KerryLaneCrafts
About Me
My name is Kerry, stay home mom to my 4 1/2 year old twins, Éowyn and Maximus who are now in Junior Kindergarten, giving me 3 hours of peace every day!
I was born and raised in England until moving to Canada at age 13. I have been married now for 7 1/2 years to my husband, Shaun. We have quite a busy house, with 2 kids, a cat, 2 birds and various fish tanks. The twins are taking swimming lessons and loving it, getting ready for all the fun at the cottage this year.
I am not crocheting, I am a busy volunteer for Twins Plus Association of Brampton as an exectutive member and sale committee. I also prepare our newsletters which get published about 3 times a year. We are currently working on our website to publish them online instead. I have made some great friends through the club, all of us with twins, some with triplets...you can imagine the noise level with playdates!
How Did My Shop Start?
I have crocheted for my own enjoyment for about 10 years, making gifts mostly. Last summer, I decided to make some dishcloths for my kitchen. After I realized how quick and easy they were to make, I started searching for more items to make, including hats, scrubbies and dust mops.
I decided to do a craft show in Nov 2010 and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. I promptly opened my Etsy shop 2 days later on Nov 22nd!
What is my favourite material?
I use 100% cotton for all my dishcloths, scrubbies, dishcloths and Sunshine Hats. Cotton is easy to work with, relatively inexpensive and washes well. I have plenty of colours to chose from so accepting custom orders from these items is easy.
What are my 3 favourite items from my shop?
Only 3? lol!
The Sunshine Hat, 100% cotton, shades and cools, easy to wash and lasts years! http://www.etsy.com/listing/67707542/the-sunshine-hat-yellow
Set of 3 Kitchen Scrubbies, 100% cotton, easily my best seller!http://www.etsy.com/listing/66908324/3-crochet-kitchen-scrubbies
Set of 8 Face Scrubbies, 100% cotton, honestly, my skin has never been softer!http://www.etsy.com/listing/69771772/8-cotton-face-scrubbbies-brights
What are your last 3 etsy purchases?
This hat is coming soon to my shop! I purchased this pattern!http://www.etsy.com/transaction/47395056
I purchased the first pair on the left, the blue/purple earrings!
Shea Butter Cuticle Cream, FABULOUS!
What was your last non-etsy creative pursuits?
Well, I make crafts with the kids quite a bit. We have made magnets in the last while. Does Play-Doh count? Éowyn can play with Play-Doh for HOURS!
I also count my club newsletter as creative, as I have to make sure the layouts are easy to read and follow. (oh, and I love creating it!).
What's next for your shop?
I have 4 new hat patterns to create, including the dinosaur hat from above. I also plan on adding diaper covers to the mix, more bibs, more hats, and I am adding beer can/bottle cozies to my shop in time for Father's Day!.
On another note, BuySomeLove and KerryLaneCrafts are teaming up for a street festival sports event and craft show on June 4th and 5th. We are both excited to be planning and working on our booth. We shall post our experiences and best selling items from the show later in June!
***I have a WeddingBells discount of 10% available! Please use coupon code weddingbells10***
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