I finally finished my fun project. Due to my diabetes, my feet now become painful when they get cold. I, therefore, took the precaution of taking the felt linings from my snow boots with me. However, to walk in them without protection would destroy them. Therefore, when I was in Toulouse France, I went to a market and bought a remnant of blue boat skin large enough to cover the bottom area of my converted slippers. They are very warm and comfortable. It did take me a few days to hand stitch them though.
Roberto is painting and is son Timothy (in white) owns the company. I was preparing to leave for Switzerland to find work picking fruit through September, when I was approached by Roberto, who took Antonella and myself on his vacation in the Italian Alps, to help his son’s company. It may pay only a fraction of what I would have received picking fruit but the fact that I could help them restructure their business model and marketing approach made this a better option for me in fulfilling the quest of my pilgrimage.
After seeing how their company works and learning how to make wall paper myself, I have come up with an idea I believe will revolutionize their industry. They have many great styles and custom designs but there are some that can’t be intermingled… or so they told me. I came up with a method where they could mix these styles together to create an entirely new wall paper experience but it will be expensive. I told them not to worry about the expense because their market is already the rich and the crisis doesn’t affect them, so they will work on the designs for the future. I also advised them to get rid of their distributors and work with manufacturing reps to save money as their distribution network requires the lion’s share of the profit. I’m looking forward to this project but they won’t be able to start on the website until we finish the work of putting together sample catalogues. That means much of the marketing work will happen after I continue my pilgrimage so now I teach them about it and help them make wall paper for their samples.
I will leave on the 22nd of September on my way back to Bordeaux to visit my son who will be visiting his in-laws there on the 24th. It should take me 2-4 days to make it there.
After seeing how their company works and learning how to make wall paper myself, I have come up with an idea I believe will revolutionize their industry. They have many great styles and custom designs but there are some that can’t be intermingled… or so they told me. I came up with a method where they could mix these styles together to create an entirely new wall paper experience but it will be expensive. I told them not to worry about the expense because their market is already the rich and the crisis doesn’t affect them, so they will work on the designs for the future. I also advised them to get rid of their distributors and work with manufacturing reps to save money as their distribution network requires the lion’s share of the profit. I’m looking forward to this project but they won’t be able to start on the website until we finish the work of putting together sample catalogues. That means much of the marketing work will happen after I continue my pilgrimage so now I teach them about it and help them make wall paper for their samples.
I will leave on the 22nd of September on my way back to Bordeaux to visit my son who will be visiting his in-laws there on the 24th. It should take me 2-4 days to make it there.
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