How it all began

We would never have met if Mark hadn’t decided to begin his venture into social networking, and I wonder if, without him we would ever have started our small businesses?

Our relationship started, I suppose the minute I saw the lovely products they all make and pressed that little “like” button. It must drive my friends mad when I appear on their news feed with another creative page to add to my vast collection of likes. But there is a big difference between liking a page and actually interacting with one isn’t there? So the relationships started when I began commenting and responding to the things they posted and I can’t remember the exact comment that lead to our small group being formed but it must have been “Help I’ve bought more fabric, my other half is going to kill me” Whatever the comment was it lead to me confessing about my ice cube tray habit (more about that another day!) and we all realised we weren’t alone in our obsession for crafting.

Thanks again to Mark for the ability to start a private group with people you barely know, they say it’s easier sometimes to say things that you won’t say to friends or family to a complete stranger and I think we have all found that with our group. I think the idea was that we would have somewhere to rant, discuss, ask for advice etc away from our business page – how unprofessional is it to moan about things on a page that you use to promote and sell your creations? It has become so much more than that and we all now find ourselves checking daily (sometimes hourly) on how our lovely new friends are, what they have been doing, listen to their rants, help them find solutions to their problems and support them with personal crisis.

How long with it last? How long does any relationship last? It’ll be there for as long as we all need it to be and when it’s gone I’m sure we’ll always remember trying to do a chat with 10 women online at the same time – not an easy task, I think we need more practise.