About 4 years ago I made our first character bag. It was a jack-o-lantern bag. That one was pink and purple for a friend's little girl. I had a pattern for that one. Little did I know that that little bag would be the start of Wear Creations becoming a reality. Now we design all kinds of bags. First we were asked to make a snowman, and about that time we were working on a cat. From there it has blossomed into the majority of our work. Designing and selling these bags has given us the money and courage to branch out and try more things. It has taken us from a few local craft fairs to starting our own website to getting our stuff in a store in Reno, NV to getting on Amazon. The last half of 2015 and the first couple of months of 2016 were really rough personally, but for our business they were exciting times. We got all the paperwork done for our business license. We got our stuff in the store. We were accepted by Amazon. And to think we owe it all to a little jack-o-lantern bag. All that we have now started with that little bag. Each year we do better at each of the craft fairs. And I expect that this year will be no exception. Last year we actually had a customer come looking for us. The year before she had purchased a pumpkin bag. Last year she purchased five more bags, and put in her requests for this year. Thanks to her, we are designing a Santa bag and a witch bag and a few others.
Locally we have found our little niche. It may take us a few years to find our niche in our other ventures, but just like our little bags made our place here, it will find us. And when it does it will probably take us by surprise.
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