Live Your Dreams Today

Live your dreams today! This is my new motto. Many years I've had a dream is to start a craft business, making a living doing something I love. The problem was that I didn't know what to make. I try to ask myself each day what I can do to make my dream a reality. I remind myself how quickly a project can be completed if I only spend a small amount of time on it daily. "If you have the ability to dream something, you also have the ability to make it happen."
-Richard Webster
What is your dream? What keeps you from realizing it?

From Past to Present

Our life is a series of seemingly unrelated events which added together create a wonderful outcome. My grandmother taught me, as a child, many of the skills I use today to create my handbags. They include sewing, embroidery and crocheting. I continued these hobbies into adulthood. I always remember having a desire to make a living with my own business. Upon inheriting my grandmother's sewing machine, while working on my fir project (a pair of purple calico overalls), I awoke each morning excited to begin sewing. this lead me to enroll in Fashion Design classes "just for fun". I especially loved pattern making. What long unused talents could you use to bring fulfillment and possibly profit to you?

The Beginning of a Dream

Necessity is the mother of invention...I have been designing and sewing handbags for several years. All of which started due to necessity, lack of money and a need of a wedding gift. I thought deeply about what I could do. Silk fabric scraps, embroidery and vintage lace lead to the creation of a beautiful gift for my dear friend to carry on her special day. The encouragement of my friends lead me to the realization of what I wanted to make; handbags. My dream began to take shape. Somewhere along the way I discovered crazy quilting; again. I found my passion. These colorful handbags go with anything and everything.