To begin, I must admit that I’m not all that crafty – there must be someone out there who actually DOES all those projects we find on Pinterest, but who? I mean, there’s a picture of a finished item, so it’s gotta be completed somehow. I like projects, I like accomplishing things, and I like making things for other people. That’s where it really started: wanting to make something for someone special. These girls are a great example:
The combination of my mom and my friend Emily taught me how to crochet, and I keep coming back to it – a scarf for mom, a blanket for a friend’s newborn, a bedspread I’m sure I will never finish. It’s easy enough to start and after awhile you can get really good at it and can do it while watching tv – which is awesome since I usually do other things while watching tv, why not be productive with it?
So when a co-worker asked if I could make her an infinity scarf I was delighted, and then she asked how much? and I was like, um, I don’t know? Cover costs and a little extra? And the orders kept on coming. Now my hobby has turned into some decent side cash, and I really like seeing my scarves around the necks of my friends, family, and co-workers. I get to say I made that and someone REALLY likes it. I want to keep making things people like, so I decided to try my hand at selling online. This is not something I would have thought of doing, except people kept asking for them, so I keep making them, and then they would say, you should sell these, and I was like, nah, it’s okay – I’m from Minnesota, so any suggestion like this needs to happen at least three times before I’ll actually seriously consider it – but now here I am, putting myself and my work out there.
I don’t know if anyone will even like them or want to buy them or read this or anything, but this also has to be for me. I want to document, I want to connect, and I want to continue to make special things for special someones. The adventCHAR (the best way to say this word) begins!
Thanks!