News - extra thoughts from a craft studio wk5 — get to know me

Even as a little girl, I was always making things (anyone remember washing up bottles on Blue Peter?), I sewed, painted, glued, and cut my way through childhood….. I dreamed of owning my own craft shop, and as soon as I was able, I started down the road of entrepreneurship, running a craft stall selling handsewn clowns, (don’t ask!) and later cross stitch samplers and supplies at Uxbridge market. Photography played a major part in my upbringing too, both my parents were keen photographers, and I was given my first Kodak camera at probably around 8 years old. I would...

One of the pleasures of running a craft business is being able to choose what you want to sell in your shop, its like being a little child in the biggest sweet shop you’ve ever seen, and its easy to get seduced by all the goodies available! I don’t have a scientific formula for choosing which items to order, but I’ll never order something that I wouldn’t use myself….. I’ll also think about how much use a scrapbooker would get out of a product.  Generic items for instance, are much better than themed. I look for the unusual, papers and...