If you like doing something, others might like it, too. That’s what Plum’s Anna Hedeen said she learned when she started making crochet animals. What started as a hobby turned into a business as she began selling her creations to friends, and now colorful turtles and tiny ghosts are among
Each of the items for sale in Meredith Hedeen’s New Kensington gift shop has a story behind it. They come from all over the world: hand-painted ceramics made in home studios in San Juan de Oriente, a town in Nicaragua; hand-sewn goods made by a seamstress at a cooperative workshop
Talk about a gift that keeps on giving, and teaches a life lesson, to boot. “I wanted a bike last year, and instead, my dad bought me a log splitter,” 11-year-old Wyatt Sheaffer said. “And to buy my bike, I just split a lot of wood and make some money.”