MY FAVORITE BUSINESS

WHEN I RAISED MY BABY BOY WHEN HE WAS UNDER SIX, I BEGAN AN ARTISTIC BUSINESS IN ORDER TO SPEND TIME RAISING MY SON. THIS GAVE ME AN OUTLET TO EXPRESS MY CREATIVITY WHILE I WAS HEALING, AND I BEGAN TO REDO OUR HOUSE AND FRONT AND BACKYARD GARDENS. MY BUSINESS BEGAN AS I HAD AN AHA MOMENT WATCHING SEVERAL PEOPLE BUILD INDOOR FOUNTAINS AT A CLASS I ATTENDED. I WAS ALWAYS FASCINATED WITH STONES AND GEMS OF ALL TYPES WHICH I PLACED IN THE FOUNTAINS. I ALSO COLLECTED STONE FROM THE BEACH AND FROM RIVERS. I CONTACTED SEVERAL POTTERS TO HAVE VARIOUS SHAPED CONTAINERS. I SENT AWAY FOR MOTORS OF FISH TANKS THAT RECIRCULATED THE WATER IN THE FOUNTAINS. I BUILT SEVERAL LARGE FOUNTAINS FOR ACUPUNCTURISTS IN DIFFERENT STATES. I USED MANY DIFFERENT ROCKS AND GEMS THAT I BOUGHT AT LANDSCAPE PLACES. I CARVED OUT LAVA ROCKS TO HOLD THE TUBES FOR THE FOUNTAIN WATER. SLATE AND ABALONE AND GEMS WERE USED IN THE CONTAINERS TO MAKE INTERESTING EARTHSCAPES. I ALSO INCLUDED WATER PLANTS - EACH FOUNTAIN WAS UNIQUE. I SOLD THEM MOSTLY AT GIFT AND BOOK STORES, AND I ATTENDED SEVERAL HEALTH AND OTHER FAIRS TO ATTRACT PEOPLE TO MY BUSINESS. IT WAS MORE OF A FUN HOBBY. I LEARNED THAT I ENJOYED SELLING MORE THAN MAKING THE FOUNTAINS AT THAT TIME. I EVEN SOLD THEM TO GIFT SHOPS IN MARIN COUNTY.