Nope. This isn’t about some love or relationship dilemma. It’s about my home based fashion accessory business . You see, for the past two and a half years, I’ve been making custom made accessories and I sell them with the help of family and friends and about a year ago I’ve also started selling them online and to resellers. It all started out a hobby.. I used to make accessories for myself and my mom and sister coz I prefer being unique yet I don’t really want to wear those you can find in malls since most of them look so outrageous and would look better on a celebrity than me who’s just going on a shopping trip or have coffee with friends.
What started out as few pieces given out to my family ended up with a lot of people asking me to personalize some for them so I decided to go into it full time. I am really thankful I did, because it allowed me to work from home, schedule my work time depending on my whim, and it was financially rewarding too.
Now that the family is soon moving back to Phnom Penh, mid this year, I decided to close shop since I would want to spend more time now with my family and I decided to home-school my daughter this summer. Having made that decision, I started clearing out my inventory, contacted my suppliers and talked to my buyers already. It’s hard since most of these people have now become my friends and crafting jewelries a way of life already for me.
I’m one of those persons who can’t just stop from fiddling with things and crafting is second to breathing for me that’s why I feel so sad. On positive note, my husband is telling me, perhaps its better too since I can get more sleep now ( at time I sleep for just a few hours a day when I’m rushing a bulk order and specially during Christmas season). I guess this is just a stage and I’d still continue making fashion jewelries, not for selling though but more of a hobby, a creative release..
