In a small red room tucked in the basement of her home, Emily Rohan fashions necklaces, bracelets, rings, earrings and brooches from sterling silver, teal and yellow turquoise, jade, carnelian and a host of other precious stones.
On the other side of a black curtain, Lillie, 5, Isabel, 3 1/2, and Sophie, 9 months, watch TV, while mom works.
Rohan is working two jobs simultaneously, jewelry maker and mother. She said her situation is ideal.
“I’ve always loved making things and making jewelry, drawing, everything like that, but I never wanted being a mom to mean that I had to quit doing that kind of stuff,” she said. “I think a lot of people when they have kids, their kids become their absolute everything. I love my kids. My kids are my everything, but I also don’t want to lose who I am either.”
After the birth of her first daughter, Melissa Curry, of Elk Point, S.D., went from working full-time at Morningside College to becoming a full-time stay-at-home mom. When her second daughter was born, Curry caught the entrepreneurial itch.
“When I was a stay-at-home mom, I was kind of struggling doing that,” she said. “I loved to be home with my kids, but it was like I just needed something to fulfill the entrepreneurial side of me.”
Curry attended a purse party and instantly knew she wanted to sell trendy hand bags in people’s homes. Curry conducted some research on the Internet before ordering 300 hand bags from reputable vendors. She invited everyone she knew to her home for her first purse party. From there Curry’s business took off.
Image from Emily’s Jewelry.
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