Purple Panda Creations

Following the birth of my twins late 2014 I took a break from my career in finance to become a full-time mum. I enjoyed my experience as a full-time mum so much that after the birth of my third child 21 months later I decided to start up a creative business so that I could work from home.I absolutely love personalised gifts and came up with the idea when I was thinking of all the events I had that year: a wedding, christening, special birthday and a wedding anniversary. I thought it would be great if there was one place I could shop, supporting local, rather than buying off the internet.

Based on this, and that my husband (who had been a joiner and carpenter for over 12 years) had also worked with a laser cutter and CAD software and said he would teach me all the programming required to make my own designs, utilising many materials, I came up with my business idea.