Showing posts with label business. Show all posts
Showing posts with label business. Show all posts

Friday, November 17, 2017

The Business - Happy Hound Collection

Some of you may remember that Maddy
has a little doggie bandana business.  
Since it's been about a year since she first started it,
I thought I'd do a quick update!

Muffy - modeling one of the flannel tie-on bandanas!
Last year around this time, Maddy and I attended and sold
at our first and only craft fair.
While it was a fun and learning experience, we learned
that most of the people visiting our church-sponsored
craft fair were little old ladies whose dogs had just died.
Soooo, they were not at all interested in our adorable doggie bandanas.  
Nothing against lol [little old ladies], of course,
as I am getting to be one of them, but we quickly figured out they
were not our target audience.
Maddy researched a plan and decided an etsy (homemade items) store
was the way to go!  She made a logo and set up the Etsy
site, listing products and doing all kinds of social media
posts on Instagram.
She's had over 572 sales since her business
started in February, 2017!  That does not include
direct sales to friends and neighbors.
Isn't that amazing!
So proud of her and all her hard work!
She really connects with her customers and has developed
so many Happy Hound friendships!
We love visiting the fabric stores and choosing fabrics and 
sewing, sewing, sewing!
Plus, our Scottie Muffy, has thoroughly enjoyed
modeling and receiving loads of treats for her hard work!
If you'd like to see any bandanas currently available,
check it out at   Happy Hound Collection
Yawning or just waiting for another treat?  Modeling is a tough gig!



Thursday, April 27, 2017

"Where Are They Now"

Maddy was selected to participate in a
Junior Achievement Pitch Night -- "Where Are They Now?"
segment this week!
Back in middle school [was that only 1 year ago???],
 the students developed, pitched products and sold
items just like JA did back in the dark ages
when I was in high school. 
But . . . we did JA in high school, didn't you?
And no, I am not telling you
how many years ago that was!


Anyhooo -- due to her little booming etsy business, 
her business/computer
teacher, Mrs. B, called and asked her
to be in the "Where are They Now" portion of
the Pitch Night!

It was so much fun for her to talk about the bandana business and
answer questions from the experts (business leaders from our community)
and to visit with teachers/parents from her middle school days.
Proud Mom moment to be sure!
Since the end of January, she's sold over 200 bandanas!
That's a lot of stylish pups out there! :)
Thanks for the invite Mrs. B!