Don't rain on my parade

Hello Week 17 of Project Money!  The journey continues.  If any of you have heard of Fanny Brice, you will know she is an extrovert of a character who works hard in vaudeville and burlesque trying to get to the top of show business despite the naysayers in her life who do not believe in her or her aspirations to make it “big.”  If you haven’t heard of Fanny Brice, know that her ambition is catchy and she will do what it takes to achieve all there is to achieve. 

Ms. Brice is a character in the musical Funny Girl.  At some point in the plot, Fanny falls in love with a schmoozer of a man who does not return her affections and who constantly leaves town for the next “business” adventure.  Their whirlwind of a relationship is another story.

One iconic song from the musical is “Don’t Rain on my Parade.”  I love the song and its positive exuberance.  “Don’t tell me not to live,” “Don’t tell me not to fly, “I’m gonna live and live now.”  Project Money encourages such living and it makes me reminisce about such a story.  Years ago when my daughter was eleven years old, she launched a barrette creation business at the local botanical gardens here in Janesville.  She marketed her business as Giggly Girls with a motto or hashtag that encouraged others to discover their style.  Since its inception, she has sold hundreds of hair barrettes she affectionately calls Bitty Bobbies and much of her profits have gone into her savings account.

Now a senior in high school, my daughter has not been as active in the Bitty Bobby creations as she once was, yet we have hundreds of dollars of “crafts” going to waste around the house.  As such, the Bitty Bobby business will be transferred to her younger brother so he can try his hand with his artistic vision.  Giggly Girls has always been a family hobby involving searching for buttons, bows, and pins, marketing the hair accessories, restocking inventory, and doing all facets of the business together.  With a crashed computer, we lost our Giggly Girls template and the boards have gone un-stocked for quite some time.  Last week, the kids and I picked up the empty board and this weekend, my significant other and I resurrected Giggly Girls with redoing the packaging (the font and the mottos remain the same) and updated the labels with an easy to scan barcode.  In the spirit of Fanny Brice we look forward to pushing forward and resurrecting a profitable hobby that others can now enjoy.  Check out the Bitty Bobbies at the Cottage Garden Galleries gift shop in Janesville’s Rotary Gardens.  They are reasonably priced ($1.00-$3.00) and I know you will enjoy them.  Thanks Project Money for not letting these crafty items gather dust any longer. 

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