“The RoseBouquet”

Yesterday I received a check in the mail from Disciples’ Cross. That reminds me to tell you the story of my involvement with them. Way-wa-y back, maybe in 2003 or 2005, I found a link to that site, and went to check it out. I discovered that I would have to be an American resident to order the kit. That left me out, but since it looked like such a great idea for a small home business, I told my friend Connie about it.

She ordered the kit, but she and her husband could not seem to figure out how to bend the horseshoe nails just right to form the crosses for the necklaces. Even with the video enclosed in the kit. I bragged that my Dad could figure out such things without an instruction manual as a rule. So Connie sent me the kit.

Sure enough Dad figured it out and decided that he would gladly make those necklaces to sell. Since we could not order directly from Pastor John, the founder of Disciples’ Cross, I went online and found other suppliers and ordered them for Dad. He began to make them in batches of 30 to 50 and 80 at a time. I prepared little cards to put with them, and he got a heat-sealing machine to enclose each in its own plastic envelop. We found some local stores to carry them on consignment. He asked $7 for each, and they charge $14 to the public. I still pop into those stores once in a while to pickup the profits. I always call them a gift from Dad!

Well, there was nothing to stop me from signing up as an affiliate with Disciples’ Cross, so I have put some banners for them on my sites, and basically forgot about them. I guess visitors still click on them, and I make a commission on those who order the starter kit. That’s called passive income.

Now you want to have a look? Disciples’ Cross

P.S. This last fall I gave the kit to my brother Tom, and he has started to make the cross necklaces too. I continue to keep the stores stocked, but now I’ll have to bring the profits of those necklaces to him. He doesn’t have a website, but if you contact me, I’ll forward your email to Tom. It would really boost his morale too. And say, if you order directly from him, I believe he’d let you have them for $7/each rather than the $14 the stores charge.