Author: emily sunderman

As a student of Economics, Nathan brought it to my attention that moving on piñatas is not a business that lends itself to product diversification. Which basically means this is not really a viable money maker. He’s not usually a Debby downer. At the gathering for Finis Caseus yesterday, my ex husband Michael looked up where paper mache factories are and they are in the Philippines. A friend of Nathan’s is going to be studying there next year, so maybe some connections can be made. Maybe some existing piñatas business will want to license my idea for moving on piñatas and I can supplement my income. Or maybe I just pursue another labor for love like Twig Farm, teaching the violin, gouache paintings of dogs, etc. I only have one child! But what if I live until my 100s like my grandparents or my child never gets a job. What if I break my collar bone playing tennis and can’t play the violin anymore! In the mean time will I start making piñata and spend my mad money trying to sell them, fully aware of the futility of this business.

I complained to tennis4evah (text chain) that I am feeling a little overwhelmed by the return of my college son’s stuff and Pearl wrote back, “put it in a piñata”.

I told my rational brother about the new “business” and he wrote back, “great idea!”.

Moving on Piñatas day 2

This business is taking time and time is money! Last night I started researching the brand / trademark process and the good news is no one else seems be trying to beat me to it. I stayed up so late that I slept in today and barely got anything done today except laundry. Oh I also learned how to turn pages for a pianist – Diana Fanning (!) taught me and I didn’t screw up at all at performance today. Here are some ideas for how to help.

• Make a little animation sort of like the one where the headspace guy dusts the inside of your brain of clutter when you are meditating except it’s a little man who comes inside your brain and holds up a heart shaped piñata and hands you a bat.
• Read the trademark brand stuff and advise me.
• Start saving your newspapers for me for when production starts.
• Find the cheapest but good enough quality heart shaped balloons.
• Encourage me to practice violin as I can multitask thinking when I play scales.

I hired a Paul the painter to paint my studio recently and noticed he had a container of plaster of Paris and remembered how fun it is to make piñatas. I have been recently interested in rituals that honor change and decisions that are meaningful. Juli says that plaster of Paris contains glass, so likely that won’t be an ingredient in the piñatas. On I hike today up Snake Mountain, I mentioned to Beth that the idea is dead in the water if the domain name was already taken. When I got home she texted to say no one had taken the domain yet. Lorraine T says she wants to host a moving on event once a prototype is available. One of my adult violin students, Kathy is ready to quit the violin and help ramp up production. My string quartet, The Addison has agreed to cheer me on. So, here we are. A few friends know about moving on piñatas. I have a web site. I’m figuring things out. This is the beginning of due diligence to see if the world is ready for moving on piñatas.

Moving on piñatas are hand made in Vermont and for use when you are ready for a moving on ritual. The piñatas are heart shaped and come ready to be filled with whatever you like.

Moving on rituals can range in scale.

• Break ups
• Loss of a loved one
• Moving houses
• A fight with your partner or friend
• The end of a job or business
• Changing Schools
• Giving up a habit that no longer serves you
• Whatever you are ready to move on from!