
*This is the story on how I got started in the beading world*
-When I was little I loved to string wooden beads on shoestrings from a kit I had. When I got a bit older my Mom got me stretchy string and plastic beads. A neighbor kid and I set up a cardtable,and were going to sell our plastic creations. Mom did not want us to get our hopes down because we might not sell anything. Well we proved her wrong. We sold 20 dollars worth of custom plastic letter bracelets to our neighbors and people walking there dogs. When I went to the Rivermarket with my Mom, I saw some people had real jewelry for sale, and I wanted to do that. For Christmas, Mom bought me tools and some beads. I made a few necklaces, put the money in a bead fund (at home) and bought more beads with the money. My buisness has grown since then and I have helped some of my friends start their own jewelry buisness.-