Stuart and Lisa Harrison are a husband and wife entrepreneur team who handcraft unique jewelry from their cabin in the mountains of Colorado. They also happen to be great family friends that grew up in my small town of Berryville Virginia. Originally starting in Virginia, Lisa used jewelry making as a way to fundraise for a missions trip. Though she was always passionate about art Lisa never thought it could be a viable career option. However, after her fundraiser, she started to change her mind. While attending business school she grew the business and eventually married with Stuart Harrison who became her business partner. Stuart had experience with woodworking and building which transferred nicely into the business. The two have worked together for many years now and have seem their business grow through many seasons.
They spent nearly two years traveling the country in their trailer while maintaining their business. They did this by custom building their trailer with a workstation to keep up with their thousands of Etsy orders. The Harrisons are avid explorers, hikers, and climbers, and have used this unconventional method to pursue those passions while running a successful business. Incorporating many nature focused elements such as ferns, suns, stars, moons, mountains and more, you see their love of the outdoors shine through their work.
Another unique aspect to their business is the materials they use. While the Harrisons were exploring various parts of the western United States they dug and mined for their own gems and stones to be used in their jewelry. They spend hours sorting and organizing the stones they find to ensure the highest quality products.
Stuart and Lisa Harrison have turned a passion they thought would never be anything more than a hobby and have used it to find not only business success but their ideal lifestyle.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/SojournWell?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=679152864
https://sojournwell.com/our-story
This was a great post to read through. It is so cool to be able to see how some entrepreneurs never expect to make a business but simply just start by doing something they love. You emphasized well how you can use the passion you have for something and turn it into something that can influence and help others. It is cool to see how much they care about their business through their materials. There is a lot of devotion to their materials with how they would dig up their gems and stones. Very inspirational and a great story and business to know off! Thank you!
Interesting example of just how much you can do yourself, from digging out the gemstones to making the jewelry. Also neat is that this all started as a missionary fundraiser!