Starting a small business and making it successful is tougher than ever these days, but under the guidance of Cara Miller, Seams for the Soul Boutique has not only survived, but it has also thrived.

Salted fish is traded for fur and feed grains. A block of wood is whittled into a toy horse and sold at an artisan market.

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