What is your name?
Jen
Where are you located?
Bolingbrook, IL
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| Set of 3 Pot Scrubbers |
I have been married for 11 years, and have two children, Madison (6) and Colin (3). I am a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant and work very part time (a few days a month) at two local hospitals
What type of merchandise will shoppers find in your shop?
Currently I have coffee cup sleeves, pot scrubbers, and Swiffer covers. I am also planning on adding wash cloths, and I'm working on items for children as well.
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| Crochet Swiffer Cover with Scrubbing Stripes |
How/why did you get started?
I have been making the pot scrubbers for several years and giving them away as gifts. I had been thinking about opening an Etsy shop for several months before I actually worked up enough courage to do it.
How long have you been crocheting? How did you get started?
I learned to crochet when I was in 3rd grade from my babysitter. I knew how to make chains and circles. I tried to sell them at my mom's yard sales. I don't think I sold a thing, and I stopped trying. :) Fast forward 15 years to my wedding shower, where my mom gave me a large bag of pot scrubbers. I LOVED them! When I got down to my last two, I asked my mom if she could get me more. Unfortunately, the woman who made them had passed away. So I took matters into my own hands, and armed with those two scrubbers and You Tube, I relearned how to crochet, and came up with my own variation of the pot scrubbers, and have been making them ever since.
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| Pink Cotton Coffee Cup Sleeve |
What is your favorite thing to make?
Whatever I am working on at the moment.
What is one thing you need to have with you while you craft?
COFFEE!
How do you balance mothering and running a small business?
I tend to do most of my crocheting at night after the kids are in bed, while my husband and I are watching TV. I also crochet in the car, not while I'm driving of course. I try to keep a ball of yarn in the car, so I can pull it out while I'm waiting for my daughter to get out of school or waiting at the doctor's office. One of my biggest problems is that whenever I try something new, or get a new color, my daughter wants to have one just like it, so she's stashing away her own little inventory!
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| Crochet Swiffer Cover |
What is your favorite thing to browse Etsy for?
Everything! I love seeing all the creativity and talent out there!
When you're not crafting, what are you doing?
Playing with the kids, watching TV, cooking/baking, reading. I'm pretty boring.
Where can we find you?
www.etsy.com/shop/OffTheHookbyJen
www.facebook.com/OffTheHookbyJen
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| Crochet Coffee Cup Sleeve |
I have to say that her Potscrubbers are awesome!!I bought some a few weeks ago and I love them. I just throw them in the washing machine with the kitchen towels and then just let them air dry.
ReplyDeletePlus, They're so pretty....Buy some....You know you want too..:)
I love the swiffer cover idea!! That is SO much more economical than going through box after box of those things. Way to go Jen! Nice to meet you! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat interview Jen!
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