About Alberta

Hello and thank you for stopping by!

My name is Alberta. I began my entrepreneur journey part-time in 1986 when the internet first began. It was very exciting to me and wanted to be a part of the new internet craze that was beginning!

So, I began my entrepreneurship by leasing a server in 1986, which I still have and use to this day (Western Trail Web Services). I then taught myself to hand code html because I wanted to begin designing and hosting websites. I was pretty successful ending up with hosting a dozen or so websites that I had designed.

During that time, I was introduced to a POD printing business that I could do at home using catalogs that the company provided me for free. I already had the printers I needed to do it so all I had to do was create my own website for my printing business (Smalltown Printing Service). I then began selling printed items from my website. I operated that printing business until from 1987 through 2006. The reason I stopped was because many other POD printing businesses began cropping up and it became too over-saturated.

I still wanted to do something part-time so I decided to begin designing jewelry and selling beads and other jewelry related items. I designed and began another website specifically for my jewelry business and continued that part-time until I retired in 2016 when I discovered TikTok.

At that time, there were only a few people designing custom tumblers on TikTok including Wendi Gypsy Soul Tribe and Flynn Sisters. I watched them every chance I could, asking questions about everything LOL. I also watched as many tutorials as I could find and did a lot of research about resin especially and other products I used. I then began experimenting with doing it myself after purchasing a kit from Amazon. I made a lot of mistakes and ended up stripping a whole bunch of cups LOL.

After about a year I decided to try going live on TikTok myself even though I was scared to death! It went ok and I went live as much as I could. I started taking orders after about 3 months on TikTok lives, figuring I had been doing it for over a year and I was accumulating a lot of completed cups that I hadn't given away to family or friends. I needed to start selling to be able to replenish my supplies if I wanted to continue with it.

So, I've been designing custom tumblers and other resin items since 2017. I'm retired and do this because It is my passion! It is also a good way to keep myself busy while retired.

Thank you to all of my customers over the years for your continued support in all of my endeavors!!