Carmen Made This…Update: We have a January Give Away Winner
I’m finally getting this post finished and I really apologize to Carmen for taking such a long time to get this done. I love Carmen’s creations. You really need to check out her website to see all of her awesome products. I received the necklaces that you see above from Carmen so I could see for myself the quality of her work. They really are great. We all have a spark of creativity in us and we all have unique talents. I hope seeing the things others are creating to help their family incomes will encourage you to take that first step. I asked Carmen for a bio and I’m just going to let her tell you in her own words, all about who she is:
Hello, I am Carmen Lawson and I love to create beautiful things. Within the last 2 years I have found a couple of different outlets that help to pay for my fun hobbies. Last Spring I opened an online shop where I am able to sell my handmade products. That site is well known and is called Etsy.com. I originally sold only baby burp clothes on my http://www.carmenmadethis.etsy.com site because that’s what I was making in large quanities for a local buyer and for the many baby showers I attend. I have since added tasteful wooden pendants to the menu of things I sell. I also get regular requests for purses, totes, and quilts from buyers who know I sew and like my style.
I borrow a variety of styles from different sources and combine them to create modern–contemporary designs for babies and families. Every item in my shop has been carefully crafted for the style conscious individual. I love creating things with my hands. All of the designs are my own and are made in my smoke-free, but dachshund-friendly house in Southern Oregon. I obsess over finding the latest and greatest rich, vibrant, brilliant textiles and transforming them into functional products! I have been engineering and constructing quilts since my Oregon State University days over five years ago where I studied Human Development and Family Sciences. I have sold several quilts at the Sister’s Outdoor Quilt Show in Central Oregon. I have also designed and sold baby bedding on a local level.
I do not make a whole lot of profit and most of the money I make goes back into my hobbies–which I otherwise wouldn’t have a budget for since we live on one income…a public school teacher’s income at that. When I am not fulfilling my own creative needs I am happily raising two righteous young boys Benson(4), and Luther (1). I am blessed to be a stay at home mom and even more blessed to be married to a man that followed his hopes and dreams in becoming a high school band director.
As a former Music Booster president (11 years) I love band teachers. They work so hard and get so little thanks for all the hours they devote to helpinig children discover their talents. They have a few things in common, and unfortunately, one of them is a lack of income. Many of us find ourselves a little short when those bills come. Be a little brave and take that step to do something you love and make your income grow.
If you have a business and/or a product you would like me to review let me know. I have received permission to use these necklaces in a future give away so watch for that and you may win these great additions to your wardrobe.
Speaking of give aways….only a few more hour until we announce a January winner!!!
WE HAVE A WINNER…..SONDRA WON !!!! Sondra at http://www.murrayandmathews.blogspot.com/ is the winner of our January Give Away !!!! Congratulations Sondra!
