A teenager started her own business in lockdown with just £25 - it's now worth six figures and she makes £12k a day in sales.
Maisie Crompton, 19, set up Totes for You, a fashion brand that creates items branded with customers own messages, making each piece unique.
The businesswoman has been documenting her journey on social media, including her YouTube channel, and on TikTok, @totesforyouu, where she shares updates with her 176,000 followers.
Thanks to her success, Maisie is now able to buy her own house - which is a stark contrast to how she began her journey, after she set up the company with £25 borrowed from her gran.
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Taking to YouTube, Maisie said: "In the first lockdown I had just finished my A-levels and was working in Waitrose. I was really bored in my spare time and I had an idea to start embroidering and it just came to me - tote bags.
"I had no idea how to run a business let alone a successful business. I started with £25 that I actually got from my granny. I bought needles, an embroidery hoop, embroidery thread and tote bags for £25 all off Amazon."
In another video, Maisie explained that in one day she took £12,000 in sales, and after she took her business over to Depop she sold all her stock within two minutes.
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She said sewing comes naturally to her, which is lucky as now she's got so many orders that she is struggling to keep up - and she's even bought an embroidery machine to help with the demand.
Maisie continued: "In September I quit my supermarket job which meant so much to me, it was a mark of what I achieved.
"I was on a gap year. Now I’m on a gap life, I have no plans to go to uni in the near future.
"I am saving so that I can get a mortgage on a house. I would rather not rent because I see it as a waste of money.
"I’m financially stable enough that I can afford to live somewhere nice, but it’s just not money that I really want to spend."
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