Inspiration and Imagination, Made Magical
A few years ago, my granddaughter received an Our Generation Doll. I made her some outfits from some remnants that I had lying around. She loved them!
After outgrowing some of her favorite outfits, Emily said she wished she had outfits for her dolls from her old clothes. So I used the material from her cast off items to make doll clothes. Again, she loved them and her friends said that they wished they had cute clothes for their dolls, too.
I made and sold some items locally and found that parents were struggling with finding unique, quality, US made clothes that were affordable. So, with all this inspiration from a little girl and her friends plus the backing and encouragement from my husband, daughters and other grandchildren, Made Magical was born!
Thankfully, I learned to sew, knit and crochet as a young child. In fact, my sister and I made our own doll clothes as well as dressing a couple of puppies and hamsters, too.
I also designed and created both my daughters' wedding dresses as well as Christening, First Communion and Prom dresses for my daughters, and grandchildren.
I am thoroughly enjoying doing something that taps into my creative side and I'm finding it very rewarding. Since this is such a huge switch for me, sales have been slow but I am still learning - learning about sales, marketing and being a creative business owner.
