One of my favorite things about having my own business is being able to sell things that I love. I was recently inspired by some handmade notebooks that I ran across on Etsy. I love all things having to do with paper, writing, reading, drawing, etc. To that end, I bought the equipment so that Todd and I could make our own notebooks that we could offer on Hackberry Creek.
The photo above is an example of some of our art notepads. We also have some fun ones made from upcycled boxes and bags such as Doritos, Lucky Charms and other food and consumer products. You can see our entire selection here.
Fall is the busiest time of year at Hackberry Creek. Thus, we are working very hard this summer in preparation for our "busy season." We are getting in a lot of new inventory like these gorgeous enamel beads.My friend and Evan's teacher, Coach, came over to help me package beads yesterday. Thanks for the help, Coach!
Pretty enamel beads.
Coach inspecting and packaging beads.
As I've said before, one of my favorite things is getting new merchandise. I got some fun charms in this week and have had a great time packaging them. The wizards remind me of Professor Dumbledore in the Harry Potter books/movies. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is scheduled to come out on July 15th. I know Chad will want to see it.
I know it is summer, but when I saw these adorable Halloween beads that I just got in, I felt a bit of Fall in the air.
One of the most popular items that we sell at Hackberry Creek are our U Bead It Pendants. They are so great because the tops screw off and on which makes it a snap to individualize them with your favorite beads to make fan pulls, key chains, zipper pulls, necklace pendants, etc. Even children can use them to create since all you have to do is slide the beads on (with adult supervision, of course).We started out carrying them in a long 2 1/4 inch length. We received tons of requests for shorter ones, so then we worked with our manufacturer to get a 1 3/4" size. Still, the requests continued for even smaller ones and finally today, we got the mini size delivered. They are 1 1/4" long and have a 1/2" inch space for beads, the perfect size for that special lampwork bead. Here are they are in action. So cute!
Mini U Bead It's in action.
Evan started daycamp this week, but Chad has school through Thursday. Thus, Chad has been on his own after school and has had to find ways to keep himself busy for a couple of hours until Todd brings Evan home from daycamp. Yesterday I heard the words that all mothers dread, "Mom, I'm bored." I thought I gave a good response. Very calmly I said, "Gosh, Chad, it is only the beginning of summer. You could go ride your skateboard, play basketball, draw, read, go on the slip and slide, play a game, do some arts and crafts, or if you want to, help me with some beads." He didn't really like any of my ideas. What makes me think this is going to be a long summer?
I got to do one of my favorite things today, open new boxes of merchandise. These gorgeous window beads are decorated with bronze all around the edge and had me drooling as I took them out of the box.
I just got in a lot of new bead storage containers. These cute little tubes are one of my favorites. They are so girly with the bright pink lids.
One of my favorite things about my business is getting new inventory in and packaging it up. Here is a photo of some cute charms that we recently added to our inventory. There is nothing like new stuff to get the creative juices flowing.
