(KNSI) – A pair of Central Minnesota sisters have their own business they hope can help them pay for college. A little more than a year ago, ten-year-old Farrah and eight-year-old Orly Reese live in the St. Cloud area and started Sisters Loom.
Mom, Betsy Reese, says the business got its origins when Farrah was four and diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disorder called Guillain-Barre Syndrome. She says Farrah started making bracelets when she was five as a fundraiser.
“We were going to a walk-a-thon event and we were raising money for it. And instead of asking people for money, we sold the bracelets and raised money that way.”
A couple of years ago, Farrah started crafting with her sister, and today their business has moved from bracelets to toys and jewelry.
“We make crochet stuffed animals and we started making rings with beads and earrings.”
The girls say the stuffed animals are their top-selling items. Farrah described what it takes to make a jellyfish, one of their larger animals.
“You have to start with the top and then then you start going down and then you close it and then you tie.”
The girls work on their projects for about a half-hour a day, usually before bed. Sisters Loom sells its items on social media, online and at craft fairs around the St. Cloud area. The girls have sold their stuffed animals in six states.
The girls were most recently at the St. Cloud Black area Excellence Business Expo and will be back at local craft fairs after school is out.
Reese says since the girls aren’t fundraising anymore, they’re saving their profits sales to help pay for college one day.
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