The beginning, as many things in life, came by chance. All around my parents’ place you could find buttons, fabric, bows… My mum has been sewing for a long time and she liked to keep that stuff, just in case, she said. One day, we were wondering if we could do something to use all she had been storing in boxes and she was too sad to throw away. Therefor, I started surfing the Internet and found some interesting ideas which I could easily perform. Buying some felt and safety pin I could make brooches for my coats or a key-ring here and then.
For the last two years, I’ve been basically making brooches to family and friends and, I am pretty sure all my friends have at least one ;-) There came the day when somebody asked me ‘why don’t you sell them?’ My answer was straight. It is only a hobby for me which, actually, doesn’t cost much money. Nearly everything I use is recycled. I’ve already had a moneymaker which is my job and this is just a hobby that allows me to create, imagine, disconnect… I didn’t convince much. People know materials cost money and they decided to pay me anyway.
And here is where everything starts again, a second time. During last winter, I made brooches and key-rings to friends, secret Santa, Christmas presents, etcetera. When they told me they wanted to pay me, I thought I didn’t really need the money, only for covering material investments, which in fact is very little, but the rest wasn’t necessary at all. After thinking for a while, I decided to give a part of what they give me to charity projects. Not long before this, an earthquake had hit the Philippines so I contributed in my small way through the Facebook site One World For The Philippines. Another project was Cap nen sense joguina (no child without a toy). No better way to thank Christmas shopping than making a kid happy on three-wise-man night.
Finally, a third begging starts here ;-), by creating this blog where my creations, ideas and projects can be seen.
Would it be a forth begging?
