Handcrafted Jewelry News from a Maine Jewelry Store

What else would you do with old bottle caps but make magnets for your locker?

That’s what Maddie Bradshaw (age 10) did and she is now president of m3 Girl Designs.  Along with her sister and vice president Margot (age 9) they head a multi-million dollar company.

Seems that ‘tweens (ages 9-12) are crazy about them – wearing the bottle caps on necklaces and bracelets as well as collecting and trading them.

Just imagine what these two entrepreneurs will come up with when they’re teenagers.

Now available in the store and soon to be online.

http://www.m3girldesigns.com/company/about/

I’ve been thinking about the economy lately – who hasn’t?  Seems to me if people bought things produced in the U.S. things might start to turn around.  Ok, maybe that seems like a stretch these days when everything is made in China.

What if we started on the local level?  Think of the small independently owned stores you know.  Many of the products they sell might not be American made.  But the store itself helps support the local community by employing people and paying taxes.

I read somewhere recently that Maine had only 90 independent farms in 1990.  Now, there are over 400.  Why?  Restaurants started demanding locally grown produce, eggs and meats.  They taste better!  So they got together with farmers and now they both profit.

Change comes from the bottom up not from the top down.