Meet Ella Rae: my niece and marketing guru. Ella Rae is a Gemini, a GapKids model, jewelry designer (she designed this fish piece; I merely executed it for her) and the biggest champion, and customer (so far), of ButterfliesandCoffee.com. I recruited her services when she visited last week.
Ella Rae: “Auntie Jess, how many of your jewelry have you sold?”
Me: <crickets>
Ella Rae: “WHY? You are SO GOOD you could open your own store.”
Me: “I know. I can do anything. I just like being able to have time to write books, too, and do other fun things.”
Ella Rae: “YOU WRITE BOOKS?!!! How did I not know this?!”
Me: “Yes, I’m even famous …to a small group of people.”
Ella Rae: “WHAT??? How famous?”
Me: “Well, sometimes people want to meet me or get my autograph.”
Ella Rae: (hits forehead with palm) “HOW DID I NOT KNOW YOU LED THIS SECRET LIFE?!!!”
Me: LOLOLOLOLOL
Ella Rae: “Hmmm. Maybe people aren’t buying your jewelry because they don’t like coffee. Maybe you should change your name.”
Me: “Maybe they’re not buying because I like creating more than selling …and this is how I like to spend my time.”
Ella Rae: “You should do something about that.”
Me: “Maybe if you model the jewelry we just made together, it will inspire me to put it up on my site. Would you like that?”
Ella Rae: “YES!!!!”