I have always enjoyed doing crafts. I remember sitting around when I was younger working on either a latch hook rug kit, a crosstich kit or even the plastic canvas crafts. I made 2 porcelain dolls with my mom and have painted quite a few ceramic items when I was younger.
When I got married, I got the prettiest wreath made from material. It matched my new living room and was something I wanted to learn to make. So, a few years ago, I started making them for my sisters and family. It was so fun to create something new and different and they loved them. It has only been within the past few months, that I thought maybe it would be fun to do them and sell them. This way I could stay at home with my girls, be a true "stay at home" mom and make some money on the side to help out.
So, I did a couple of them, opened up a FB page and put the few that I had made on the site. Low, and behold, I got a request to make 2 of them for a lady in NC. She has become a friend of mine through this and I was able to sell 2 of them to her. She sells Partylite Candles and wanted 2 of them to display around her candles. She fell in love with them and has them displayed in her home. So, when she does "Open Houses' with her Partylite business, she has them on display for all to see.
I was also contacted by Ed Sims (who I call my adopted "Uncle". He's been my parents' friends since the day me and my oldest sister were born) and he wanted 4 of them for his sister and sister-n-law for Christmas. Since he is a missionary in Australia, this was a way he could get something nice for them and I told him I didn't mind delivering them to the ladies since they live around VA where my parents live.
I have enjoyed coming up with new designs and have branched out from candle centerpieces to door size wreaths. I'm really hoping that this little business of mine takes off and I can make money creating wreaths.
I've already had a lot of friends "like" my FB page and have quite a few visitors to my website. Thanks to some neighboring NC crafting women, I have a nice FREE website where I can display the ones I make.
When I got married, I got the prettiest wreath made from material. It matched my new living room and was something I wanted to learn to make. So, a few years ago, I started making them for my sisters and family. It was so fun to create something new and different and they loved them. It has only been within the past few months, that I thought maybe it would be fun to do them and sell them. This way I could stay at home with my girls, be a true "stay at home" mom and make some money on the side to help out.
So, I did a couple of them, opened up a FB page and put the few that I had made on the site. Low, and behold, I got a request to make 2 of them for a lady in NC. She has become a friend of mine through this and I was able to sell 2 of them to her. She sells Partylite Candles and wanted 2 of them to display around her candles. She fell in love with them and has them displayed in her home. So, when she does "Open Houses' with her Partylite business, she has them on display for all to see.
I was also contacted by Ed Sims (who I call my adopted "Uncle". He's been my parents' friends since the day me and my oldest sister were born) and he wanted 4 of them for his sister and sister-n-law for Christmas. Since he is a missionary in Australia, this was a way he could get something nice for them and I told him I didn't mind delivering them to the ladies since they live around VA where my parents live.
I have enjoyed coming up with new designs and have branched out from candle centerpieces to door size wreaths. I'm really hoping that this little business of mine takes off and I can make money creating wreaths.
I've already had a lot of friends "like" my FB page and have quite a few visitors to my website. Thanks to some neighboring NC crafting women, I have a nice FREE website where I can display the ones I make.