Magic is in making something for someone with your own two hands. People tell me all the time, "Knowing someone made this by hand just means more to me".
Growing up, I was never encouraged to do anything I loved unless it made me enough money to impress people. But I decided to take a risk and take the only real choice available to me: I decided to do what I love. I published some of my writing and I opened this store for my crafts.
The Ever Clever Miss Stitch started in 2012 when a woman at the store saw me wearing a beanie I'd crocheted. I would've made her the hat for free if she liked it that much and didn't feel comfortable having her pay me. But she absolutely insisted on paying me, told me to name my price, and gave me her contact information. TECMS was first House of Queens and then Realm of the Heart and I was crocheting stuffed animals, bags, scarves, and hats as gifts and also sold items through word of mouth. From there, my curiosity as textile artist/crafter (I call myself a "crafty") and I I've started expanding my craft knowledge and abilities into cross stitch/embroidery, polymer clay, books, macrame, knitting, jewelry making, etc.
"The Ever Clever Miss Stitch" is actually a fantasy fiction novel I am writing about a girl named Stitch who can breathe life into whatever she crochets and sews.
Come shop with me and browse handmade crafts on Etsy or request a custom order by sending me a message. I am self-taught and I've been building my crochet and general crafting skills for fifteen years. With my lively imagination, I love making things from hooking crochet to weaving stories in my fantastical novels