"Sally Swanson had a good life. Then the cops caught up with her."

The title of this post is from an article I came across in the Tacoma News Tribune newspaper "Bratwear just the ticket for cops". It's about a local company that makes uniforms for local, national and international police departments.

The company had an interesting beginning - the owner started making exercise gear for herself and then other's started asking for her to make exerise gear for them and one day she got that fateful call from a local police department asking for advice on how to improve their bicycle cops uniforms and one thing lead to another and her company "Bratwear" was born.

I knew all this before I read the article because I know the owner - she's a personal friend of mine. I know she started one of her business, "Flashwear", in her living room - which evolved into "Bratwear". I also know all the hard work she still has to put into her business on a daily basis now that "she's made it".

Of course this got me thinking about what I want for my own business and how am I going to define success. So far, success to me would be making one sale a week from my Etsy shop and making enough money to cover my table fees and expenses when I sell at a craft show. Because my business isn't the main source of income for me I have to admit it's hard to find the motivation to put in all the hard work that I need to ensure that my business is a success. So, that's something I need to work on - keeping my eyes on the prize!