The Beginning of our Journey
- Bette Anne Preston
- May 20, 2024
- 2 min read
Welcome to 3 Cousins Crafters! Together, with 3 of my teenage granddaughters, we've started this new journey into business, creating amazing products, and giving back, all at the same time.

I grew up in the 60's and 70's and was taught the importance of giving to those in need through my church youth groups, volunteering at community events, and the importance of giving back. I was raised in Alexandria, Virginia - 7th generation by the way - and LOVE my home town. There was so much to do there and so many family members and good friends to hang with. I was blessed to spend most of my life with my grandmother, or Mama Nicky as we affectionally called her. Her dedication to family and the importance of living through "experiences" was instilled in my head and heart. She passed in 2017 at the age of 96 and I will always have the fondest memories of her. We were blessed to have her in our kids lives, and a few of our grandkids lives as well so they could experience the same things with her as I did.
Now, I'm the grandparent and could not ask for a better role in my retired life. Rebecca, or Bee as we love to call her, Max, and Alyssa are just 3 of my 8 grandkids and the oldest. My desire for them is to be successful in life, learn to love and love life, and teach them the importance of giving back. You may not have much money to give to charities, or time to volunteer, so we wanted to come up with a way that we could do that in your honor.
The girls chose a different charity every year to work with and donate to. This year, 50% of our proceeds will go to the Alzheimer's Association, a wonderful organization dedicated to finding a cure. Our family has been effected by this terrible disease and the girls wanted to help....so they did a thing!
We hope you'll visit us often, on our website, or at many of the live events we'll be doing along the east coast. Check our website often as we'll have new items being released for the different seasons, and items that they girls have developed and produces. YOU will make a difference when purchasing our quality items by adding to the fund to present to the Alzheimer's Association at the end of the year.
Thanks for visiting, and let's chat again soon!
Nonna
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