Let Alex inspire you to start your own business!
VENTURE BOX ALUMNI FEATURE: ALEX ANTLE
Alex Antle is an Indigenous beadwork artist from Gillams, NL. She is the owner of Bunchberry Beadwork, an E-commerce website that sells beaded jewelry and accessories. Alex teamed up with Youth Ventures to curate a kit for the Venture Box project!
Alex combined her talent for beadwork with all the knowledge and experience she has gained through working with Youth Ventures to inspire other Indigenous youth to start their own businesses too!
ABOUT ALEX
Alex is passionate about beading as it connects her to her Mi’kmaq culture and allows her to share it around the world!
Starting her own beading business has connected her to her community through teaching workshops and setting up at markets where she can meet community members across the province.
Alex joined Youth Ventures in 2018 and won Venture of the Year in 2021! Youth Ventures helped Alex achieve success for Bunchberry Beadwork by mentoring her through challenging skills like budgeting.
BEADWORK VENTURE BOX
Alex’s Venture Box contains everything you need to make your own beaded moosehide pins!
This Box includes:
- Instruction manual
- Moosehide
- Seed beads
- Needles
- Thread
- Pin
- Start-Up Guide
- Business card paper
- Poster templates
- Thank You Cards
GET YOUR VENTURE BOX
To get your very own Venture Box, visit the Venture Box page and sign up to receive your Box in the mail (while supplies last)! It’s that simple!
PLEASE NOTE: The Beadwork Venture Box is reserved for Indigenous youth and Indigenous youth-serving organizations. To reserve yours, please email the Youth Ventures Provincial Coordinator, Robyn Evans at provincial@youthventuresnl.com.
We can’t wait to see what you create!
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