Monday, January 2, 2012

Crochet, knitting, & sewing - off to a great start!





Good morning! ; ) I started this blog yesterday - wanted to start off on the beginning of the New year.  I mentioned that my sister is far more experienced with creating crafts - crochet, knit and hand sewn.  I just got so excited with the news of the "record" (in a 24 hour time period) sales on Ebay but there is more!  We have two separate Ebay accounts and I reposted the same two afghans that we had sold.  It wasn't an hour later the minimum bid had been met on the hand crocheted multi-blue/black granny square/ripple afghan!  A few hours later there were more questions from Ebay members regarding the size of the hand crocheted multi-blue/black granny square/ripple afghan and the multi-pink hand crocheted granny squareripple afghan!  ; ) I am going to post some images of these handmade gifts/items so you will know what I am referring to.  I also wanted to tell you that I received a brand new Husquarvarna sewing machine from Santa Claus. I can now learn how to sew!

Today is Monday.  It is the beginning of my actual "work week" I made a resolution that I would treat this venture like a real business, posting new hand crocheted/knitted items that we have created as we make them and managing the pages/accounts we have with Craigslist Knoxville and Ft. Myers; Yardsellr, Style.ly, Ecrater, and Ebay. Everyday, I will make a call to 2 boutique/consignment, baby, children, women's craft, specialty, boutique shops in the Knoxville and Ft. Myers areas.  I will offer our handmade crocheted/knitted items to them for sale.  If anyone has or knows of such a shop that might be interested in taking part in this venture please feel free to contact us with information.  Okay, off to "work" now....this is so exciting!!!!

I am calling it "work" but, it is very rewarding in that
#1 my sister and I are bonding deeper.  We are in contact via telephone and/or email several times a day.
#2 crocheting/knitting is very therapeutic, relaxing. I have personally suffered with depression over the years and you wouldn't believe the amount of stress it relieves for me to crochet (Tammy is the knitter)
#3 profitable? We'll see.....lol. We have found some great deals on yarn, people selling/giving away.  That is another thing you can do for us if you know anyone that has unwanted yarn/material, let us know.

Thanks, and have a blessed day.

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