My name is Amy. I'm a 27 year old housewife, which is a job in of itself, and I also own a very small-time business that, for me, is just like playing with Play-Doh but on a grownup level (shamless plug to my little business is below). I am also a part-time caretaker for my grandmother. I'm also a writer, painter, artist in general, and a free shrink to my best friends and family members - haha. None of these positions are really money-making.
My husband is the sole breadwinner of the household, but doesn't mind and prefers that I stay home, especially with our desire to begin a family in the near future.
We have had a lot happen to us in the last year that might possibly tear a couple apart. A huge (800 miles both ways huge) move that proved to be the wrong thing financially and emotionally to do, and forced us to move back home. Jobless, incomeless months, dependence on family that we honestly have hated, but we couldn't have asked for a more loving support system through it all. Even now, after he has been hired onto a great job with excellent benefits, we still have our financial struggles. Gas prices falling has been a blessing here lately.
But with this past Halloween we have celebrated another year of marriage, making three years all together. September however was the anniversary of when we first met eighteen years ago, but that's a whole 'nother' blog.
I had my small business on a hiatus starting April of last year because my anxiety and depression got to me and caused me to panic when to a sane person, there would have been no need. Unfortunately the honest truth of it is I am my own worst critic and analyze every single thing that could go wrong in my mind constantly, over and over. So my one pocket-money source was gone. For awhile before then I was actually doing decently with it. I revived it this past September and much like in its early days, it is taking a long time to breathe life back into it; but with the support of my family, friends, and my husband, I'm pressing on and trying to keep it going. I don't expect to make a lot - as long as I have a little money of my own that I personally earned, I am happy.
I have already had a few orders, but I am hopeful for many more. I was sitting in my room earlier thinking about incentives and offers for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, which I sense there will be a blog about closer to that time. I'm also always thinking of new ideas to create, so almost everything I make with polymer clay goes up on the site, whether for sale or not.
I don't operate from an etsy shop, nor do I do traditional advertisements. I rely on free advertising and word of mouth, which has done decently for a small town and an even smaller business, if I must say!
Truth be told, I know not to expect much of an income with my blog, as I have read many articles and researched making money by writing blogs and they are not get-rich-quick schemes. But it can be done, so honestly I am willing to try. I don't lead an interesting life every day, but I have moments that can certainly make it seem that way. I suppose anything can be a topic, and I do think a lot. Perhaps too much. So, why not let my fingers do the walking and try? I have nothing to lose.
I can't promise the blogs will get more interesting for you as time goes on, but they prove to be an interesting venture in life for a shy, self-labeled introvert,
The link to my business: Amy's Creations
My husband and I on our belated honeymoon in Pigeon Forge at the Hollywood Wax Museum
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