I'mmmmmm back!!! I am taking my blog back as a place to write and share......not just about the business of Greetings from Geralyn....but, my life as I continue to search out what is the American Dream and achieve it successfully? I will be sharing my thoughts on the pursuit of happiness in this ever changing world. This picture ends up being my favorite picture I took last year. It captures a day I ended up in New York City, by myself. I went to the Stationery show at the Jacob Javits center where I was seeing what was new and exciting and ended up walking south through Greenwich Village and SoHo. I came across this store and it answered all my questions. Basically, this store told me to be myself. brand myself, have some kind of service available, have great fixturing, appeal to all of the senses upon entering the store, have something in the window to make you want to walk in, be colorful, have a continuity and flow in product choices, be friendly and inviting, be whimsical, well basically it was perfect in everything I want would want in a store. As, I continued to walk I felt I would need a lot of money to make this happen. But, as a store owner and listening to my customer I really felt confident I could do this with creativity and not a lot of money. But, I still feel the environment of business, in general, is not ready to let the little guy win. I still need a paycheck week to week to depend on and health insurance. So, basically this is why we closed our location. I still have the hope of having a place of my own again, it just won't be anytime soon. Glen has basically come into his own as the maker of all the product and we think we can really take what he has started and bringing it to different customers around the country. We have an opportunity to sell his product in Arcade Radio, the store next to where our location was in Convention Hall. This would allow us to see the country and enjoy music festivals and be able to do shows at the same time. It will problably take about a year to start seeking out venues and opportunties before we actually start doing the shows. Our blog will be a great opportunity for you to share in our journey. Looking forward and curious to see what is ahead for us. Meanwhile, here is a great quote on curiousity:
I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on. Life was meant to be lived. Curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
Eleanor Roosevelt
The above post is from my blog Greetings from Geralyn. It was one of my last posts on that blog and I feel all of this post has come true for me in the last few months as I work for April Cornell, now. Everything I was wishing for has come true, especially with our new location in Spring Lake.
I have taken a bit of a break, actually the longest since I started blogging, but I have been happy and my goals and intentions of this blog post from the past has been fulfilled. I used to write more as I have been struggling with fear of my future. Now, I deal with fear of success. I am afraid of Murphy's law. I have always had the attitude of Murphy's law. So, when I am happy, I don't share it so much, because I am afraid of the rug being pulled from underneath my feet. But, I always love to share my success and others. So, today I am declaring I will try to blog more often. I will concentrate on Art and the creative process. I also would like to focus on store fronts. I want to feature windows I have seen all over the world in the last few years, and have some kind of forum of a place where others can share their storefronts to inspire others,also. I also, would like to share my venture into watercolor painting as meditation and setting intentions.
