I think of that saying "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. " I like it because you don't fight the problem, you create something good with it. I say when life gives you roses, make rose bouquets.
One thing rose sellers often worry about is having too many roses. I actually tend to worry about the opposite, sometimes to a fault. Occasionally I'll be doing very well and I'll start worrying I'll run out of roses, then the night starts slowing down. That's not good either, but I do try to plan to have plenty as when I first sold roses I ran into several occasions where I sold out which was great but if I had more roses on that occasion I could have made a lot more money.
Last weekend since I also have a wholesale business now I had more roses than I was likely going to sell. So besides my singles and bouquets I made little 2 rose bouquets. Then I went into my closet which is stuffed with all the smaller stuffed animals I bought(life gave me stuffed animals also). I attached them to my 2 rose bouquets and made them very prominent in my basket and sold those all night, more than I sold my singles. I sold it for $10.
I used items that would have gone to waste or would have sat around collecting space for a lot longer and moved them and it was great, it created an item that sparked new interest from the buyers and instead of selling singles mostly that night I sold those and my bigger bouquets.
This could also save a person from having to go out an extra night to get get them sold, which is often less profitable than doing something on a Friday that pulls in more buyers for a higher priced item.
The week before I made dozen roses bouquets and sold them at a great price for the buyer.
Anyway I've learned some other things in life you can make lemonade with. I mentioned I was going to be talking about this in an earlier blog. I think I will get around to posting that tomorrow.
See ya,
Claire
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