I love color. She keeps thousands of different beads in stock. Women and girls delight in sifting through them to find the right decor for their custom jewelry. Carillon has made baby bracelets for women having their first child. She's also helped a customer honor a child who had died with a special bracelet representing that love.
Many customers buy bracelets as gifts for teachers, relatives and friends.
She's big on University of Tennessee bracelets, decorating them with the official school charms. There's no end to what I can do. Kelly Hillin of Franklin, Tenn., started Family Strands as a home business in 1995. It became such a hit that she began selling franchises and now has 35 across the United States. Carillon holds the sales rights for eight counties in East Tennessee.