You had your child's hand and footprints created by an amazing ceramic handprint lady. 

You fell in love with the idea.

You have written down all the things you can remember from your appointment.

You have even come up with a few cute business names.

This is something you can do from home.

You think you can do it.

You get really excited.

You seriously start thinking this could be an actual option for you.

THEN...

The part of your brain that tries to protect you from failure kicks in.

It says, but, what if it doesn't work?

There are other people doing this.

I have never done ceramics before. (except that one time in high school)

I have never started a business before, why do I think I can do this?

Ekkk, this is scary.

Just notice all of those thoughts.

That is all that they are, thoughts.

Look at the different brain patterns going on here. Same brain, doing what it is supposed to do, protect you AND move you forward in life.

Which thoughts do you believe?

The good news...

I bet you are wondering what the start up costs are for starting your own Ceramic Handprint Business. This is by far the question I get asked the most.

Well, I have got the answer.

Let me preface my words with this thought...

You are wanting to start a business and you know that with any business you will need to invest some time and money into it.

If you are approaching this business as a hobby, it will only be a hobby. If you approach it as a business and you lay the proper ground work, it will serve you well as a profitable business.

The people I train understand the principle of ROI, return on investment.

As with ANY business there are costs associated with running a business. This business is no different. You do need to do a little investing to get your business going. The good news is that the costs are pretty minimal.

If you are working at home, which is why this business is so appealing, your overhead is low. Purchasing your supplies is pretty inexpensive.

The largest...

One of my favorite things with my Ceramic Hand & Foot Impressions business is creating the studio space for my customers.

I love having a space where they feel comfortable coming into my home.

When I started my business back in 2000, I used my kitchen table. I set up and took down on the days I had appointments. I work up over the years, to having a room just for my customers. But, until then, my kitchen table was perfect.

I have had several studio spaces over the years, as I moved at different times. This was my last one....

You will notice in the picture that the lower levels of my book shelf are empty. I learned very quickly that it was best not to have anything breakable at toddler level. If you have toddlers yourself, you are very aware of this!

 I always make sure I have many many samples for my customers to look at. I found it was good to give my customers ideas and options to pick and choose from.

What you do not see in the picture is a couch I had to the left of...

Hello New Trainee!

I am so happy you are here. I hope you are excited to get started with your new Ceramic Hand & Footprint business.

I have been busy on the back end of my website. Changing things up and making it beautiful and informative for you.

I am in the middle of transferring over the blogs from my old site to this brand new site.

So, there may be a splattering of uploads, but they are all here for you to read and explore and get excited for you to begin YOUR business.

In the meantime, if you have any questions, just let me know.

Send me an email anytime...

[email protected]

Oodles of love,

Amy

Happy New Year Beautiful!

2017....Bring it ON!

How many years have you spent sitting down on New Year's Eve or New Year's Day and written a list of your new year goals??? 

If you are like me...every year, right?!

Well, of course I still want to lose weight, make more money, improve my relationships, go on a nice vacation, read more etc. All those goals are in check and being worked on but...

This year I am making two changes that will give me more time for all of these things (above list) to manifest into my life; I am not keeping my phone by my bed during the night and I am getting up and out of bed at the same time (earlier) everyday (with the exception of a few weekend days here and there.)

I love my phone. It keeps me connected and it keeps me entertained. It makes it so I can escape for hours at a time, if I let myself. Sometimes, that is okay, everyday and night (into the wee hours of the mornings too) is not okay.

I resolve to connect more in real life. Phone calls,...