Phillies Fever Turned Aston Mom Into an Entrepreneur

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The Phillies playing in the World Series has led to some entrepreneurial work for Aston mom Ellen Paskill, writes Jennifer Joyce for Fox 29.

Paskill makes sweatshirts for family and friends as a hobby.

She had already made a sweatshirt to highlight her son’s football team.

“This is the one that started it all,” Ellen Paskill said, holding up the sweatshirt.

In light of the Word Series, she decided to keep going and turn out some Phillies gear as well.  Last week, during the World Series run, she was swamped with business.

“It’s just like kinda crazy for me to think about because I really thought, ‘If I make two of these, will I even sell two?’ And now, it’s like, I can’t even make enough!”

Her guest bedroom was turned into a cricut studio. She was averaging 10 messages a day asking for gear. gets a

Paskill launched an Instagram page to handle the orders during the Phillies’ frenzy continues. She recently completed a bulk order for teachers at the Mount Hope Children’s Center in Delaware County.

Despite the uptick in business, Paskill does not think of herself as an entrepreneur.

“I call myself a housewife who needed a hobby, so here we are!”

Read more about Ellen Paskil at Fox 29.

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