Your Creative Push

Michele Chiaramonte is a former New York City school-teacher turned stay-at-home mom, turned woodworker.  She designs and hand-makes children’s imaginative play toys for her company, Little Miss Workbench, an ecofriendly workshop out of Bellport Village, New York. Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/littlemissworkbench In this episode, Michele discusses: -The story of how Little Miss Workbench came to be. -How her daughter, Mali, was always trying to play with her DSLR camera, which gave her the idea to make her a wooden one of her own. -How the camera evolved as it was being created and as more people got their hands on it. -The support of friends and family who were interested in having the toys for themselves or someone they knew. -How she always wanted Little Miss Workbench to be a home-grown company that stayed in the United States. -The skills that she learned growing up from her father, who was a master craftsman. -The importance of being able to surround yourself with people and resources that