Welcome to my empire of self-love, inspiration and encouragement.

Where I hope to encourage you in and outside of the craft room, or if you're like me for

many years, beyond the kitchen table.

This is Beyond Crafting.

This episode, I'm going to introduce you to Kim from Sweet Red Poppy.

She's an amazing woman with a dark history, but she wears a constant smile on her face.

She built her business from the ground up all while taking care of three children under

three.

Let's hear Kim's story.

Kim, thank you so much for joining me.

I'm so excited to have you on because I feel like you are one of the most supportive,

inspiring people in our crafting community.

I feel like you do so much to build people up and to encourage people to follow their dreams

no matter what it may be.

Tell me about your life pre-blogging.

What did you do before starting your business?

Well, thank you for having me, Holly.

You are so sweet.

I am so excited to share more about Sweet Red Poppy.

Pre-blogging, we're going to throw it all the way back to 2010, which is when I got married

at the very, very young age of 18.

I actually met my husband at Olive Garden, which is a funny story, but that is a story

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