A Carlisle mum has transformed her daughter's love for hair bows into a new small business. 

Caitlin Heatley from Carlisle started her new business, Skye's Hair Bow Heaven in June, after being inspired by her eight-year-old daughter Skye's love for all things hair accessories. 

Skye's Hair Bow Heaven specialises in these hair accessories with Caitlin handmaking all of the business's merchandise.

(Image: Supplied) For Caitlin, the new business has helped her discover her love for crafting alongside her young daughter. 

She said: "I create and handmake hair bows for girls.

"I love everything about it, I love putting the colours together and designing different bows, and I also include my eight-year-old daughter.

"She loves to help me which is another reason why I named my business after her.

"What inspired me was my daughter. She wanted me to make bows for her and I realised I enjoyed doing it then U expanded to making bows for my friend's daughters and they all gave me compliments so I thought maybe I could open up a small business and see what happens."

(Image: Supplied) Caitlin is still in the early stages of her business journey and has dreams of expanding Skye's Hair Bow Heaven across the region, however, five months after its launch she was keen to thank the customers who have supported her thus far.

She said: "I do have a few loyal customers who are from Carlisle and Brampton, and they have been utterly amazing to me.

(Image: Supplied) "They are really keeping me and my business going. It is hard, especially with the market being so big for hair bows, but they keep my spirits up.

"My aim is to become bigger and better. I would love nothing more than to be out there with my bows. I enjoy every second of it."