A South Belfast woman has said that her successful six-figure jewellery business is a 'dream come true'.
She told Be: "I've always been interested in business, I loved business at school, was always doing a side hustle... but never actually started a proper business. She said: "I thought I needed something to focus on. This one night I said I wanted to start a business and thought, 'What can I do?' "My boyfriend came home from work and he thought it was going to last two days. This was in May 2021."
"A bit of a labour of love. By the end of summer time I was nearly ready to launch and was thinking when to launch.The 27-year-old said this was quite daunting and she panicked a little."I did really start to freak out but when I launched, it sold out in a matter of hours. I have a Claddagh ring, it sold out in seven minutes.
From there, the Réalta owner invested all the profits into new stock and the business has grown majorly.She said: "It has been a crazy year.