AS IT HAPPENS, Rae Hinton’s life took a complete change in direction when she became a mum. Her natural yearning to spend as much time as she could with her little one saw her in search of a new part-time career. That was when her thoughts turned to a cherished memory of the day she stepped through the door of a little bead shop in Paris. It was a place which 15 years later still had an extraordinary effect on her.
“I remember being so excited at discovering this shop. I’d never seen anything like it. I figured others would get excited too, so I took a huge gamble and
