One Day Parade

My 5 things I wish I'd knew before starting a business!

1) The power of NO
2) Time is on your side
3) Busy is not a badge of honor
4) You're not the center of their universe
5) This is not the end game

What are the things you wish you knew from the beginnings? Comment below, I'd love to hear from you! 👋🏽

Joehoee guys 👋🏽 Well, where to start!! I was SO convinced to be able to share my new collection with you soon. But I'm afraid that that's not going to happen....No manufacturer was able to give me transparent prices because they just don't know what to expect either. Cotton prices have gone up with 30% and energy bills are insane. And Winter hasn't even started yet.

I tried everything but the financial risk is just too high. Production process will take months and who knows what's going to happen during these unpredictable times? If my manufacturer needs to pull the plug during production process I'd lose my 50% downpayment + I would then also need to payback the downpayment of my stores. Which is lost in my downpayment to the manufacturer....well you get the picture.

For the past two weeks I've been quite sad over the idea that my temporarily break from ODP now seems to turn into a long term thing. Not sure if I'll stop forever but I'm not going to start either.

BUT eventhough my canvas for my illustrations is gone for now, my artistic bizz heart is not! I've done all the feel-good things a gal does when heartbroken and now I feel ready again to start.
I have an attic filled with previous collections to sell and untill I find (another) canvas I'll just keep on illustrating. Let's see where this is going to take us 🦋