Tag: Small Business

• A Conversation with Denise Burrell, Gifted with Grit

  

  It could have been seen as a defiant statement against resolutions, the kind we rattle off at the stroke of Midnight on Dec. 31 of any year. Instead, Denise Burrell quietly set aside the need for lofty goal setting and decided to learn a new skill instead. She thinks it was cross-stitching. She was in…

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  November 9, 2022

  2022, Artisans, November 2022

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• Claudia O’Steen of CO Creations

  

  “Creativity does not run in my family by any means, none of my parents or siblings have had the desire or propensity for art,” says Claudia O’Steen, illustrator and founder of CO Creations. “For some reason, I fell in love with it very young, and it just stuck.” interview JULIE JOHNSONpictures courtesy of CLAUDIA O’STEEN…

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  September 5, 2021

  2021, Artisans, September 2021

  Artist, Claudia O'Steen, Co Creations, Creativity, Custom Drawings, Custom Prints, Design, Freelance, Identity, Illustrator, Julie Johnson, Megan Johnson, Missouri State University, Photo-realism, Shop Local, Small Business, Support System

• Bashioum Wood Builds

  

  The mission of Bashioum Wood Builds is to provide quality, handmade furniture at an affordable price to Southwest Missouri. interview JULIE JOHNSONphotographs courtesy of BASHIOUM WOOD BUILDS His grandfather was a builder: of imaginations, of projects, of service, of a legacy full of honor. “Throughout his life he volunteered for mission work, overseas and locally,…

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  July 5, 2021

  2021, Artisans, July 2021

  Adoption, Craftsman, Homemade, Law Enforcement, Marshfield, Serve, Shop Local, Small Business, Wood Furniture, Wood Home Decor

• Lavish Grazing

  

  Since October 2020, Kendra has been creating beautiful grazing boxes, boards and tables. Seasonal touches, such as Father’s Day boxes, are also available, along with birthday and wedding spreads. […]

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  June 1, 2021

  Artisans, June 2021

  Carie Hinkle, Charcuterie, Classes, Family Owned, Food Boards, Game Night, Girls Night, Grazing Board, Grazing Boxes, Kendra Hinkle, Missouri, Shop Local, Small Business, Springfield

• Flora Bloom Market

  

  Cultivated from the fashion seeds of “comfort” and “ease,” Flora Bloom Market continues to impress after creator Kelly Flora began selling homemade headbands in 2017. What began as a solution for high school hair mixed up in the weight training and workout scenes, Flora realized headbands also smoothed the transition into motherhood. “I bought a…

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  May 1, 2021

  2021, Artisans, May 2021

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