At right, Brooke Miller of Kensington holds one of her handcrafted wood signs, while knowing she can trust husband Bailey Allison to have her back. With her business, formerly known as the Handcrafted Bea, she created the sign, which reads “I accept all major credit cards especially your husband’s,” to display on her vending table at local events she attends. Locally, she will be at Hanoverton Hardware this Saturday.

KENSINGTON — Brooke Miller looks back at Bea’s Handcrafted Jewelry and More, as an inspiration from her dearly-departed grandfather who had nicknamed her Bea and was her best friend.

Miller has began sharing both her fascination with the crafty more than a year ago with the public as The Handcrafted Bea. Just in August, she changed her business moniker.

Whether it is her accessories, like earrings, hair clips or signage in acrylic and wood, Miller believes that she has indeed found her calling.

The uniqueness of her products — whether laser cut, handpainted or both — is her calling card, and quality is important to her.

Graduating from Carrollton High School, she tried the traditional post graduation route like many young adults.

Miller attended Kent State Salem to study early childhood education for a while before deciding that it wasn’t for her.

While she said that she doesn’t regret her college experience, Miller said that it would help her to understand more abut kids developmentally, which has come in handy now that she has a daughter.

Wanting to turn her craftiness into career, Miller spend a couple thousand dollars on Facebook Marketplace to buy another crafter’s machinery and materials to start living her own dream.

She admits that she spends a lot of time building her own inventory for the various vendor shows that she frequents year round. However, Miller is the stay-at-home mom of 2-year-old daughter Aurora that she shares with her husband, Bailey. In her spare time, she cleans houses and details vehicles on the side for extra income.

The bulk of her show circuit falls between Easter and Christmas.

Miller said that she recently began to expand her travel area. While in the past, she pretty much stuck to Minerva and Hanoverton, more recently Bea’s can be found at vendor events in Salem and Jewett.

This year, she hopes to be industrious enough to give the three-day, Algonquin Mill Fall Festival south of Carrollton a try.

It has been a growing process for Miller, who considers herself a bit of an introvert.

“I always have been crafty,” she acknowledged but being the face of her business has be an acquired skill. “While I am eager to meet new customers, I am not normally outgoing.”

Bea’s Handcrafted Jewelry and More, as Miller is now known, will be at Hanoverton Hardware on Saturday, Sept. 27 and another vendor event Sunday, Sept. 28 in North Canton.

“I truly appreciate those who do ultimately buy from me, whether new or established customers,” Miller added.

She is looking to expand her vendor show offerings to include personalization by adding a mobile engraver.

A tiny house on the family’s property serves a workshop for Bea’s, and she doesn’t expect that to change.

She likes the opportunity to meet other vendors, potentially learning from each other and networking.

For more information, either call Miller at 330-429-1087 or visit her Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61566454800990