“Find a Passion, make it a Profession, and you’ll never work another Day in your life!”
Hi, I'm Pauline and I am a craft-a-holic... and proud of it! I’ve been sewing and knitting toys and doll's clothes since I was a kid, but it wasn’t until my 30s (OK, mid-30s) that I made a conscious decision to try and make a living doing what I love. I'd worked in the optometry field for 18 years but what really fires me up is sewing soft toys!
So I took the advice of a quilting teacher who'd said, “Do what you love and the money will follow!”
"Whether you think you Can or you Can't, you are usually Right." - Henry Ford.I refused to give up! I felt I was headed down a one way path and no matter how long it took, I’d begun a journey that would bring me the freedom, happiness and fulfillment that I still hadn’t found in my 9-5 job. In my search for website promotion ideas I stumbled upon the idea of building a high traffic craft website for ‘mad crafters’ like myself, people with a burning passion to make a living doing what they love – crafting.
I felt sure I wasn’t alone, I couldn’t be the only person on the planet who couldn’t go a day without doing/making something crafty. I’d spent hours on the internet looking for new craft ideas myself, so creating a meeting point for craft-searchers and craft-producers seemed like a win-win situation to me.
“Your talents are God’s gift to you, what you do with them is your gift to Him.” – my mother!I felt that this could be my way of 'putting a little back', oh and hopefully I’d sell a few patterns too and one day be able to give up the day job completely and craft off into the sunset.... I'll keep you posted!
Happy crafting
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