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I don’t know about you guys, but I’m addicted to chapstick. So much so that I have a tube in my pants pocket, in my sweater, in my purse, in my make-up bag, and lastly, living in Florida has taught me NOT to leave one in the car. But despite the fact I’ve put one everywhere, I still seem to lose them all the time, never finding it when I need it most.

You can imagine how elated I was when I spotted this custom lip balm (or USB) holder keychain at Mindy’s Embroidery on Etsy. The black one with the lips featured in the picture is actually the one I custom ordered. It was perfect for me and for my chapstick obsessed friend Diana. She saw mine and later bought one for herself.

After receiving my lip balm holder in the mail I began further familiarizing myself with Mindy Holmes and her store. In addition to lipbalm holders, she also sells embroidered towels, baby items, pillow cases and more. When asked about her shop Mindy said “I actually try to target both the young and old. I do make a lot of baby items though mostly because right after I got my machine I found out I was pregnant with my youngest so I spent a lot of time making items for him and making keepsakes for others.”

The lip balm holder wasn’t the only thing I bought from Mindy’s Embroidery. My boyfriend had a towel he used to complain about (though I can’t remember why). After every complaint he would mention that he was only holding on to it cause his initial was embroidered into it. I thought as a gift I would get him a new towel. I was so excited when Mindy confirmed she could embroider his Xbox Live gamertag and Halo icon into it. Needless to say he loved it and ditched his old towel shortly after.

Embroidery is Mindy’s full time job and long time hobby which started in September of 2002 after she purchased her first embroidery machine. Her items can also be found on ecrater.com, blujay.com, lov.li and she and her husband are in the process of opening up their own website at www.beads-embroidery-beyond.com. Its still under construction though, but they’re hoping to get it up and going in the next month or two.

Mindy Holmes’s advice for new sellers is “Don’t get discouraged at your lack of sales to begin with. It takes a lot of promotion to get your shop up and running, but with hard work and good products it can be done.”

To order premade and custom embroidered items from Mindy please visit:
Mindy’s Embroidery on Etsy