MY PARENTS STARTED DOING CRAFT SHOWS WHEN I WAS ABOUT 8 YEARS OLD AND I HONESTLY HATED IT! :) BUT DOING SHOWS MY WHOLE LIFE I KINDA GOT USED TO IT AND STARTED LIKING IT! WHEN I WAS GROWING UP I MADE AND SOLD MANY THINGS, LIKE BEARS, HATS, BUTTON COVERS, AND HAIRBOWS! HIGH SCHOOL HAPPENED AND I MET MY NOW HUSBAND RUSS! WE WERE MARRIED RIGHT AFTER HIGH SCHOOL AND WORKED AT MY PARENTS SHOP IN A LITTLE AMISH COMMUNITY IN MISSOURI! THAT IS WHERE I DEVELOPED A LOVE FOR RETAIL ;) ANYWAY IN 2004 WE WERE BLESSED WITH A LITTLE ROUGH AND TUMBLE BABY BOY WHO CHANGED OUR LIVES FOREVER! MADE US MORE DRIVEN! THEN ABOUT 3 YEARS LATER MY LITTLE PRINCESS WAS BORN AND OUR BUSINESS TURNED PINK! LOL!! I STARTED MAKING BOWS AGAIN AND HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTING THEM SO I STARTED SELLING THEM ON THE COUNTER OF OUR SHOP! AND DID REALLY WELL! THEN WE DECIDED TO PICK UP AND MOVE TO OKLAHOMA! SCARY AND NOT EASY! :) BUT WE MADE IT! FINALLY... MY HUSBAND WAS WORKING FULL TIME AND I WAS A STAY AT HOME MOMMY! I MADE BOWS BETWEEN NAPS AND FEEDING THE KIDDOS! IT STARTED OUT WITH BOWS IN SOME LOCAL STORES THEN MY MOM MOVED HERE AND OPENED A STORE AND I PUT A FEW IN HER SHOP! THEN IT EXPLODED!! WITHIN A YEAR OUR SHOP WENT GIRLY! NOTHING BUT GIRL STUFF!! I MAKE ABOUT 500 BOWS A WEEK AND MY HUSBAND NOW WORKS WITH ME FULL TIME! WE SPEND ALL OF OUR TIME TOGETHER AND WE ABSOULUTLY LOVE IT! THE KIDDOS GO TO SCHOOL AND WE WORK THEN. WHEN THEY GET HOME WE ARE OFF WORK! WE GET TO SPEND TIME WITH THEM MORE THAN WE EVER WOULD WORKING FOR SOMEONE ELSE! IT IS A LOT OF WORK BUT SO WORTH IT TO GET TO SEE MY BABIES GROW UP! WE ARE SO THANKFUL TO ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS! THANK YOU ALL FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS!!! RUSS, AMIE, G, AND SIS!! XOXOXOXO