| You've been wondering for quite some time how | | | | how you could use your lettering and stenciling |
| you can wedge your foot in the home business | | | | skills to use. |
| door. For some time, you've had plenty of ideas | | | | Next, you go to your kitchen to pick up another |
| but none of them have translated into reality yet. | | | | wedding party gift. This personalized mug could |
| You've been watching your friends waltzing by, | | | | only be called personalized in that it had the |
| leaving their tiresome day jobs one after another, | | | | married couple's initials painted on it, paint which |
| and then, hearing their success stories about how | | | | was starting to chip off. You run through the |
| they just "realized" that what they've always | | | | various ways in which no chipping could occur, and |
| wanted to do was right at their own backyard, | | | | take notes on a variation of what else you can |
| and how stupid they felt that they hadn't thought | | | | put on this wedding party gift. |
| of it earlier. | | | | Once you've started, it's hard to stop you. This |
| Well, you've been looking at your own backyard | | | | personal humidor could use some sprucing up. You |
| (and your kitchen and garden and garage) but | | | | figure that not everybody goes for these |
| have come to no epiphany of your own. You | | | | all-wood themes anymore, and there's a lot you |
| have no idea if you should make something from | | | | can do to liven it up with colors. |
| scratch. You know you are crafty, but don't really | | | | As you start mapping out your plans of action for |
| have the tools necessary for constructing | | | | your epiphany, you list through all the wedding |
| anything. | | | | party gift suppliers you know. For sure, a lot of |
| Until one day, you find yourself looking at a | | | | canvassing has to be done. And then, there's all |
| friend's wedding magazine (she was getting | | | | the work cut for you crafts-wise. And then, |
| married and you wanted some gift ideas). | | | | there's the business of putting your business out |
| Something clicked as you realized that there are | | | | there, your networking and online resources have |
| many, many adverts for wedding party gifts. You | | | | to be tapped. For this to be done as effectively |
| feel outraged as you looked at the prices they | | | | as possible, you've got to have your lineup of |
| were being sold for. You hear your friends | | | | samples, pronto. It soundslike a lot of work, but it |
| indignant "And they aren't even tasteful!" as you | | | | also promises to be fun. All around you are friends |
| reach over and dial your local discount store and | | | | who are getting married, getting divorced then |
| confirm that, yes, they can provide you with a | | | | getting married again, and friends who have |
| big discount if you buy these bare wedding party | | | | friends and relatives who also go through the |
| gifts in volume. | | | | same cycle. |
| You head over to the living room in excitement | | | | You know you haven't even scratched the |
| and pick up what was once a hideous wedding | | | | surface yet. There are more wedding gift party |
| party gift. How they could call this money clip as | | | | ideas out there, and though you can't make those |
| such, you'll never know. It's functional enough, | | | | from scratch, there's a lot to be said for |
| true, but the lettering looked like a child's scrawl, | | | | middleman marketing and reinvention. |
| and you almost dance with glee as you formulate | | | | |