Local ‘mompreneurs’ excited to launch new store Limitless Inc.

Written By PAULA BROWN

LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER

A new home décor and craft store has opened in Shelburne, from the owners and creators of My Crafty Neighbour. 

“The dream of having a store has probably existed since the beginning, it was just never the right time,” said Laura Meakings, one half of the store-owning duo. “Now that all of the kids are in school full-time we went ahead and took a chance.” 

Tara McCreadie and Laura Meakings opened their new store Limitless Inc, located on Owen Sound St. in Shelburne, last Friday (Oct. 16). The front of the shop sells both handmade and wholesale home décor items, such as kitchen essentials, and wall decorations, as well as clothing, while the back of the shop is dedicated to a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) studio space. 

“Our DIY studio space will be used for things like ladies nights, workshops, whether it be with Tara or myself, with My Crafty Neighbour doing signs, and some of our other vendors will be using the space,” said Meakings.  

Starting out as next door neighbours the duo, or “mompreneurs” as Meakings refers to them, created their business My Crafty Neighbour selling homemade wooden signs and home décor items almost eight years ago. From self-taught sign and wreath making on their own, the two quickly moved on to attending crafting shows and have since hosted their own within the community. 

“We sat down and thought ‘what can we do that's going to bring in a little bit of money, but can help us just get out of the house for a bit and we just went from there,” said Meakings. 

Signing a lease for the location of Limitless Inc. earlier in the year, Meakings said they decided to take the leap of faith in opening their own store, and, like many businesses, they were delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

“There was a point in time where we were very nervous, the moment that we put this open sign on we're on the hook for a lot of things, but I think we have the local support and I think that Shelburne is looking for something like this. We don't have anything else like this,” said Meakings. 

Limitless Inc. sells both wholesale décor items as well as items from 12 locally based vendors – which have been specifically chosen by Meakings and McCreadie. 

“We get to go shopping for the store, we're very specific, we have a certain kind of taste,” said Meakings. 

Opening the store's door for the first time as a “soft opening”, McCreadie spoke about the experience creating and opening the local shop. 

“It's seeing everybody come in, familiar faces and meeting new people, I think that's always the most fun - talking to people and just seeing it all come together,” said McCreadie. 

Limitless Inc. will be holding a grand opening on a Saturday in November that will be determined at a later time and will be hosting its first DIY class, wreath making, on Nov. 19 at 7 p.m.