Don't try this at home..

My First Blog ... Where to start...

Those crazy first thoughts that I could run my own business from home around my family. Why not? people do it, or do they?Setting up a 'kitchen table' company from home is not so different from having a baby. There is the pleasure and pride of someone telling you that your product " is beautiful"," cute" or " they'd love one", then there is the pain.Not quite as bad as the time my son broke his arm or my other son smashed his front tooth out, it's more of a crushing, disappointment when someone tells you that it's a minimum order of a million pieces (not quite, but might as well be) and that it will cost you £25,000. I want to say " I do still want to stay married and my husband is behind me 100% but I couldn't hide all those towels in the boot of the car like that Hobbs bag that has taken 3 days to get into the house."Other pleasures have included rediscovering real people, not just virtual ones on Etsy. At my local Business Gateway, where I have been to learn about Social Media (hence this blog), I  realised that non-invasive liposuction, life coaching and fly tying businesses are all being set up at this very moment.Pain. Using a mother and toddlers as a focus group. To be fair there were grans and gramps too but it was still daunting to approach strangers to find out their views, especially looking on in horror as a little super hero was given one of my adorable towels to drag around the floor, " Not to worry " I reassured " they come up beautifully after a wash and a tumble".