This has been an interesting week. I've had three people ask me about starting a hand-crafted business. I'm definitely not an expert by any means, not even close! But I'm happy to share my insight to those who inquire. So many helped me along the way, (even though they may not have known they were doing so!) that helping someone else just seems like the only proper thing to do. Plus, I really like doing it!
I know I've mentioned this several times previously, but I was first inspired by a girl I went to college with. I started seeing my friends on Facebook share these photos of cute embellished hoodies from Evy's Tree. So I clicked over to the Facebook page and found that Amy (aka, girl I went to college with) had started her own handcrafted business of these adorable embellished hoodies. She also had a blog, which once I started reading, found myself fascinated with her hutzpah. Amy's blog is great. She's incredibly down-to-earth and so transparent with her journey as a stay at home mom and woman in business. She blogs about the joys and craziness of her family, her passion for God, and her sometimes uncertainty as the Evy's Tree business grows.
Amy is probably the top reason I took the leap into handbag design and self-employment. She unknowingly was inspiring me and helping me as I began navigating the hand-crafted world. I've followed her blog and watched her business, and applied all that I could into my own path.
I do hope to someday be an inspiration to someone else who is tossing around the idea of starting their own hand-crafted biz. Yes, it is a bit daunting. And yes, "you will have to build it". But here's the thing, it is true, when you are doing something that you are passionate about, the hard work isn't so...hard.
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