About Handmade By Amy O.
Handmade By Amy O. is a family business just outside of Greenville, SC. We are currently doing our best to help raise money during these trying times for those who need it most. COVID 19 has impacted communities worldwide, and we want to help!
That's why $5 from every mask, (that's 30%!!) will be donated. To find out more about our donation efforts, please click on our Donate page to learn more.
Who We Are
Amid this pandemic, my mother, retaining her usual charitable charm, graciously agreed to partner up and help in anyway she could. And like that, we were off to see how we could help.
My mother, "Amy O." has been a powerful and selfless seamstress for as long as I can remember. Aside from using her seemingly mystical powers for her family, friends and community, she has continually contributed to various charities over the years in notable fashion. Her generous spirit helped inspire this project, and continues to shine during these particularly trying times.
She has raised thousands of dollars for cancer research by donating many quilts for auction, some fetching upwards of $2,500! She also assists another charity by constructing and donating hundreds of bags to cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment.
Like many of you out there, I have found myself out of work. Seeing the devastation impacting communities worldwide, all I wanted to do was to donate and help. Being that I currently have no income, the donation route seemed impossible.
Knowing now that the best practices suggest the public wear non-medical masks while interacting with the community, and my mom's skills, the opportunity to donate seemed possible.
The most important thing to me was to make this useful and protective product at a reasonable price point, and simultaneously raise money for those charities protecting us from the frontlines of this pandemic.
For those wondering, yes, occasionally my Pops gets in on the action. It is a family business after all. Here's my parents looking cute..