Martha Jo Oliver 

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Lives and makes art in Pine Mountain, GA

 

| am a retired teacher with 32 years of experience in teaching and learning from young children.

 

When | retired, my mom came to live with my husband and I. Mom lived to be 100 years old! | read an article in hat making in Southern Living, so mom and | traveled to see their work.

 

Mom told me “You can do better”! | began working and gave a few away. One lady wanted a hat for a friend that had lost her hair due to cancer. That became my drive with the help of God. That was the beginning of my making thousands of hats over the past 16 years.

 

The birth of the leather bags began 9 years ago. They are called Blessing Bags. With each bag there comes a blessing in a small pouch. | am very thankful for the gifts God has given me.