Meet Chloe

Hey, I’m Chloe, the artist behind Chloe’s Classic Crafts—a space dedicated to Endlessly Empowering Imperfections, creativity, and growth through action.

Art has been a part of me for as long as I can remember. As a child, I spent hours sketching characters from The Beano and obsessively drawing horses. But, like many of us, life pulled me in other directions. By my teens, I had put art aside. I picked up a paintbrush again in my early 20s, but it was short-lived. Those years were filled with mistakes, detours, and decisions that didn’t always serve me.

It wasn’t until I was 27 that I truly returned to art—and this time, it stuck. Creativity gave me focus, a sense of purpose, and a way to express myself. I experimented with crochet, even started a little Etsy shop (which, let’s be real, didn’t go far). Then, I found a small local shop willing to sell my art. When my first few pieces sold, and I made a grand total of £17, something clicked. The feeling of someone valuing my work enough to buy it? Unreal.

From there, I started selling prints and cards while working as a teaching assistant. But no matter how much I loved the kids, my passion wasn’t in the classroom—it was in creating. I’d come home drained, my creativity zapped, feeling frustrated and stuck.

Then one day, I was sitting in a staff meeting, half-listening to the CEO’s speech, when he said something that stopped me in my tracks:

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" – Mary Oliver

I couldn’t shake it. I printed it out and stuck it everywhere—my planner, my work folder, my mirror. Every day, I’d look at those words, feeling them sink in deeper.

Until finally, I quit.

I quit to finally live my one wild and precious life.

Now, I’m all in. This journey isn’t perfect, but that’s exactly the point. My art is about growth. It’s about taking risks, making mistakes, and proving that the imperfect path is the one that shapes us the most.

Every brushstroke, every challenge, every piece I create—it’s all a reminder that we don’t have to be perfect to make an impact.

Welcome to my world of bold, messy, and beautifully imperfect creativity.