Behind The Brand — online store

 Well, friends, I think we would all agree that this year has been an eventful one.  It seems like almost each day brings a new wave of SURPRISE! Am I right? If you're wondering what the photo has to do with the title of this blog, keep going. It will be revealed. :)  As mentioned in my last blog, Shelly and I left school on March 13 fully expecting to go back in a week or two. But no. We never did. There was the announcement for Shelly's family (along with a lot of you) that school events were cancelled....

We have talked in the past about our fears. On our Facebook lives we have teased each other about our "irrational" fears. And although that's been a hot topic for us in the past, the point of the conversations wasn't really about the fears themselves. The point is overcoming the fears. The point is not passing those fears on. The point is supporting each other through all the "irrational" stuff. The phrase "fear not" appears in the Bible at least eighty times. That has to mean something, right? I am certain that satan uses fear to immobilize and limit us....

I sat down to write this blog post once before. My fingers started typing and out came a totally different and unexpected post. Read our previous blog, "Make It Count", to see what happened with that one. So, I will attempt this one again. On one of our lives in the Triple Faith Tribe group, we had a rapid fire question thing going on. One of the questions fired at us was, "What irrational fear do you have?" Shelly's was easy. She has a fear of frogs. She will be the first to admit it is irrational. I sat there...

Hello, friends...hoping this finds you all well. Shelly and I are back to school. This is our nineteenth year. YIKES! Where has the time gone? Of course, after this many years, you start contemplating life. It has had me thinking about when I first started teaching. But back up a few years. I was young, married, and had two toddlers. I had started college but really wasn't committed to a major. We were living paycheck to paycheck. I had been feeling the calling to teach...but was trying to ignore it. How could I continue going to college when we needed...

After you get all the legal stuff done, the fun starts!  First, choose an e commerce platform. I won't bore you with the details of that on this post.  LOTS AND LOTS of research. There were pros and cons lists. I will say that. We settled on the one that felt right for our business. The reviews boasted of easy 1 1/2 hour store design. That was definitely on the pro list. We both have college degrees. We figured we'd knock that out with time to spare. We grabbed some snacks, headed to Shelly's house, and set up our online...