new update....with little to no sales for the last 2 months at the new 'brick & mortar' store, we have made the decision to close the store.  We've gone through our 'seed' money and now is the time to stop the flow, sine nothing is coming back in.  the store should at least maintain itself..cover rent/utilities/payroll...if not, must regroup...rethink!  had an inquiry from a potential wholesale customer, so if this is where the Lord opens the door, we'll be walking through. 
I'm down to 6 weeks left on the 'public' job..then it's off and running into the unknown world of building a business with my 'artistic' endeavors and 'craft' talents.  now to decide which ecommerce to base it in....volusion, big cartel, open cart...