ARTside My Box by ArtsideMyBox on Etsy

Breaking the Barrier

When I was 12, I decided I wanted to be a teacher and pursued the avenue of art education after graduating from High School. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, I reached my goal as a public school art teacher. It was a great adventure for my students and me.

Because I didn't conform and fit into the institutional box, I decided to "retire" from that the Public School educational environment in 1992. I began teaching privately and subsequently founded a private art studio/school (Cygnet Studios, Inc) that thrived into the mid 2000s. Along the way I developed several other branches of business in art, music and lastly -- coffee.

My long-standing, community centered career which consisted of several successful businesses, was destroyed in 2011 partly through predatory placed businesses but ultimately through domestic violence. I was forced to flee and close my cherished company. The transition has been challenging; however, my return to creativity through craft is one way available to create a new career.

I am reintroducing some favorite designs from the 1990s and developing new ideas for Etsy.

Here is a list of some of the companies I founded.

Cygnet Studios / Paint your Pottery (art/music studio/ceramic decorating):
1987 - 2011 (destroyed 2011)

Conewago Coffeehouse:
2006 - 2011 (destroyed 2011)

eCygnet.com
2012 - 2018

Woodwind Medic (woodwind instrument repair)
2013 - present

Hello My Goodbuys (consignment sales)
2014 - 2016

Artside My Box (artwork and hand crafted boxes)
2015 - present

Creative Coaching Company (online training)
2015 - present

Transform to Triumph (online coaching))
2016 - present

OH Baked (Bakery):
2017 - present - see our Etsy shop

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Fox 330 modified plastic student resonite conservatory oboe to low Bb great for aspiring musician

Clarinet table lamp great for Musician, Mother’s Day, Graduation gift, Clarinet player

Gift card sleeves for your shop customers

Flute Key pendant necklace gift for musicians

Clarinet Bell Pencil Holder Gift for Mom Students Music Teachers

Clarinet Bell Pencil Holder Gift for Mom Students Music Teachers

Swan figurine music box

Tatra Mountain Polish carved wooden jewelry box

Swan Lake swan figurine music box

Swan figurine music box

Swan and fairy figurine ceramic music box

Wood mechanical duck oboe reed dispenser

Wooden mechanical duck oboe reed dispenser for your music room

Flute KEYchain jewelry gift for students, teachers, musicians

Flute KEYchain gift for students, teachers, musicians

Flute KEYchain jewelry jewelry gift for students, teachers, musicians

Flute KEYchain gift for students, teachers, musicians

Vintage Hand Decorated Hinge lid, footed Wooden Box Tatra Mountains Poland

Unique Tall Wooden Box with Shell Inlay accents. Hand Made black white

Flower trinket box made in Poland

Wooden Trinket Jewelry Keepsake Hinged Box

10 - 12 oboe reed case display dispenser for your music room

Classic AK bore Loree oboe

hand carved wooden turtle box from the Bahamas

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