Last year, Alex Anchor –- a stay-at-home mother of two little boys -- decided to make handmade gifts for the holidays. The signs she made turned out well and she very much enjoyed making them, so she opened up a little shop. Her shop expanded to include her creations of decorative name blocks, wooden picture frames, vinyl decals and growth rulers.
She works regularly for 4 – 5 hours after her boys are in bed. Although the most difficult part of the process is the designig, she’s mostly inspired by her customers. She loves it when they approach her with an idea that they can design together. Her favourite items happen to also be the most popular ones: family name signs. At the time of the interview for this blog she was working on 9 family name signs, 7 growth rules, and 2 baby stat signs.
She has received a lot of great feedback, but the best has been from returning customers. 1 customer has ordered 10 items from her over the past 6 months. To her, that’s the best feedback one can receive.
Alex loves using her creative side and sells most of her work through her Facebook page as well as her Etsy store. All of work work is made in Millbrook, Ontario. Meet Alex at 30 Craft Market on November 28, 10:30 – 5 and November 29, 10:30 – 4 pm!