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Tell us a little about yourself
I live in Long Island New York with my husband and two kids. With my best gal (laptop), I manage my online stores all at the comfort of my home office and with two friends who work for me part time. I have been making and designing wedding card boxes a little over seven years now. An 'online mom' pretty much became my career. I worked as a Management Engineer before my eldest son was born. Being a mom is already a full time job, and being a creative mom just became an avenue for me to have this business at home.
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Apart from creating things, what do you do?
Blogging. When other people are into yoga, I blog it's my way of recharging before the kids come home from school and after I tuck them into bed at night. Once a week, when it's really very hectic, I'll take a break and watch with my husband borrowed-dvd movies from our town library or Pretty Woman dvd.
What's your favorite item in your shop?
All of them. Each design has a story and journey to tell. I can say that my designs have evolved through the years, inspired by clients who are very enthusiastic to collaborate with us.
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How did the first one come about?
I remember my initial 3 tier card box was covered with clay modeled as fondant. I actually started selling them on ebay in 2005, seven years ago. The first email I received inquired about how will I ship it...not thought of that, hmmp. So that's when the use of fabric for covering my card boxes came about which gave me lots of possibilities. I started the trend of tiered fabric covered boxes. Before there were only white, plain square cubes and some were tiered and some used paints. After four solid years building a reputation on ebay and gained clientele (resellers), I opened my own online store in 2009 and months later my etsy shop. Currently, our brand is the No.1 maker of elegant wedding card boxes in the US.
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Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
My dream is to have a walk-in store...on the main street, of course. Seriously, in five years?...well I have the entire five years to evaluate if it's a viable and a practical thing or not. We'll see.
Like what you see?
More of TheWeddingMainst's work at her Etsy Shop. Her website. Her blog
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