Hello. Welcome to my journey that is now ours.

I love supporting my Hmong Sisters! It all started there—plus my love for jewelry (cheap or expensive. You name it all). I have bought so many that I decided to create my own too.

I googled on how to make polymer clay earrings. What clay works best for jewelry etc. Afterwards, I YouTubed tutorials. I bought my first batch of clay, a small hypoallergenic kit from Amazon, sandpaper, and some charms from Shein. You know, the necessities. 

When I first made my batch of earrings, I was so proud. Looking back now though…they were quite something. Haha. I made studs and found them to be pretty easy to make, but my first error came. Why did the posts fall off? I will post a blog about that some time later. My earrings were not sanded well. They were pretty ugly to be completely honest, but hey. Everyone starts somewhere. 

Here is one of my first earrings I ever made. 

It was a very addicting process. I ended up having the itch to make earrings. I think I made earrings almost every day, and I was so excited to show my sisters and mother my earrings. But yeah, looking back omg facepalm. The embarrassment is too real. I am sure my sisters were thinking I was too proud for nothing. However! They were supportive of me. Encouraged me to keep making more, and that they would like to buy my earrings. They pointed out a few things to me, in which I took those criticism in and put them to use my next few experiments. I am so thankful. 

I always loved creating. If you didn’t know me, I went to art school. I graduated with a BA in Fine Arts from Concordia University. I paint and draw portraits. With that being said, I yearn to create. Ever since my first batch, I practiced and kept creating. I wanted to learn more techniques. With all these techniques that I wanted to learn, came with greater risks. Am I willing to spend and invest money I technically don’t have? Of course! Why not invest in something I love and enjoy doing?  

My first time giving away earrings that I later created was during Christmas. I was super excited to give away earrings. I wanted everyone to feel loved and to let my hard work be a part of them. That was the best reward for me and still is. My sisters told me that I should start selling earrings. I said no. I wanted to make for fun and donate. I don’t even know if people will like my jewelry. I was also very insecure. Would they even be worth selling? Most importantly, I had yet to find my niche and style. 

One of my sisters told me she wouldn’t take my earrings if I didn’t sell them to her. My husband also told me he wouldn’t let me buy anymore materials if I didn’t start selling them. He told me I was making too many and using up space. Those comments, coming from people I love, really struck a chord to my heart even though I knew they wanted the best for me. For a few weeks, I couldn’t buy materials to make, so I wasn’t making. I was pretty sad. I started “selling” my earrings…a few months later, then. I made my first sale, and bam. Off I went on FB, creating my own page and showing the little things I had to offer. It didn’t bother me that it was just friends and family who followed my page and bought from my live. At least someone out there is listening to me and giving me the nurture that I need to grow in this journey. I wish to pay that forward. 

Now that I am starting to officially sell, I try my best in supporting small businesses for materials, giveaways, and more. It’s not always the case, but I do try because I know how difficult this journey is, and the least I can do is bring awareness with this platform that I built for myself. This is also my affirmation. 

I am a very shy person. So timid that I almost didn’t even make it this far. To my very own surprise, I am here. This is something that I put my all in. With the way I am, I don’t follow through with a lot of things, especially if it involves leadership. Now, I have to be my own leader and my own boss. Scary. I have to swallow this up and learn everything. I am strong, and I have to believe in myself because no one else knows my potential as best as I do. 

If you didn’t learn anything from my blog today, that is fine. I just want you to know that all the possibilities are endless. You just need to believe in yourself. 

So, would you like to read about my MN LLC experience? I can talk about Shopify experience, tips, MN sales tax etc. Of course, it will not be any financial advice or me advocating for anything; it will just be my very own experience that I am disclosing to you. Let me know if you would like to read about it.

Again, thank you for reading. I appreciate your time. Take care.