How it all started, again.
I've been making chainmaille for a while and selling it at cost to a store in Estas Park, Co (up in the Rocky Mountains). I did that so I could keep "playing".
Friends and family told me I should do more, but cost kept me from doing anything else with wire. I made a few custom pieces for friends, from stones they collected, but nothing more.
There was a listing on Craig's List for an open market close to my home. It made me think I could do more and the booth price was low! I sold enough at that event to make my money back and then some! I never thought anyone would pay for my time. I put so much time and energy into my work and scrap things I think are messy, flimsy, or just don't look right.
After having a successful market day, on what they called slow, I booked again for the following month, opened an Etsy store and made a business Facebook page. You can find it by "looking for friends" under the name wrapped wired twisted.
Now I work on new pieces at least once a week to keep up my inventory and will be participating in more outdoor and indoor markets around where I live.
So, now here I am a year later enjoying the Etsy community! I hope you enjoy what see as much as I have enjoyed working on these!
I do not sell outside of Etsy and local markets. All custom work will be done through Etsy, even if we met at a market.