In the early 70′s, my mother and I owned and operated a seasonal boating and beachwear shop in Brielle, NJ called The Deck House.  For several years, I created and sold maxi dresses made from cotton bedspreads printed in India, hippy shoulder bags made from recycled denim bell bottoms and macramed necklaces.  The experience of owning and managing a business, while it lasted, or that feeling of creating something that someone wants to buy are 2 things I never forgot.

Throughout the years, I have worked for many business owners and characters with character as  receptionist, personal secretary, administrative assistant, executive assistant, bookkeeper, marketing assistant, sales rep, account executive, assistant manager, project manager, office manager, and website administrator. Many hats, some fit better than others.

Confucius said it and I believe it ~ “Choose a job you love and you will never work a day in your life.”

In 2004, I chose a job I love, set up a home office, built a website, at thesunnyside.biz, and formed an LLC with the same name, The Sunny Side Dot Biz, LLC.  Creative website solutions for the Entrepreneur.

I was in my office one day with lots of time on my hands and started to go through and organize boxes and boxes of fabric and unfinished sewing projects. Before I knew it, I had a new dress form and sewing machine and was designing and creating one of a kind clothing and accessories that I’ve sold online on Ebay, Etsy and Artfire.

I’ve been married for 34 years to the love of my life. We have two grown sons and 2 dogs – a Mini Schnauzer and a Yorky. There’s no place like home and sewing is what I truly love to do when I’m not taking care of my family, my clients or my garden.