They Made It From You-Do-It


The Prices' Trinkit, a jewelry enameling kit, turned them into big-time hobby makers.
By Phil Hirsch
BILL and Barbara Price were in a rut.
Both of them had been department store buyers for three years. Now, in the spring of 1953, their jobs were beginning to pall. They wanted something a little more exciting to do.
Their bank account amounted to $3,500. By investing the money in a business, Bill and Barbara could buy all the excitement they wanted. But instead, they gambled their savings on a trip to Europe, in the hope that the trip would produce a money-making idea.