Hi everyone

I am taking part in a 10 day challenge set by #cindymobeymarketing, so you can find out more about my and my business. Today is - who are you and what do you do.

I`m Lissie, I`m based in Bristol, I have four grown up chicken and a little rescue cat called Jay. I live with my autistic daughter and we love going on adventurers by train together.  I worked in a bank, ran a parent and toddler group,made wedding dresses and became a campanologist.  Sadly I lost my husband to cancer nearly 18 years ago and I shut down and found communicating very hard until writing therapy was suggested. This unlocked a lot of emotions and helped me to recover.  I took up poetry again and found it opened up my world.  Friends starts to ask me to write for them, so I decided to start my little business and many years down the line, I`ve had some of my poems published and enjoy meeting people when I`m running my stall at different markets and have been lucky to work with children and met some amazing poets too.

I write poems that are personal, quirky and unique, I`m inspired by nature, emotions, events and people. Creating acrostic poems about customer`s names, pet and special places. I go walking and always take photos that I can use with my poems.  My ethos is painting pictures with words from the heart.

Along with my poetry, I have been knitting Friendship Bears for over 30 years (my children still have their own bears)  They are knitted in many different colours and patterns and each one has its own personality. I`m passionate about colour, joy and sharing my poems and making people smile.

I love what I do as it enables me to be there for my family, especially to support my autistic daughter. Thank you for reading about me and my little business.

Lissie