For various reasons, I have made the decision to basically stop making & selling my handmade items.
It was never about making money - well not for me personally any. I have always donated proceeds to many good causes over the years. From Macmillan & CRUK, to lots of smaller charities and good causes and local ones too.
I've also donated many items directly for fundraising purposed so I have never profitted in any way from what I do.
My creative endeavours were always just something to keep me occupied and to help raise funds for the many & varied good causes that I supported.
Over the past couple of years, what with covid and a deteriation in my own health issues, it has been even harder to make sales using social media so I made the decision to stop.
It was a hard one to make as I have loved what I have been doing for the best part of 20 years in one form or another.
Over the Jubilee Bank Holiday I had an online sale and then packed up the remainder of my handmade items and posted them off to a lovely charity shop down in London run by Sistah Space which is a community based group that supports women of African heritage who are victims of domestic abuse.
I normally take a photo of items I send off but forgot this time but they posted a lovely pic on their Twitter showing the unpacked parcel with a lovely THANK YOU.
Please give them a follow on Instagram & Twitter & support the good work they do.
So, I am now concentrating on my #ButeBeanies via my Rainbows over Bute FB page although the buteartism page is still active but won't be used as much as before.
My Folksy store is still open, selling my crochet beanies which helps fund the posting out of parcels of beanies to homeless outreach projects.
So I guess you could say that I've "downsized" rather a bit!!
I shall still be around on Twitter showcasing #IndieSellers and sharing lots of interesting stuff.
Hopefully I'll get my crafting mojo back one day - in which case I will have to restock my supply stash as I've been clearing out over on Ebay but thats another story!!!
Well, thats me done for now.
See you next time.
