How this 9-year-old turned her jewelry-making hobby into a side hustle for the whole family

London Droverloves sparkly jewelry.She likes to wear it.And for the last couple years, she's been making it too.

It started with kits given to the nine-year-old from Grand Falls-Windsor for Christmas. Earrings, necklaces, keychains all things she's made andgiven as gifts.And now Londonis turning her hobby into a business for her whole family.

"We were just sitting around and I mentioned that I like making jewelry," said London. Then she added that she wanted to make it a business, and her mother, Karis Drover, agreed.

Drover thought it would be a good way to fill her daughter's extra time during the Christmas holidays.

"I thought maybe it would be fun to keep her a little bit busy," saidDrover.

She started social media accounts with the name "London & Co"for London and her eight-year-old brother, Cohen.

All they expected were a few orders from family and friends, but Drover says they already havemore than 200orders and six stores in Grand Falls-Windsor are selling the jewelry.

"I'm very happy," said London.

The demand has meant the whole family in now involved in the the business.

Along with London and her mother, her dad Dale and Cohen are also making products.Karisalso orders supplies and keeps track of the orders.And their extended family, from grandparents to siblings, is offering help too and Cohenhopes to have his own line of hockey-related items later this year.

London says the answer to her success is simple.

"If I can guess, it's because I'm nine."

Dale and Karis Drover hope the businesswill be a lesson on money management.

"We had to put in so much money to get all the materials and get the business going," said KarisDrover. "Once they start making some income from it they will pay back the materials and then they'll start making a profit."

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