A mother has given up work to gain an international following for her making videos of the addictive block-building game Minecraft . Staci Northfield , 27 , from Cambridge , says she earns more from narrating her digital adventures on the hugely popular game than she did as a full-time supermarket cashier . As her online alter ego , Salem 's Lady , she has amassed 111,000 subscribers on YouTube and even meets her eager fans at special conventions . 'It 's like a double life ' - Staci has found it strange to consolidate both her real life as a parent and also her life and work as a gamer in Minecraft . The mother-of-two uses Twitter to keep in contact with her 34,000 followers and - while she wo n't reveal her new earnings - says she makes almost as much as her partner Jonathan Brown , 33 , who is a full-time chef at a university in Cambridge . She said : ' I got started when one of my friends told me it was a really great game to play . It looked really boring but she showed me a guy doing videos and he made it a bit more interesting . ' I started off building a house , which turned into a castle , then a castle with a railway , and from then on it was ; `` I love this game , it 's endless '' . You can build anything . ' I never thought it would be possible playing games for a living , and now there are children who want me to sign things for them . ' Even Staci is surprised by her own success , saying : ' I hate the sound of my own voice , and I thought they were going to hate it , but a lot of the audience are in America , and they seem to love the British accent . ' I love this game , it 's endless ' - Former supermarket cashier , Staci , has an online alter-ego called Salem 's Lady , which she takes on adventures in the block-building video game . 'There have been a few people around from the start and I always try to make a little more effort for them but sometimes it 's hard because you ca n't speak to everybody . ' Staci gave up her Sainsbury 's job to look after her two daughters Holly , six , and Rachel , eight , but struggled for money two years ago and decided to go back to work . But while she was looking for jobs online she became hooked on the addictive block-building game so much she began making the videos . Despite YouTubing as a hobby she soon realised she could make some serious cash and gave up the job hunt altogether . Staci spends two or three hours in the morning making the videos before she edits them in the afternoon and helps other players with any queries . She spent last weekend at a gaming convention in London and has had to get used to meeting her excited fans in the flesh . Staci added : 'My youngest daughter just does n't understand it , she just likes being in the videos . 'But my eldest loves it , her friends are fans and when she goes to school they all know who I am . 'It 's been steadily growing over the past two years and then it 's really snowballed recently , I ca n't believe it . ' I earn enough to get by so I do n't have to go to work and can pay my bills , and if I am needing to go to school I can do that . ' I am always available if someone needs me , it 's a real perk . 'It 's really , really strange , I have to switch off from the gaming world and be a parent again , but I can go to my children 's school and none of the parents know who I am . 'It 's like a double life . ' She says she earns the same as her husband Jonathan , who works full-time as a chef in a university in Cambridge .
Staci Northfield , the past two years , from Cambridge , left her job as a Sainsbury 's cashier . Mum-of-two is now a Minecraft celebrity , narrating videos on YouTube . Has 111,000 subscribers on YouTube and 34,000 followers on Twitter . Earns the same as her partner , who is a chef at a Cambridge University .