Things have been busy at the Tie My Scarf office. We're right in the midst of finding vendors for our boutique, avoiding paperwork, and struggling to find the time to design the store. Steve Ballmer of Microsoft said it best when he said that all business's will go through three phases: vision, patience, and execution. We've created our vision and now we are patiently laying the groundwork for perfect execution.

So what do two sisters work on during their long crunch-weekend-to-get-the-store-started? Tie-dyeing. Because apparently, our entrepreneurial spirits spill over into all areas of our business, leaving us with the overwhelming urge to buy RIT dye and yards of white gauzy cotton. Really, it's not such a big leap from having an idea about a business or a blog and thinking "I could do that" to looking at a $400 silk tie dyed scarf and thinking "I could make that".

Well, that is until we actually started dyeing. It was pretty much a disaster. Although the weather was beautiful it made our protective face masks and gloves sweaty and cumbersome. To make a long story short after 5 hours we hade produced exactly 4 scarves that even our normally supportive husbands felt safe in mocking.

Lesson learned. Some things are better left to experts. Especially when non-washable dyes are involved.