I've gotten a few phone calls regarding my website though I'm not entirely sure how you guys are getting my phone number and location off the internet. I thought I should let you know that I will be selling already made crafts, not craft supplies.

 

The idea behind the name Poke In The Eye crafts is that the crafts I do will have such shocking and eye-catching colors and designs that they will reach out and poke you in the eye.

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A little bit about me: I have been diagnosed Schizophrenic but I am not schizophrenic, my name is Carla and I have schizophrenia. It has been a long road to recovery over the last 12 years since my mind "split" and they told me all I had to do was quit smoking marijuana and I would be fine which I was not after a period of 6 months of abstaining when I finally got my diagnosis. I am also the mother of two beautiful children, a survivor of an abusive relationship, and over the course of my life have gone from ouija boards to a strong faith in Christ.

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Though I started this webpage years ago, I have lacked the stability in my life to actually get an inventory worked up for the business I hope to create. Thanks to this wonderful Christian man that came into my life only 6 months ago or so, I now no longer have to live like a transient who occasionally ends up on the streets, sober, which gives me the opportunity to actually start getting going on this project. 

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Unfortunately I have real limitations on what I can do for employment in the real world. Because of the state of my mental health I absolutely require 8 hours of sleep a night or I may very well start being paranoid and seeing things not as they actually are or hearing things that aren't really there. Which is the reason I gave up my last job at a thrift store in Langley. Unfortunately they were never able to provide me with a steady schedule and then scheduled me for closing and then opening the next day which made it impossible to get enough sleep. Having a stedy routine and getting enough sleep are key things that help me function like a normal person. 

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Since I was young I have always had an obsession with creating things. I put away this obsession when I turned 18 and turned to work and alcohol and pot and completely lost myself in the daily grind. 

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Every time I go back to a regular job I end up drinking or smoking pot again which makes me very sick with my schizophrenia. 

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The only thing I can really do to save my own sanity and bring in some kind of passive income is this. 

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Crocheting is my favorite go to project that I do and I will have a large queen size blanket to post for sale very soon. My blankets are somewhat unique as usual and like this one I'm working on now, I make them a very tight knit with a 4mm hook and very large which a lot of fellow crocheters do not know how I have the patience to create these beautiful, warm, and large blankets. I did sell one on one occasion at a hospital in Winnipeg. 

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I have tons of tie on maromae bracelets that I could list and will get on listing the little inventory I have. 

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Thank you so much for taking an interest in my website. 

 

I hope you check back for changes soon!

 

Yours truly,

Carla.