Opening an Etsy Store

Well here we go...the store is called Kio Made.  I know, it isn't Funkytown Furballs, but it encompasses a variety of things we make: Carolyn's scarves, Shane's feed bag wallets, and my photography.  Hopefully people will like what they see.  We are not looking to make a fortune, only to earn enough to help offset the costs associated with raising Angora rabbits, chickens, goats, etc.  Plus, there has always been a part of me that felt the need to be validated by having someone buy something of mine. 

Selling Scarves

Carolyn donated one of her felted merino, silk, and angora scarves to our school's Junior Beta Club.  They were holding an auction to raise funds for a trip to their national convention.  It was quite exciting the day the auction came.  The auctioneer asked Carolyn to bring her scarf up on stage for the audience to see.  She told them a little about how she made the scarf and then the bidding proceeded.  I thought she was going to jump through the roof when her scarf sold for $115.  The gentleman who had bought it even wanted to take her picture holding the scarf so he could show his wife the child who had made the scarf he had bought.  Wow!  Now Carolyn even has teachers at the school placing orders for scarves.  Of course she is selling them for only $30, not the $115 it brought at auction.