Crafting My Dream Life: A 3-Year Journey Revealed

Turning passion into profession one stitch at a time

Gladys Carmina
The Joy of Making

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I am not sure how a dream life might look to you but to me, a dream life would be like this:

I’d crochet in cozy coffee shops. Not necessarily because I love lattes but because my photos would look amazing on my Instagram stories. And because I’d be filming a “day in my life” kind of video to share on my YouTube. Oh yeah, my audience out there loves to see how I live a cozy and dreamy life. And after this, I’d go yarn shopping for my next crochet for beginners workshop.

I’d love to make my living out of art by teaching crochet and selling my craft and here is what I’ve been doing to accomplish the crafty dream life.

Let’s go back in time to 2020.

After getting lost in other crafts and hobbies, I came back to crochet. Or crochet came back to me?

Just like John Lennon put it in a song: Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.

In 2021 I got obsessed with crochet.

For the first time in my life, I bought crochet hooks. My grandma used to always give me her crochet hooks with such pride as if she was passing to me an honorific magic wand.

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Gladys Carmina
The Joy of Making

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