Gracefully Inspired

How does a new small business survive the problems with our economy? That is a question we have been wondering lately. The good news is that this is only side work for us. We all work full-time together at a helpline. But, despite the fact that we don't necessarily need the income from Gracefully Inspired, it can still be discourging to see our business move along so slowly.

The thing we need to focus on is the reason we started Gracefully Inspired in the first place, which was basically to be able to create with friends. And for a moment there in the fall when the business was a little more successful, we were working hard to meet our quotas, but I feel a lot of what I worked on lacked any real creativity. This is the perfect time for us to focus on the artistic side of Gracefully Inspired. We have time to design things that are really from the heart.