Yow!!! Gas prices are going through the roof! How am I going to be able to start a business if I am not going to be able to afford to drive my people mover anywhere? I am still giving the cake decorator gig a lot of thought and I am liking it more and more. I will be able to control how much work I take on, when I take it on, how far or how close to home I want to go. It is a win win it seems. So what is the next step? There is a lot to do to get something started. You have to first LEARN how to decorate cakes professionally, so I am thinking a class or two may be in order. Then you have to start MAKING cakes for people to sample and critique and perfect. Then you have to SELL your new wares so that you can start making money on them. Lots of steps to get to making money to put four kids through college and maybe a take a small vacation once in awhile.
Well, even if cake decorating doesn't turn out to be my thing, it may at least be the jumping off point for me. I am not going to know if it what I want to do if I don't at least try it right? I have read that many successful business people started up like three or four different businesses before they found the successful one that was for them. So maybe this is where I should start. They say do what you love and I love to cook and bake and do almost anything with food. I mean, I started this blog and had never done anything like this before, and I am enjoying it, so cakes may be something I enjoy also. And I can always make it a family affair also. Kid #1 can be my sous chef and creative chef. Kid#2 is my muscle man so he would be my helper in transporting and moving and all that guy type stuff I would need. Kid #3 is here full time so she also could be a sous chef and creative consultant and maybe even a helper with making flowers and characters and such. She is very artsy and crafty that way. Of course Kid#4 is going to need jobs to do as well, so we will find things for her to do as well. Wonderful hubby will be off doing what he does.....work. But he will be my chief taste tester. He is as vanilla as they come so he is sensitive to flavors and will point out what he tastes and if it is too powerful or not enough.
So this is what I am thinking....I need to start making cakes and telling the world all about it. I have a big mouth and am loud, but I am not very good at selling myself to the world. But I have friends and family that are good at getting the word out so maybe I will put them to work as well. Lets hop on this ride and see how it goes!!!!!!
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