Skip to content
Menu Search Mustard Made Australia
Cart
0
Basket
  • home
  • shop
    • shop all
    • shop in stock
    • shop by product
      • The Shorty
      • The Skinny
      • The Lowdown
      • The Midi
      • The Twinny
      • The Baskets
      • The Hangers
      • Magnets
      • Swatches + Extras
      • Gift Cards
    • shop by colour
      • Blush
      • Berry
      • Poppy
      • Mustard
      • Sage
      • Olive
      • Navy
      • Ocean
      • Lilac
      • White
      • Slate
  • story
  • blog
  • build it
Account
mustardmade mustard made lockers

Handmade Pedestals

February 18, 2018

The day I first came up with the idea of creating beautiful lockers I was walking along the beach with my sister, we were dreaming out loud about what might be next for me after having a baby. The seed grew rapidly from there and it didn’t take me long to get lost in cyberspace trying to learn all I could about how to get lockers made, who makes them and where. You see, having grown a micro handmade business from scratch with not much more than a hammer and some old cutlery, I had learnt a few things that guided where I wanted to go next.

I love handmade, I love the connection to a person whose fingers have been all over my new mug, necklace or candle. But the thing I came to learn is that although I put ‘made by hand’ all over my products and put the concept on a beautifully crafted pedestal, I’m not really a maker. Don’t get me wrong, I can make. But I’m not an artist. I’m an ideas girl and I get my kicks from the spark of creating not the act of making over and over. I don’t get that meditative state thing I hear people rave about and due to a recent new baby arriving quite literally on my bathroom floor, I very rarely have much time or two hands to use either.

It had surprised me to discover that I really enjoyed aspects of business life that I had initially overlooked. Creating content and manifesting the brand values into the products, packaging and social media became things I actually found ‘fun’ whereas the labour of making the products felt a lot more like ‘work.’ Ultimately, making is not where my strengths really lie.

It was with these newfound insights buried within me that I could build a picture: starting a new business where my time was spent creating the business and caring for my customers rather than creating the product myself. I came to see that by enlisting help in the handmade department it would free me up to build a stronger business than I was able to do by myself with my one baby free hand.

 

Share
  • Share on Facebook
  • Twitter Share on Twitter
  • Pinterest Pin it
Back to Making Mustard
Older Post
Newer Post

Leave a comment

let's be friends, yeah?

Thanks for being here!
We'd love to drop by your inbox with very important locker related news!

  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
We've got a thing for Lockers

We create colourful, practical things for your home, work space + kids rooms. We're here to make life a little more tidy.

Love Becca + Jess

Mustard Made Australia
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
Find out more
  • shipping + returns
  • find a stockist
  • contact us
  • work with us!
  • FAQ's
  • want to be a stockist?
  • account login
  • privacy policy
Sign up

Big fan of lockers? Pop your email address below + we'll keep you up to date with product releases, locker talk + more!

Not in the right place?
© 2023 Mustard Made Australia. Powered by Shopify