Patience

When one starts a business these days, especially a bootstrapped microbusiness, it is easy to become discouraged with the starts and stops that are par for the course during the development stage.  In today's digital age we have become accustomed to Googling articles and how-to tutorials for just about every imaginable contingency one can imagine.  Problems that took months to solve are often resolved within a few hours or days.  Still, life happens, and some things just cannot be fixed with the benefit of Google.com.  That is precisely the situation I am encountering right now.

The interactive showroom I had envisioned in April 2010 is in its final stage before beta testing.  My web designer and I are encountering some final challenges with software.  Once the content is published, we can move on to furnishing the rest of the GVC virtual home.  I appreciate your patience during this process.  It will ultimately prove worth the wait.

Keep in mind the ultimate mission of Georgia Vivienne Creations, which is to support mompreneurs and microbusinesses in America and around the world by selling their products at the GVC site and highlighting their businesses so they may grow and attract more customers.  When the interactive showroom is complete, GVC will feature Haitian products, products from Midwestern vendors, and other vendors I have not had the privilege to meet yet.

When we finally launch the site, I invite you to come check it out and say hello in the GVC guestbook located on the blog page.  Say hello and sign the guestbook on our blog page.  I look forward to hearing from you and any suggestions regarding the site and future products.

Introducing Neoprimitive Dolls

I am pleased to introduce a new addition to Georgia Vivienne Creations, neoprimitive dolls.  While inspired by primitive dolls, mine are decidedly feminine and made from recycled fabrics instead of muslin.  It's prim with a twist.  Right now I am working on Tangerine, Tanny for short.  She is a 51-inch-tall neoprim made from duck cloth and painted with acrylic paint.  When I look at this reddish-brown-gold prim with wide eyes, triangle nose, and full lips, she reminds me that planning is wise, but a plan's execution may not end up looking like one had planned.

By not using a pattern, and instead following a largely intuitive process, I have almost completed a rather unusual-looking prim, a painted sculpture, a conversation piece.  I love her.  She is a one-of-a-kind home decor doll, and I love her spontaneity.  Her spontaneity speaks to our ability to adapt to life.
Tanny reminds me that ultimately life works out, even when it looks differently than I had planned.