We all love when something decorates our hands. Since childhood, we draw on them, translate tattoos and wear bracelets. Speaking of bracelets. On them you can track entire historical and age periods. Once the girlfriends wove each other multi-colored baubles, then stringed beads on a thin fishing line, and several years ago bracelets from small rubber bands came into fashion.
What is the reason for their popularity? Firstly, aesthetically pleasing. Secondly, it develops fine motor skills. Thirdly, you can earn on them.
We all love when something decorates our hands. We love even more when our hands adorn other hands. In other words, handmade is unlikely to ever lose its popularity.
Mississippi sisters realized this and showed the world that handmade bracelets can save a family.
Expected Replenishment
At the beginning of last year, the Tate family came to an important decision: they need to adopt a child. Sidney and Leighton wanted to become foster parents before the wedding, but life had other plans, and within a few years they had four children: 11-year-old twins Suzanne and Mary Anson, 7-year-old Eleanor and 4-year-old Evelyn.
Everything was perfect, but the prosperity of the young matriarchy ultimately reminded the parents of a long-standing intention, and they decided to adopt the boy. Sydney says that this desire turned into an everyday prayer. The Tates needed to prepare the girls for such an event, so they began to talk to them about this “in between.” The reaction of the daughters was not long in coming: they were delighted. By the way, the sisters have already encountered this, since in 2017, Sidney's sister adopted a little girl from China. The children were so excited about the upcoming event that they demanded to bring the baby right away.
But the next step was more difficult. To start the adoption process, you must make an initial contribution of $ 4,000. This is a fairly large amount for a large family. Then Leighton invited the children to participate in the accumulation.
This is where the bracelets come into play.
Wicker business
Brainstorming helped the sisters identify their strengths that will help them accelerate the appearance of their future brother in the house. They came up with a business that allows them not only to demonstrate talents, but also to create a sought-after product: handmade bracelets. Parents encouraged the idea of the children, but they could not even imagine that this would result in a profitable business.
At first, the girls simply brought a small box with bracelets to the church on traditional Sunday service. After the service they were bought in a few minutes. But then, of course, the “dating” factor worked. Many parishioners knew the Tates and their situation, so they simply decided to help.
Nevertheless, the first success inspired the girls. They set up a stand in front of the mother’s salon and unexpectedly ran into great demand. Then other family members joined in the creation of the bracelets.
The Tate’s assortment is simple: regular bracelets (made from floss thread or elastic bands) for $ 4, bracelets for legs for $ 3, bead bracelets for $ 8.
Young business women have already raised $ 1,200 and are not going to stop. Their story attracts people across the country, which means that the customer base is expanding.
Hearts of four
Allison Hudson, the aunt of girls, believes that her nieces have the biggest hearts, because they want to help not only parents. The main goal of the Tate sisters is to give another child a home.
Mary Anson cannot wait to share with a new family member the story of his appearance among them.She hopes that this will help him not feel like a stranger among new relatives. Indeed, he is not with them yet, but he is already loved.
Reason for love
During the preparation, the Tate’s thoughts changed a bit. Sidney and Leighton, who only thought about the boy, decided that gender was not so important. They do not want to get hung up on this and are ready to trust their fate. This was partly influenced by the act of their children. Parents made sure that they bring up worthy people. It is most important. Sydney says that any child will be a joy to them. It will be great to bring up the kingdom of princesses, but another man in the family will not hurt.
The family plans to go to Faithful Consultants, a Georgia-based religious adoption agency. This agency works only with Christian families, because they clearly understand what they are doing and are responsible for adoption.
This story once again confirms that love is the vital engine. Thanks to her, two adults wanted to give their warmth to an unfortunate child, and four children decided to help their family. It may seem to some that this is some kind of “manual” amateurism, but jewelry here is a secondary phenomenon. People want to help love grow, and bracelets are its parts, which, obviously, have already scattered around the world.