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I have always enjoyed craft activities. I remember being 7 or 8yrs old trying to figure out a sewing machine so that I could make new clothes for my dolls – they had a quirky, but somewhat functional wardrobe, which isn’t bad.

I’ve had some health issues my whole life, I had constant nausea since I was little, in fact, I’m told that it was hard to keep food in me as a baby. And I also had the classic EDS problems with hypermobility, and whilst I was very flexible in a lot of joints the only problems I experienced as a kid was chronic, severe hip pain – in fact looking back I have no idea how I was even nearly functional. The real issues started around the time I went to university, basically my body freaked out and different things kicked off as time went by. It became clear I’d never be able to hold down a traditional 9-5 job. I’m incredibly fortunate that I can work a little here and there, but that doesn’t fill up my time.

Given that I spend most of my time at home, resting, and that leaves plenty of time for different crafts. I enjoy a HUGE range of things, I like colouring (and colouring/drawing on fabric or wood or rocks), scratch art, scrapbooking, decopatch, embroidery, cross stich, glass art and dip resin, alongside the most important one: UV resin! This is what I use to make the jewellery in my shop, and I absolutely love the beauty you can create using resin and flowers, or glitters, or watch parts or more! So many options. And I enjoy sharing my projects with everyone, and it has the added bonus of stopping my house filling up with necklaces and keyrings etc!