It was created by two women as a way to empower people to connect creatively, but when the pandemic struck the doors were looking more and more likely to close for good.
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Bec Browning and Renae Maddams started out with that goal, and have been on "quite a ride" to adapt and keep that heart intact.
"Look, we honestly thought we'd have to close our doors because of Covid. We were just two local ladies that wanted to have a go," Ms Browning explained.
"We wanted to make people creative and have fun, and when this hit, we thought what do we do?
"It got hard to pay our bills."
From this we've been able to employ two full time workers in the shop - it's been quite a ride.
- Bec Browning
So they went online and managed to create quite the successful virtual community space.
They've had people who hadn't been able to see each other face to face join in their online art workshops to create together virtually.
"From there we had to decide what we wanted to do, work out a plan moving forward."
They needed an income stream. So a little crestfallen, they had a one-off sale getting rid of their art supplies before they closed. It went absolutely gang-busters.
Since then, they've sold thousands of art packs to people from right across the country, complete with online tutorials.
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And the cherry on top is people can now use their $100 Creative Kids vouchers to purchase their packs.
"From this we've been able to employ two full time workers in the shop - it's been quite a ride," Ms Browning laughed.
"I just think finding everyone sticking together and being positive and happy for the outcomes for each other, that's what's been most worthwhile."
