Family Craft Boutique

Welcome to A Family Affair Craft Boutique and our first post.

We thought that we would start our blog by telling you a little bit about our business.

The “we” speaking are the owners of A Family Affair Craft Boutique, Mom-Athlyn and Daughter- Melissa.

We are located in downtown Kersey, Colorado. We have officially been A Family Affair Craft Boutique for 12 years now. We moved into our first location in 1996. Before that it was my mom’s business called Rainbow Crafts Etc. She ran this business out of the front of my dad’s office and sold her punch needle embroidery supplies when she was a distributor and then later sold her handmade crafts and a few latex and mylar balloons.
I started doing crafts to make extra money my first year of college and soon my mom was taking more of my stuff to craft shows than hers, so we talked about having a home show at my house in Kersey. Well, my dad overheard the conversation and came up with the idea that we just open a store. So that’s how A Family Affair was born. We decided on the name because we depend on our family and friends so much to help. From remodeling our new location, to helping us make craft items, to filling in when we need a rare day off, or have another commitment, we can always count on our family and friends to step in and truly make it A Family Affair!

When you ask parents what they want their kids to learn in school, the most prominent answer will probably be a choice from math, science, writing or computer technologies.  Each of those things are very valuable and of course, I would want my kids to have a firm grasp on each of those things as well.

There are other things though that I think are as valuable to a kid’s education.  That’s why my daughter and I do punch needle embroidery patterns together.  She gets the hand eye coordination from doing a simple task well, and to learn an ancient craft that is still beautiful today.

My mom taught me the neatest things when I was growing up.  We sat together and did projects regularly.  From basket weaving to whittling, we did it all together.  I really thought that this was a part of everyone’s at home activities, but I was sorely mistaken. 

These types of craft projects to create primitive home décor are not as prevalent as I thought at all.  People tend to go for the newest and the most modern, but there is something to that old world, classic charm that still appeals to me.