The last ten years of those days, I was located in the original Henry Lewis pavilion. The name of my little business was "Three Generations". This was myself, my mother and my daughter. I also sold clothing for all those age groups...baby size 1 to 2x for grandmas like me.

 

The clothing I sold was plain jumper dresses and designer collars that were detachable to mix and match. I also made & sold matching hair bows.

 

The fourth from the right, the crocheted string collars, were made by my 90 year old mother. I sold them for her. She was one who loved to stay busy. She also crocheted sir names to be framed for people.She passed away at 98 years old.

 

The third from the right was a painted tree with a little bunny swinging from a limb. I cut the bunnies from wood and painted them. It was my best long running seller. I probably averaged selling 100 of them each month. Many of my customers were stores who were reselling.

 

During the years of first Monday days, I employed about a dozen part time helpers. They worked in their homes by piece work. I did all parts of the production with their help.

 

I designed one to three new collars each month. Some were good sellers, some not. When I finished a design and hung it up to look at it, if it made me smile, it would be a good seller. They had their own personalities.

 

Several years ago, I was asked to do some display items for Brookshire food stores. These were all made from styrofoam with some wooden pieces added. I cut them out with a saw & painted them with an air brush.

 

I don't remember how many I made of these, but there were bunches. These were to be one sided and look like corny dogs with the writing in mustard.

I had designed and made the pattern. They were to look 3 deminisional.