How did "Made by De" start?
When I was growing up, things were much different than they are now. There was no internet and no cell phones, There was one single computer in my junior high school that we all took turns at. It was all 000000 and 1111111, with no word processing or any of the stuff we take for granted now.
I was a secretary getting out of high school. I eventually went to college and became an RN for quite a few years. I was married, had kids...........the usual stuff.
I've always enjoyed making things. One of my favorite classes was Home Economics, where I somewhat learned to use a sewing machine. I crocheted. I knitted. I made stuff with fabric paints. It never occurred to me that creating could be made into a business.
As the kids got close to graduating high school, I was consistently counting down the hours at work until I could do what I really wanted. I wanted to get out of nursing, but the money was great and what else could I do to make that kind of money?
I was drawn to people and situations that made me think I could do something I enjoyed to make a living. I was in a place where I could have the animals I love. My husband was working a good job. I met a couple of people who were trying to sell some stuff online, including dog coats. I started helping them out and learned it was possible to make money online in a non-traditional way.
I started learning the computer, learning how to make dog clothes, learning that there was a demand for something like what I could make. The more people I talked to, the more possibilities I saw.
Over the last few years, I've managed to build an online business selling my creations for dogs. I've learned all kinds of stuff about social media, search engines, advertising and, last but not least, blogging.
It's all still a work in progress, but I am now happy with what I do for a living and run out of time before I run out of "want to". I don't make as much money as I did nursing, at least not yet. But I do well and I look forward to all the new, bigger, better stuff I can do.
De Hufford
Made by De
www.coatsmadebyde.com
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