Bright Ideas

Dealing with life is hard work. My brain never quits and is always chugging along. I will guess that due to my surroundings and life choices, my bright ideas have accumulated into mostly 3 categories: craft, animals and people.

CRAFTING: this involves all manners of craft ranging from wood and metal to fabric and yarn to technology and media/mediums; natural resources (i.e. homesick baskets) to resources already created (i.e. restoration/recycling). I also always felt that crafting was an artistic creation whether it was building dog houses, putting together clothing or coloring wall art...or doing a combination of it all.

ANIMALS: because of my background and the need to know what the heck I am doing, this always fell more in the lines of just creating a space for animals to be and letting the actual experts to do the most with my helping hand.

PEOPLE: along the same wavelength as animals, and with the experience in growing up and management that was/is me and mine, this came in all sorts of directions with the intent to create a safe and entertaining space to be.

BOOKS and writing and all its entrails

Books, books, books!!! I am, as I have stated before, a major reader and had dreams of being a writer. I've have since discovered that I much prefer reading to writing, and so, have tailored my book bright ideas in that fashion. As such, owning a bookstore, reading/writing center or creating sites for books and their reviews or publications have entered the list. I have also realized books can be and are a part of any business. There will always be people who want to read on the subject in any capacity (fiction, non fiction, picture/children's books, adult books, how to's, what if's, fun ideas, experiences and adventures).

Animal action

Bright ideas: animals...have tended to be non profit in my head. spaces to take care of/rescue animals. sanctuaries in which animals can be adopted out as well as places they can come to stay (no kill). They have also always had an element of educating the masses as well. places the community can be informed and learn" like  a petting farm and animal talks.

on the profit side I have had thoughts of major centers that offer vet care, grooming, training/play (possibly therapeutic) and because I have had a building in mind treat/food and boutique/store space and photo ops. Come to think of it, kinda like a mega petsmart, heh.

Peopling

Bright ideas: people...i thought a lot about how to incorprate my degrees and what i have been doing lately...and I came up with several plans for kid care.

Centers (non profit/profit) geared towards kids of all ages having a space to play and learn. some ideas have been playhouses that encourage playtime for a small fee. other ideas are full on centers that offer places to play (ball rooms, outdoor activities, indoor activities) as well as be educated (computer/library rooms, spaces to work on learning, with or without help). 

I have also had thought of creating programs that help the community help themselves and learn/grow...

Crafting for all

Bright ideas: crafting...so my main idea for crafting has been putting together storefronts/websites that gather all types of crafting together: selling crafts, how tos videos/books, and crafting ideas, full of donations of time, effort and their own crafts. These crafts wouldn't be limited to anything but what they can and want to do.

Major ideas are through mediums like wood/metal, fabric/yarn and art supplies, creations that are brand new or recycled/restored, categories include big stuff like house/people/animal accessories and habitats to small stuff like decorations, toys, and jewelry. 

Baskets for the homesick

so this idea came to me as I was wandering a craft store and saw all the seashells/baskets and thought 'i prefer the desert.' The homesick baskets are baskets of natural items found in your hometown. There would be different categories that reflect them as well: desert, wood/forest & mountains, as well as beach/coastal. If I could get it, the baskets would be made from its region/hometown materials as well. Included in the basket would be the plants and gound pieces that one would think of and about when thinking of "home".