Kelli Houptley of Charmed With Address Labels N More "Mom in the Spotlight" on Wahm Connector

Mom in the Spotlight
The Interview

Welcome to Wahm Connector
Kelli Houptley of Charmed With Address Labels N More

Where are you located?

I live in Bangor, PA. A little town that is about 20 minutes away from the Poconos & Easton.

Are you married? # of children

I am married to a wonderful man...who spoils me rotten. I have 6 children. Dee 14, Beth Ann 11, Dalton 9, Cheyenne 9, Dallas 5, Dawson 4. My own modern day Brady Bunch!!

Interests/hobbies:

I love to to read, when I have the chance, and crochet. I like sitting down & working on different things that will help somebody start their business. My business is actually my main hobby.

Tell us about your business:

My business, Charmed with Address Labels n More, started out with just address labels, than I started working on different things. Now I create postcards, notecards, invitations and am working on more & more items for people to use in their businesses. I am hoping to gear more towards businesses that are looking for different items that are more personalized, unique that the larger printing companies can't do.

How long have you been in business?

I have been making these items for friends & family for over 3 years now. I started offering the address labels about a year ago, online, and just recently started offering the other items.

What is the toughest part about working at home?

Money would be at the top of the list, like most people. Otherwise, it's juggling time between family & work. When you still have little ones at home, sometimes it's more difficult to get things done during daylight hours.

What is the biggest perk?

Is saving the cost of daycare expenses!! Being able to work in your jammies!! Taking time off to spend with your family without asking someone elses permission. Showing my children that you can accomplish anything you set your mind too.

What WAHM tip do you have to offer?

Use all the resources that are out there!! Don't think that you are competing with others, use it as networking device. Life is about trial & error, if you don't take the chance with doing something you love than you will never know if you can succeed.

Thank you for joining us Kelli, Good luck with your business!

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Leesa Hollerup Kindergardening Boutique Mom in the Spotlight

Mom in the Spotlight
The Interview

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Leesa Hollerup from KinderGardening Boutique

Where are you located?

I'm in BEAUTIFUL downtown Wrightstown, WI on the banks of the Fox River.

Are you married? # of children

Sigh. Yes, I am married (with children! ). Melissa is my oldest at 29 (how can that be when I'm just 29 myself??), followed by Joshua at 27, Cameron is 22, Adele is 20 and Her Highness, The Princess Olivia is almost 7. If Melissa tries to tell you I have grandchildren ... believe it if you must! (They are actually quite beautiful--Ashley, Brandon and Rosalie)

Interests/hobbies:

Oh! Where to start! Animals. I love them all. I am involved up to my eyeballs in rescue and have been for over 7 years now. I have a particular interest in and love for feral felines.

I love Historic Preservation in all SHAPES AND SIZES. I'd love to go into detail about that someday!

I love helping other moms stay at home with their kids and I do whatever I can to facilitate that. I think it's good for our future, for the future of humankind.

I'm so into doing what's best for the environment, my favorite magazine is Organic Style and I hope to be featured there someday for my designs (once I can afford to create them out of ORGANIC COTTON which is better for the environment because the production does not include the use of dangerous pesticides). I love creating "on a shoestring", so I guess one of my passions is BEING FRUGAL! By being frugal myself, I can help others by putting my $$$ where it's going to do some GOOD! I LOVE KIDS ... just love them. When I grow up ... I want to be a kid!

Well, gardening would be nice if I had the time! I love gardening, but I'm into container gardening at the moment because I seem to be a bit of a "wanderer". I just love to create in general.

A day without being creative is a bad, bad day for me! Sewing my own designs is my means of expressing myself. I love seeing what happens as I create something. I never know what I'm going to end up with.

Tell us about your business:

My primary business has been KinderGardening Boutique. I have a philosophy that business can be kind. Kinder. That's where the "Kinder" in "KinderGardening" comes from. I'm a retail management survivor and I know what it's like to work for companies where it's all about the bottom line. I want something more "humane" for myself, my company. I believe I can leverage "kindness", and that's what I'm working on.

The "Gardening" part of "KinderGardening" is from my philosophy that life is a garden. You reap what you sew. (interesting pun ... not intended, but it works!) If you start with good seeds and cultivate them in fertile ground ... you will have a fruitful garden. Pretty simple. You want a variety of "seeds" so you will have a garden that can sustain you. That's why I started my MOMS mentoring MOMS group online. I'm searching for the right "seeds"! And I'm SO FINDING THEM! My passion is helping moms stay home with their children. It's a good thing to do. Our morals as a society are going down the tubes because no one is nurturing the children when we're just struggling to survive.

How long have you been in business?

Online ... for only about two and a half years, through eBay Stores. I'm launching my own website at www.kindergardening.net because it will give me additional freedom and I'm also GRAND OPENING my first Brick & Mortar Store later this month, on the 28th. I've been in the retail business for 26 years (how can that be when I'm only 29???) and about 15 of that was in middle management positions.

What is the toughest part about working at home?

Not having enough money to do everything I want to do. But right now, I'm "paying it forward" ... building something for the future. I want to be "debt-free" when I "arrive"!

What is the biggest perk?

Being there for Olivia. PERIOD. That's easy!

What WAHM tip do you have to offer?

Join my Mia Bella Candle team! Invest in candles!

Can I do tip(s)? Thanks!

RUN IT LIKE A BUSINESS. W(ork)AHM. It's work. Don't give up ever. Nothing comes for nothing. You need to be relentless and DON'T LET ANYONE TELL YOU THAT YOU CANNOT DO IT! If you want to, you can. But you need to actually WORK at it. Find something you can be passionate about and then RUN WITH IT. Don't let anything stop you. Passion-->WORK-->Network-->SUCCESS-->Mentor someone else!

Thank you for joining us Leesa, Good luck with your business!

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