I was intrigued by woodcarving designs and soon found that I can take pictures of flowers and turn them into designs. My mother was a talented woodcarver and she commissioned me regularly to design her some new designs to try out. She gave classes too, and soon my designs was swopped out. Her woodcarving pieces and furniture won special prices on shows and some of her work was exported as far as Canada. Later in years my father, a master carpenter, took up the hobby too and I was doing designing for him too.
I designed stencil cut-outs for stenciling too, design pictures for murals, designs for birthday cards and more and it just spiraled out. I designed textile designs for painting on material and silkscreen printing and again my designs was swapped out by my friends that I did the designing for.
Making clothes for myself and my family, I designed our clothes and it was soon used by my friends that want to try their hands at needle work themselves. I called my children range "Mouse Wear" and it was "easy to make" patterns.
Because I'm artistic and like to make things, I started to learn how to do interior designing and end up designing and making most of the decorations myself. No hammer and nail or drill scares me. I was glad that my father was a master carpenter and he taught me well.