I have been running my creative business part time now for 6 years, initially I was awarded a Prince's Trust loan to purchase equipment, and I have been building my collections and experience since graduating from Manchester Metropolitan University in 2006.
This is the first year that i've been able to make it my main focus. Today I attended a workshop organised by Helfa Gelf/Arts Trail. The workshop was given by Patricia Van den Akker of The Design Trust and was aimed at helping designer makers be more successful in their creative businesses.
Patricia was fantastic and had buckets of advice! I have been meaning to open an Etsy shop for a long time but not being very technically minded have kept putting it off. So today I thought, just do it! So here I am, the workshop has inspired me to do it and given me the confidence to get my work out there.
I have plenty of collections that I will be adding in the coming months and hope you enjoy what you see. Please if you would like to know more, do get in touch, I am happy to answer any questions.