Hi there everyone! My name is Hallie, I'm almost 18 years old, and I created a little Etsy shop called HallieAnneOriginals. There I sell handmade knotted bracelets. I only have a few in my shop at the moment, but I've been making more and more, I just have to get around to taking pictures of them.
I've been creating things for as long as I can remember. I've always loved art in school and would rather make something with my hands than play a video game. I've been making friendship bracelets since I was about 10 years old when my grandma gave me a book on how to make basic bracelets. Up until recently I had never tried to make bracelets with patterns other than the ones I had learned so long ago, but I stumbled upon a site called friendship-bracelets.net and it changed everything. 
I'm writing this blog for a couple of reasons: 1. for the incentive to make more bracelets, 2. to have another place to sell my bracelets, and 3. to encourage people to be creative and try to make something instead of just buying it. 

This week I have been working on my younger sister's birthday present. I told her to pick out a couple of bracelet patterns that she liked and I would pick one to make for her. All three of the bracelets that she chose were 40 strings, twice the size of any other I've ever made, but I was determined to make her something that she wanted. This is the pattern . 
I have finally completed the bracelet and I thought it would be the perfect bracelet to begin my blog.  This is how it turned out! YAY! 


Well I hope you liked my first little post. I'll hopefully be posting again withing a few days to update on my next craft! Happy crafting!