East Texas Favorites: Sparkles | Tyler Texas Commercial Photography

Time for our fifth edition of CMP’s East Texas Favorites …

The Meet & Greet:

The What: Sparkles

The Where: 17431 Hwy 155 South, Flint, Texas – 903.216.4581

The Who: Jessica Johnston & Emily Allen

 

When was Sparkles established?
We opened October 4, 2008 — after three months of planning. After painting my daughter’s furniture, others were interested in custom painted furniture as well.

What are some of your offerings?
Our primary products are custom painted furniture and crystal converse sneakers (kids + adults, as well as for wedding parties). We also sell hairbows, clothing, jewelry, tutus, custom decorated guitars, stuffed animals, baby accessories, and other fun stuff.

This week – the first week of August — we’re having a huge bow sale! Every hairbow in the store will be $8.00!

For custom painting orders, there’s a two week turnaround. If you’re interested in having us paint something for a Christmas present, get it to us before Thanksgiving!

Tell us a bit about yourself …
I’m [Jessica] originally from Conroe and moved to Tyler in 2003 with my family. Married my husband, Ben, in 2005 and gave birth to our daughter, Tatum, in 2006. I was a stay at home mom for eighteen months, part of which Emily came to stay with us. One weekend while she was back home, I came up with a plan and the logo for the business, and we opened three months to the day later. I now have an almost four month old son, Jaxon, as well. Emily — the other half of the creative genius behind Sparkles — will be graduating from college next year.

Any random business tidbits you’d like to share …
When we first opened the business, we were contacted about doing a reality show but we ended up turning down the offer.

For our one year anniversary, we formed a Cystic Fibrosis team (since my husband has two cousins with CF) and had 55-60 people join us. We also put together a basket of products and raffled it off to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

We also created a costume for a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader tryout — she was chosen!

Thanks Jessica & Emily for allowing me to come in and figuratively drool over all the awesome products in your store! And if you’re in need of custom painted furniture or custom crystal converse shoes, give Sparkles a call!

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