Hi!  My name is Holly and I am the sole owner and designer of Peach Nine Design.  Eight years ago I was laid off due to outsourcing.   I worked at NCR as an Account Billing Manager and Team Leader of the Development and Recognition Team.  Although, I often thought about what it would be like if I owned my own business, I always assumed I would retire from NCR.  My department being outsourced to India and being laid off was devastating.  We really had no warning, we were told that our department was not a good candidate for outsourcing, but several months later, it happened anyway.   Needless to say, I am not fond of the corporate world or the shady characters in it.  :) 

  After NCR, I immediately starting buying clothes wholesale and selling them on eBay.  It was ok for a while, but that particular category was very flooded on eBay, so it was difficult, and only got worse.  I've always been crafty, so when I found out I was pregnant with a girl I started to make hairbows for her, and eventually started selling them.  I sold them on eBay and on my own website.  During the first year my site was open, I went to the library and got a book on web design so I could design and decorate my site any way that I wanted.  I seriously taught myself web design in 3 days.  It came very naturally to me.  

  I did very well making and selling hair bows.  I had to recruit my family to help.  My sister started helping almost full time.  She ended up getting a cyst in her wrist from the repetetive movement, so she had to stop, and it all became so overwhelming that I was breaking down in tears atleast once a week.  I couldn't keep up with the demand and my heart just wasn't in it anymore.  But, I still loved dressing up my website.  Which is when I started designing websites.  So, here I am almost 6 years later! 

  I am currently a mother of 3 cutie pies, married to an awesome guy, I'm in school full time (AGAIN) for Software Development and Management Technology. I'm super crafty, so if I ever have any spare time (hardly ever), you'll find me making something cool with felt or paper...or anything else I can get my hands on to decorate or modify!