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Open at any time: Gabi Gareis sells her work in a self-service shop.
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In her free time, Gabi Gareis makes elaborate postcards.
“It gives me feelings of happiness,” enthuses the Eurasburger.
She now sells her handicrafts throughout Germany.
Eurasburg – It all started with a self-made birthday card in December 2018: Gabi Gareis received it as a gift from a friend.
“It looked so great – my interest was immediately aroused,” says the Eurasburger.
Today, the 58-year-old makes cards and other delicate paper works herself in her free time.
Under the name “Card luck and Co”.
She sells her handicrafts throughout Germany.
Eurasburg: Gabi Gareis makes elaborate postcards - “It makes me feel happy”
Initially, Gareis borrowed the necessary equipment from her friend, including a punching machine.
The device can be used to cut paper into various patterns and shapes.
“For me, crafting is the ideal way to relax after work,” says the pharmaceutical technical assistant.
“That gives me feelings of happiness.”
It didn't take long before the Zumba instructor held her first homemade postcards in her hands.
From then on, all course participants always received a card for their birthday.
“But I still had too many,” she says and laughs.
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In December 2019, the Eurasburger went one step further: she sold her work, including cards and paper houses with Santa Clauses, for a day at an Advent market in the Beuerberg Monastery.
“The visitors were blown away.
I sold every piece." A satisfied smile flashes across Gareis' face. "I was totally amazed.
The fact that my things are so well received still leaves me speechless today.”
I was totally blown away.
The fact that my things are so well received still leaves me speechless today.
Gabi Gareis
Then Corona came, “and I had a lot more time for crafting.”
The idea of starting a small business came during the pandemic.
Gareis opened a small self-service shop on Freiherr-von-Barth-Straße.
Money is thrown into a cash register on the side and you can get the product you want from a box next to it.
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“At first I was skeptical as to whether it would work.” Her concerns were in vain.
“There is always more money in it than it actually costs.” The store manager of the local Rewe also became aware of them.
He asked if the Eurasburger wanted to sell her things in the form of a display in the supermarket.
She agreed.
Postcards like these can be purchased at Gareis.
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Cutting paper, folding it, gluing it: every few days after work, Gareis sits down at home for a few hours and tinkers.
She points to a finished card with brown Easter bunnies: “I colored them with watercolors.
“A lot of work goes into her small works of art.
She sits at a map for about 45 minutes.
Your individual pieces cost – depending on the effort – between 3.90 euros and 5.50 euros.
Postcard maker Gabi Gareis also produces to order - “I won’t get rich from it”
“I won’t get rich from it.” But that’s not what the Eurasburger is interested in either.
“People are happy about it.
For me, that’s the beauty of it.” The 58-year-old also produces to order.
For a gift of money for a trip to Italy, she made a suitcase out of paper in a suitable setting.
“As soon as I receive an order, my brain starts chattering and the first ideas come to me.”
People are happy about it.
That's the beauty of it for me.
Postcard maker Gabi Gareis
But what exactly makes their stuff so popular?
“I think people feel that every piece is a piece of their heart.” That's exactly why Gareis isn't thinking about turning her hobby into her main job.
“In order to make a living from it, I would have to produce piecework.
At some point it’s no longer fun.”
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Gabi Gareis' products can be purchased in the self-service shop at Freiherr-von-Barth-Straße 5 and in the Eurasburg Rewe.
Orders are also possible online at www.kartenglueck.co.
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