Have you looked around lately to see how many wahms have instock? Wahms who normally don't have instock have lots and lots of inventory just sitting there. I just read a post at the harleez yahoo group about how the own is just coming to the realization that there is no way she can help keep her family fed and the bills paid on the tiny bit of income her business can bring in even though not too long ago, she was samped and couldn't keep up. And the sad and scarey part is.. I JUST had this same conversation with a handful of other wahms I'm friendly with. It seems like the days of not being able to keep up are over and now, business is at an absolute crawl for SOOOmany. I'm sure some are swamped still, but it's a select few. Maybe it's just the time of year? Maybe it's that we are sort of awaiting a new wave of itty bitty bums to be born near the spring (seems like most of you lucky gals are due sometime in January or February *L*)? Or are there just too many wahms for the demand? Are we too cliquish and tend not to be inviting enough to mamas curious about cloth? Have disposable makes reved up their marketing to make them seem so natural and appealing that new mothers don't even consider cloth anymore? Maybe my circle of wahm friends is just very small and I dont' really see the big picture and this really isn't a problem. The ones I do know don't have the funds to advertise enough to pull in random online business and rely on word of mouth on message boards like this one for their advertising.. so perhaps they are their own downfall in not figuringout how to afford the necessary advertising. The really strange part is, I (who usually NEVER spends money) have spent more money in the past two months than I have since my baby was born 2.5 years ago. I'm just sort of at a loss about what seems to be going on. Anyone care to speculate on why business seems to be so slow? Or, feel free to tell me it's all just in my head 
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It's sort of scarey though. Out of the handful of wahms I know personally, i would say half are on the verge of giving up becuse they just can't stay afloat, nontheless pay any bills... makes me wonder how many more are in that boat.
All in all, we all know business has it's ups and downs, but this seems to have been a particularly long lull and you don't need to be a wahm to have seen it.
Anyway.. just musings. Get off that wagon darn it!
Course.. all this instock sure does give me hours of enjoyable window shopping. I just can't be pleased.. I use to complain that nobody had instock .. no I complain there is too much *LOL*.. shame on me!
Amber
.It's sort of scarey though. Out of the handful of wahms I know personally, i would say half are on the verge of giving up becuse they just can't stay afloat, nontheless pay any bills... makes me wonder how many more are in that boat.
All in all, we all know business has it's ups and downs, but this seems to have been a particularly long lull and you don't need to be a wahm to have seen it.
Anyway.. just musings. Get off that wagon darn it!
Course.. all this instock sure does give me hours of enjoyable window shopping. I just can't be pleased.. I use to complain that nobody had instock .. no I complain there is too much *LOL*.. shame on me!
Amber
I also agree with Stella about the economy being hit really hard .... before sewing diapers I sewed clothing... and was able to make a good amount of money on it.. but things went downhill quickly and I know lots of mamas who now can not live off of their WAHM clothing businesses when they used to be so busy that custom orders were out of the questions.
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