Inside The Love

At this time last year, I was moving fast forward on my idea of a custom jewelry website and had established the name, created the LLC and was evaluating logo designs. One year later,  HarpersLove is now a reality. Over the last 12 months, I have fallen deep into the experience of putting everything I have into this idea. 

I have this vision for what I believe I can make HarpersLove become but it comes down to the reality of will it be? Every day I wake up and I ask myself, will today be the day where I get the big break? Some days, I feel completely nervous and grey. Other days, I get over come by excitement about what I can accomplish. The emotions of starting a business are exhausting and when you do it alone, it is overwhelming to say the least. The key is to allow every feeling run through your head, allow the grey days to be there, but never give up on the idea.

I do not have a boss, I do not have a team, I do not have co-worker, I do not have a commute, I do not have a salary. When I worked in the traditional corporate world, there were so many people to meet, mingle, gossip with and gossip about. Your day was filled with 5-6 meetings, maybe 1 productive meeting and a minimum of 3 hours of emails that resulted in no more than 1 significant decision a day. Seriously, not exaggerating. Now, I squeeze in work during my kids' nap times, during their play time in the am and pm if they let me and any time I can get away for a few minutes to think. I accomplish more in a 2 hours than I used to be able to in 8 hours + 2 hours of commuting. 

When I had a boss, a team, co-worker, I would spend my time concerned and anxious about the politics of it all. How exhausting!!! Today, my thoughts are towards my vision, my ideas for making it happen and the excitement of it all. Now the question is, can my vision, my dream be realistic?

The goal right now is 2 things: get the word out and get funded

I just launched my first national deal via HalfOffDeals.com but I absolutely could use help to secure national exposure. If you have ideas, contacts, suggestions please send me your thoughts: michelle@harperslove.com

In addition, if you would love to help us advertise, you can share the website with your friends and/or check our attempt to raise money for advertising. If you can spare some change, I will make sure you get the best deal possible on any product + we have gift cards to offer.

http://www.rockethub.com/projects/22502-newly-launched-custom-jewelry-website-harperslove-needs-funding-for-ads#description-tab

OK, now off to making a healthy dinner for the family. Phew, got the blog updated this week!

Good Night!
Michelle