and gentle. He has gentle-looking brown eyes and a sweet cheerful face. One funny perk about him is that when he is excited, his ears go way up.

There are 3 geese; Cloud, Popcorn, and Snow. Cloud is easy to distinguish from the others because he only has one clipped wing. Popcorn is the loudest, and Snow is the largest.

The ducks are Rosemary, Oregano, and Basil. Rosemary is the only female of both the ducks and the geese, and she’s considerably the smallest. The boys, Oregano and Basil, are similar in appearance, but Basil is larger.

My Grandparents have many chickens, but only a few are named. Rainbow Twinkle Toes is a Barred Plymouth Rock hen. Miriam, my sister, and I painted her claws with a glittery rainbow nail polish, so now we can distinguish her from the other hens. Sparkles is a fluffy Cinnamon Queen hen with peculiar gold marks on her neck feathers. And finally, named by my silly  sister is Breathing Problems, famous for her near-bare neck. She’s real skittish and basically hates all humans.

 

Here are some photos from our trip and my Grandparent’s property.

Cloud and Popcorn hanging out

Sandy loves to lick my face.

She also loves to jump.

The henhouse is full because of the cold temps outside!

 

The one chicken curious enough to endure cold to see what I am doing.

The jumping course I made for Sandy from logs and bricks

Sandy and Brea’s greeting.  Sandy really caught some air!

The beautiful courtyard.

 

 

 

Sandy’s joyous frolic and Brea’s battle for attention. And yes. I am barefoot in the sand.

When Sandy finally calms down she’s a real friendly little gal. See her smile?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today, November 15, we got our first snow! It snowed 4 or 5 inches and we’ve been playing outside all day.

 

First, I got ready by putting on my coat (brand new from Old Navy. Yay!) and shoes. Then I went outside with my almost 10-year-old sister Miriam to make our winter tradition: Neighborhood’s Biggest Snowball.

We paused after awhile to ride our sled down the measly, tiny hills. But don’t let that fool you. With 5 daredevil kids in our family, we “snowboarded” by standing up on the sled and riding down, jumped on the moving sled, went backwards, and dodged the moving sled. And we nearly died. (just kidding! But I did get my hair pulled and my sister did a summersault on my back by accident.)

Now we have our clothes in the dryer and are about to go back out and attempt to make the largest snowball in the history of snowballs. Wish us luck! I’ll post some pictures in the next day or so of our fun!

I recently was able to visit my amazing friend, Rachel! We both have completely different hair. Rachel’s hair is a little shorter than mine and is dark and curly. She thought it would be fun to both do blog posts on each other doing our hair. Here’s a link to Rachel’s amazing blog: https://joyfulcreationsblog.wordpress.com

 

We accidentally took this picture with the flash on, so my hair looked extra shiny. Rachel had it all brushed out and ready to go.

 

Here we had a second go without the flash.

 

Here Rachel did a loose fishtail braid on my hair and I thought it looked fantastic! Sorry the photo is a little blurry.

 

As an attempt to do another cool hairstyle, Rachel did this simple braided half-up.

 

Here I am with Rachel in the middle of my braided half-up!

 

My turn! I did another braided half-up for lack of creative hairstyles. It was slightly lopsided but Rachel looked so cute in it!

 

Here’s a slightly different angle at that braid I did.

 

Here’s Rachel and I at the end of my visit. We had so much fun!

#1: Cover the stick of a lamp in washi tape and marvel at the cool colors!

#2: Frame photos with washi tape to give them an extra touch of color.

#3: You can also make homemade cards that are super easy and fun!