CBS5.com:
Sasha Nichols couldn’t find interesting looking bows that stayed put in her daughter’s hair. So the homemaker took out the glue gun and made her own.
From a little workstation in her garage, her business Bow Bijou bloomed.
She started selling bows in local boutiques.“The first few minutes I brought the product in, they started selling in first 5 minutes,” Nichols said.
Ali Krebs came up with the idea for necklaces for mothers.
“I wanted to wear something hip and stylish that had my kids names on it,” Krebs said.
But it’s not just a hobby for Krebs. When her real estate staging work suffered during the recession, she needed Swank Mommy Necklaces to make money. The kitchen turned into the office. A team of neighborhood moms became her employees.
And once celebrity Mom’s started wearing the handmade bling, the kitchen- based business started to cook up sales – $30-50,000 a month. Krebs is now working full time, and the business is expanding with a corporate distribution partner.
Nichols chose a different growth plan. She prefers to work a couple hours a day, so she can focus on the primary tasks of being a mother and homemaker. But even being a part time entrepreneur can pay. When Nichols first started Bow Bijou a year ago, she put in $500 of her own money for supplies. These days she makes that much per week.
Image from Bow Bijou