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Hobby turned small business venture.....

Last week, when I posted for Skittles' "heads of tails" meme, I talked about a hobby that turned out to be a " out of our home" business venture.

It all started about 10 years ago, when I bought a heat in the microwave bag at a local craft show. It was just a bag filled with field corn, that would hold the heat for an extended period of time and the bag could be applied anywhere on the body to relieve pain. I brought it home and it worked!



















I thought what a great gift this would be!..... But I soon found out that the little lady that I bought it from had retired and was no longer making them.
One day Hubby came home with a tension headache and I told him that I had just the thing for it. He tried it and said that we should make them for family Christmas gifts. The following Christmas we did, and they were a big success. Soon family members were ordering them for their friends. The next year, Hubby suggested renting a spot at a craft show. Again we did well, and even had follow-up orders from people that had received them as gifts!




























To make a long story short, 10 years and many, many bags later, we are still goin' strong!! Our handmade bags have gone to 5 countries and over 18 states!

And it all started in our family room . . . . . .

3 comments:

  1. Wow! Interesting! It's great when we can make money from our hobby! That's really a blessing!

    Thanks Suzy, for coming to my blog and leave a kind comment... hope you can be my friend..

    cheers!

    Trinity

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  2. Suzy,
    That's wonderful that you were able to turn a craft into a home business.

    I've read about these bags, but never tried them.

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  3. oh wow.suzy that is awesome and those bags are great!!!! I'm bookmarking your lovely blog.oh and where in canada did you visit???have a great day

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