I'm an everyday Jane with possibly one exception. That will come a bit later.

As with the majority of shop owners on Etsy I come from a family of crafters, artists, knitters, sewers. My earliest recollection of sewing was when I was five or six....making clothes for my Barbie dolls whom, if I had kept them, I'd have a few dollars more in my bank account today. Furniture for my Barbie Dream House was made from cardboard and jar lids. Barbie’s were my life for longer than I’ll ever tell you. Moving on…..As a lifelong seamstress, much of my wardrobe consisted of clothing I made myself.

Grandmothers...mother....sisters.....we all created things. And even though we all created many different things we each found a specialty at which we excelled. Take a guess with mine...yep, sewing.

Here’s the crazy part: My professional career paths were left brain all the way:
• Quality assurance and inspection of laser systems built for the military
• Quality assurance, technical writing, and document control in the semiconductor industry
• Surgical technologist

Have you ever taken one of those quizzes that show if you are predominantly left-brained or right-brained? What are you? Is your work along that side? I don’t have a predominant side….I straddle that fence man. Every quiz ends up like that. My creative and logic thought processes are pretty much neck and neck. I’m as interested in the circuitry of a semiconductor chip as I am in sewing a passport cover out of felt.

Here’s where it all comes together: Etsy….It’s not only a creative shop….It’s a business of my own. The creative and the logic have a place to live together. What can I make? What colors or fabrics or designs? How can I make a production line? Where can I find the cheapest but well made piece parts? Normal people would call that zippers, thread, and fabric. And so on…

There is a ton of thought and time put into everything I make. It always starts with brainstorming where no idea is out of the question. In the end the detail has to be there. The quality most certainly has to be there.

I also am the daughter of an entrepreneur father. Dad started with his own pest control business, then went on to own franchises in Sonic Drive-Ins, owned a couple of donut shops, and then owned several pizza and sub sandwich shops. He instilled the mindset of business ownership. Making your own way in this world. Make your own money. Hire a CPA, not a bookkeeper. As I write this I have to include that I lost my dad not quite a month ago. He is how I got here. Thanks dad....and thanks for your belief in me and my dream. You rock!!