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Show 'Spring F' Fri. & Sat. at BUS BOUNTIFUL - "Spring Fair," a gathering of 60 craft and home business booths from throughout the state, - will feature quality handmade crafts and home decor items for the Easter and Mother's Day season. & win be presented at Bountiful High School. 675 S. 400 E., Friday, March 24 from 10 ajn. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, March 25 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. A $1 donation dona-tion ($2 per family) to the Future Homemakers of America Qub is requested at the door to help the girls earn money for their state convention. con-vention. : ; ."i" ; . :V';;. The fair will also feature a variety var-iety of hot food booths, handmade candy and baked goods, several children's activities and some interesting inter-esting home businesses not generally general-ly found at craft fairs. : ' ;1 . The fair is being organized by Laura Savage of the Home Business Network, an organization which provides several services to people interested in starting a home business. busi-ness. These services include; providing pro-viding fair booths, a free seminar on home business success, and listing in a local home business directory. Anyone with questions on the fair or these additional services may call Laura at 544-2590. According to Laura, home-based ..' business is the fastest growing business trend in America accord- ' ing to "20-20." This is especially true in Utah where many mothers are looking for ways to supplement the family income without having to leave their children. As a young i mother of seven daughters, Laura found it necessary to find creative : ways to earn extra income. "When our fifth baby girl was born our oldest was still six. We had -recently built our "dream home" and the recession in the early 1980's had created extreme ; financial problems in my husband's construction business. I wanted to , help financially but with four pre-schoolers pre-schoolers and one six-year-old, leaving home to work was certainly out of the question considering both my feelings about being home with my children and the cost of child care for five kids. "It was at this point in time that I began looking for ways to make . money at hom& My own need helped me realize a need in the community for exposure and networking net-working of home based businesses. This prompted the development of the Home Enterprise Pink Pages and Home Enterprise Fairs in Cache Valley. I also experienced almost : explosive growth in my other home business, "Especially for Home Parties." I was successful iq generating ge-nerating a substantial supplementary supplemen-tary income from these businesses, but both grew very rapidly and I " was soon overwhelmed. My husband hus-band and I decided that our children needed my time - and emotional space more than they needed square footage and chose to let go of the business and the dream home. , "Over the next four years I did some research and writing and developed de-veloped a few new products. This ... situation gave me complete control of my time and business pace and worked very well with my young family. We also added another baby girl to the family. "Last year my husband decided to work towards a change in occupation. occu-pation. This, and the realization that ' in five years we will have five teenage teen-age daughters (with the oldest in college), prompted my renewed interest in-terest in building my businesses again. It provides not only addi- CONTINUED ON PAGE 19 'Spring Fair readied for March 24-25th - : . ' . 3 flSlllf :, -'-f. ' ' t'ts - - , " vi a..., 7 'xMMmm'r!Mr immM&mmm Laura Savage and her seven daughters are organizing the upcoming Spring Fair. The girls are working to fill ah order for 1350 "Booster Bucks." This play money used hy managers of home party dealers is an incentive for them. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 tional income, but work experience and a genuine need for my children's chil-dren's help which I feel is an asset in developing responsibility- and -self-esteem in children." ' Brent Barlow, in his book "What Husbands Expect of Wives" calculates calcu-lates that a . woman who earns $10,000 per year actually increases the discretionary income of the family fa-mily by only $1,700 per year when taxes and other expenses are taken into account These calculations are based on one child in day care and a husband's salary of $20,000. That boils down to $142 per month, and it's not hard to generate more than that at home in less than eight hours a day! A home-based business is not always totally free of these expenses, ex-penses, but they are much lower. There are many types of home businesses. The computer is making' it possible to offer a wide variety of services at home. Teaching lessons of all kinds, creating original products, pro-ducts, selling commercially produced pro-duced products through a wide var-iety var-iety of direct sales plans, child care; tutoring, sewing, and housecleaning are just a few of the possibilities. The flexibility and control working work-ing at homes gives -are especially valuable to mothers.The moments before and after school seem (especially, (espe-cially, full of crisis situations and interaction opportunities. According Accord-ing to Laura, this flexibility can have some disadvantages tod, as others (i.e. PTA, friends, church, kids, etc.) often assume that be cause your time is flexible it is unlimited. un-limited. You may be working eight hours a day too. It's often hard to say no, but it is important to learn your limits." . A. home-based business also offers child development advantages. advan-tages. Richard and Linda Eyre, in - their - book - "Teaching - Children -, Joy" point out the advantages of giving children a model of a motivated, moti-vated, industrious mother. They also quote a well documented Harvard Har-vard study of the differences be- tween mothers of A students and C students with the same background. They found that most "A" mothers had personal interests. They provided pro-vided a stimulating environment and they were available to answer questions and teach when the child asked a question. These mothers were "consultants." The "C" mothers actually spent more time with their children and had fewer other interests, but their time was spent "managing'' the child and force-teaching. Perhaps the saddest part, the book points out, is that the 4 'C" mothers thought they were do- ing so well and sacrificing their own interests to put their child's welfare above their own. I A family business where children can be given meaningful jobs which make mem feel capable and genuinely gen-uinely needed can be a great boost ' to their self-esteem. It also provides an excellent opportunity to teach the realities of life when they have fte opportunity to earn extras. Many successful home businesses busi-nesses are created out of a special skill or love bf doing a particular thing. Laura pointed out that "organizing "or-ganizing to make time for a business busi-ness you love creates purpose and incentive for getting out of bed in the morning and getting the house- work behind you. Ideas create energy, and the sense of identity and self-esteem which can' come from a job outside the home can also be found in your own home business." There are also several tax advantages advan-tages in owning a family business. To cite just one of these, minor children can earn $3,000 before they are required to pay social security se-curity or income tax on that money. Children can then pay for their own lessons, school clubg, clothing, etc. Laura will share her creative ideas at the craft and home business boutique this weekend at Bountiful High School at the "Spring Fair." |
