So as a lot of you know I have 2 daughters. And the youngest of the two started grade 1 in September. And if you’ve ever experienced this bliss ( all kids in school 9-3:30 M-Th and half day Fridays,after staying home with them so you didn’t miss out on the time before formal education is required by law ) you’ll know that I have a smile spread across my face that makes me look as content as a sleeping cat. Not that I don’t love getting them home again, after school, I do, but that time when it’s just me and the dog home…eating bon bons, Googling random stuff just to kill time, making marshmallows blow up in the microwave… well that alone time, it is so lovely. So, I did that for about 3 days, then, I began to get bored.
“A job is what you need”, declared my husband. That’ll teach me for complaining about being bored.
So I spent the next week compiling an impressive looking resume and made 30 copies and decided to pound the pavement, in search of a job that would fit my schedule with the kids/no weekends (that’s family time)/fulfill my need to create. Tall order, yes….but anythings possible.
In the mean time I was helping out a friend, Solita, who was opening up the coolest little shop “Reworks Upcycle Shop” in Inglewood. Super GREEN (like in the “fifth element”) you should check it out!!! 1217B 9th Ave. S.E. Calgary www.shopreworks.ca
Anyhooo, Helping Solita, handing out resumes. Whilst handing out resumes I’m hearing a lot of ,”So, you can’t work full days?? OR weekends??”
“No”.
“Well we would need you for full days and weekends. “
“Oh, good enough, I guess this isn’t a good fit then.”
“No”.
“Okay, thanks anyways”.
Dead ends all over the place. But little did I know, I was not destined to become the next microwave marshmallow chef.
Dear sweet Solita (you remember, the friend I was helping to set up her shop) offered yours truly a job 
and you’ll never guess what I get to do! (*Insert me squealing and tapping my fingers together like Boss Hog.)
I get to bring my kids to school at 9, pick them up at 3:30, not work weekends (but I do the odd weekend day because Solita needs a freaking break) and, AND, are you listening!!! I get to SEW. I make stuff out of discontinued upholstery samples (that’s called upcycling).
Just in case you were wondering about the title of this post, here’s where I answer your question.
I am taking a little down time from Candy Apple Apparel Inc. That’s not to say I will be disolving the business, but I’m just going to be tucking it away for a while. I still have some stock and I will be updateing the website soon so that the most accurate numbers are up there. Hopefully that will get us through Christmas and then I can revisit it in the new year. In the mean time I have 3.5 years of scrap fabric that I will be making half aprons out of!! Here’s a picture (although they will all be different)
So, if you’d like an upcycled (made from scrap that would otherwise have gone in the landfill) Candy Apple half apron come visit Solita and I at Reworks. I will be selling them there. They retail for $28.00 and are great for adults and kids, kind of a one size fits most.
Signing off (what I’ll really be doing when I get off the computer is going to see if my husband is STILL playing video games),
Pam.
