Turkish kilim style purses and bags for you
My name is Sennur. As a family, we moved to Virginia, US for my husband’s (Ender) PhD studies in 2010. I was boring in a new country and also we needed some money to survive there. At that time, I have heard Etsy, the most global marketplace for unique and creative goods, from a US citizen (thanks to her). It was a chance to turn my hobby (knit and crochet) into a successful business. So, I with my husband, Ender, have started our first shop (sennursasa – knit and crochet shop) in 2010.
In the beginning, I do not have many sales. Thus, I was looking some ways to develop our shop. In June 2011, I have opened my second shop (susamsupplies) to sell some craft supplies for the talented Etsy sellers. But, it was not enough to survive in US.
One day, my twin sister, Aynur, offered me to open an Etsy shop to sell some vintage scarves that she had already had. Her idea was excellent, because we would bring the vintage style of east (Turkish traditional scarf, Yemeni) and west (designers’ scarves) together in a shop. Thus, we opened this shop in January 2012. Later, we came back to my country, Turkey, in August 2012 and enhanced our stocks with some other women accessories and apparel that we created.
Now, in this shop, we sell what we design and create such as some ethnic style (kilim / rug / carpet) bags, purses, clutches, pouches, pillow cases and coasters. We are happy, because we do what we love – knit, crochet, sewing.
Thank you for your support of this small handmade business.