In traveling in the motor home, ideas come to you all the time. I was in New Hampshire
one Thanksgiving in my motor home and it started to snow. And my head got so cold I thought
there must be something better.
In my sleep I had this vision. And I get up in the morning and I drew it. My name is Julie
Brown and I designed the Chill Frill Pillowcase.
So this is the pillowcase. And most of the time I just sleep with this scrunched up top
of my head, and this around on my ears, my neck. But by morning I just automatically
bring it down over my forehead. And that's how I wake up.
My friends say, are you making any money yet? And I say, not yet. But I'm busy, my mind
is working, I'm happy, I'm not bothering anyone, and I'm doing some good. So what's wrong with that?
You can turn with it on. [laughs] That's my dog.
His name is Charlie Brown because my name is Julie Brown. And I had a boyfriend, and
I wanted a dog, and the boyfriend said, you can't have a dog. So I left the boyfriend.
And now the ex-boyfriend wants this dog. So I said to the ex-boyfriend, you can't have
me, and you can't have the dog.
And there I am with my friend.
I don't have family. So this is kind of it.
No brothers, no sisters, no children. Nobody alive.
Maybe that's why I don't feel bad about spending my money on the products. Because I don't
have to account to anybody. It's my money, I worked hard for it. And I don't have to
worry about Christmas presents or kids going to college or grandkids.
I've done 100,000 miles by myself in the motor home. Did across country from California to
Rhode Island to Maine. Florida.
In my travels, I joined many inventors groups around the country. Meeting other inventors
who think off the wall and out of the box was just fun. The inventors that I've met
with, they want to design something for the good. It's not a profit making thing. What
happens between inventors is we understand why we're doing this. Because all of my friends
think I'm nuts. And all of their friends and family think they're nuts.
It's just a different mindset.