When a Fundraiser Becomes a Business

We’re highlighting small businesses from around the country as nominated by you, our readers. If your favorite small business is using Twitter to communicate with customers, let us know about it @fbsmallbiz with the hashtag #mysbc, and it may be featured as an upcoming Small Business of the Day.

Small Business of the Day: Taradara

Who: Tara Rex, 38, @Taradaramadeit

What: Handmade and sewn accessories

When: February 2010

How: Rex grew up with a passion for the creative and learned to sew as a young girl. By trade, she worked as an ER nurse before staying home to raise her two boys. In 2009, she did a three-day charity walk for breast cancer, and hand-sewed wallets for those who donated $75 and up to her campaign.

"I decided to go ahead and make money and make a business out of this," she said. "I design all of my pieces and they are pretty reasonably priced for anyone to purchase."

Where: Denver, Colo.

Biggest lesson learned from a customer: "If they have suggestions on how to make the products better, I listen to them," Rex said. "I use my products every day, but I don't expect them to use it the same way I do. I listen to their feedback, but also keep true to what I do."

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