AriRae Crochet

HELLO! I’M ARIA and I’m a fifteen year old Christian small business owner. My business began as a hobby when I was eleven, when I learned how to crochet at a homeschool co-op. My favorite things to make were always the animals and creatures.

Soon after learning I decided I wanted to start a business. I kept working on making items, and AriRaeCrochet was started soon after. My crochet skill got better and better as I made higher quality products, and to this day I have had more than 500 Etsy sales! I sell my handmade crochet animals made to order and ship them out right from the post office down the road.

Running my business has been an amazing journey, from markets, to social media platforms, and a large Christmas rush in December of 2022 in which I had 100 open orders to fill at one point! Running a business definitely teaches responsibility and learning how to deal with customers no matter what their requests are. I run my business right from my home, and ship orders out as they come in. I love reading my reviews and enjoy seeing the pictures of my products that buyers received in the mail! I will occasionally do custom orders, but only for family and friends.

Along the way I have started both a Pinterest account and a YouTube channel which are both called AriRaeCrochet as well. Because of these, I have definitely increased my knowledge of editing photos and videos and how to take quality product pictures for my Etsy. Running a business can be tiring and stressful at times, but it’s definitely worth the excitement of making new things and seeing that others enjoy what I make with yarn and a crochet hook. I hope to continue building my business to be more than just a side job in the future, and the ultimate goal for me is to be self employed if it’s in God’s plan for me.