All my life I have enjoyed arts and crafts. From bead animals to friendship bracelets to cross stitch and painting, I feel like I have done it all! In my late elementary, early middle school years, I took a trip to my Great Aunt Lucy's house. It was here that my mom and I were introduced to the world of embroidery. My mom quickly bought a machine and I learned from her. In the beginning years, my mom was the main embroiderer and I would help when I could. In high school, I was part of a cheerleading squad and it was during this time when I began to embroider more frequently specifically for my squad. In my first semester of Junior year of college, I decided I wanted to have money flowing into my bank account again :) Not sure if I would be able to find a job, my mom suggested I try craft fairs. She also suggested I create a sort of "brand" for myself and use baby burp cloths as a starting point. It was this night that my animal patterns were born! I only went to one craft fair before I found Etsy in the summer of 2011. Once my mom realized this would be a fairly demanding craft, she bought me my very own embroidery machine! Fortunately I soon found a more consistent part time job a month after I opened my shop. Business was slow for the first year and a half but I was perfectly ok with that because I really did not have the time or means to devote to a full time shop. The types of items I decided to sell slowly evolved over time. I had been wanting to move beyond baby items but just did not know where to begin. I first found the headbands in late 2012 and my sales exploded! Then for Christmas this same year, my grandparents gave me an awesome gift, a sewing machine! Im a very new sewer but this machine has really opened the doors for my little shop. I knew I wanted to add another non-baby item to my shop and decided on the pocket tees because it would be easy enough for a new sewer to handle. My sales have been almost too much to handle after introducing these newest items!! This craft is definitely a sort of yin/yang between stress relief and stress causer but I love it!! I am a one woman shop and at times it almost seems to much to handle, especially since I am a college student and do have a part time job. I hope to expand my shop to more items after I graduate this May and learn to sew better, but for now I think I have enough going on :) Thanks so much for stopping by and enjoying my shop!