About Charrings!
My name is Charlie, I am the owner of Charrings!
I am 28 years old and live in Devon, UK with my partner and 2 cats, Wotsit and Smeagol. I am a one woman business so i do everything from making the earrings, packing your orders, product photography & customer service!
My Story
During lockdown in 2020, I was struggling to stay indoors and needed a creative hobby to distract myself from my anxiety and give myself a creative outlet. I started researching polymer clay and become obsessed. I quickly realized how amazing it would be to create my own earrings, ones that don't even exist. After a few months of constant research and practicing, I opened an Etsy shop and named it Charrings... A mix between charlie and earrings... I know, creative haha!
After a full year of Charrings, I was still fully in love with creating earrings, so I made it my mission for this to become my full time job. I was forever jumping between full time jobs from accounts, admin, receptionist and many other roles. I could never find a job i really enjoyed and hated being controlled by nasty management.
I spent 8am-5pm working full time, then worked on Charrings every evening and all weekend every weekend. After 3 years, I finally decided to quit my full time job and attempt to pursue a career with Charrings. I can truely say it has been the best decision I have ever made. I had a lot of people in my life tell me it was a terrible decision, but I believed in myself and cut those people out of my life, including my own parents.
I am incredibly proud of the community I have created, especially on social media. I have met some amazing women online from customers to fellow small business owners. I absolutely love creating jewellery as a full time job and have many plans for the growth of Charrings, I would love to open shops and have our earrings known worldwide. Who knows what the future will bring, but I'm excited to find out!
If you've took the time to read this, thank you.. so so so much and enjoy browsing our shop! x