History
In 1998 Dale and Cathy Coe had an idea to make some wood crafts out of barn siding. For some reason, people liked what they made. They, along with Cathy’s mother, Dee signed up to rent a small space at the soon to open Craft Emporium on Route 30 near Wooster, Ohio. They did well enough to expand to a larger space. Soon they received a letter from a store owner in Berlin who was interested in renting them space at her store called Harvest Moon. Cathy & Dale, her mom, Dee and a friend Joan rented a room in the back of the store to offer their crafts. Joan did floral arrangements, Dee made Amish dolls and Dale & Cathy made their crafts using floral & barn siding. They all did very well.
Soon, a small business down the street was put up for sale; called “Tin Heart” Dale and Cathy fell in love with the 100 year old little house that was leased with the business and went ahead and purchased the “Tin Heart”. The business grew and they utilized every nook and cranny. They had left Harvest Moon in 2000 when they purchased the little store down the street. They named their newly purchased store “Ye Olde Family Treasures: and put lots of TLC into the little shop.
In February 2001 Dale and Cathy learned the business Harvest Moon was up for sale. Their store “Ye Olde Family Treasures” was doing well, but they were outgrowing the little building. They had many good memories with their beginning at Harvest Moon. They made an offer and before you knew it, they took possession of Harvest Moon on April 1, 2001. Legally they were advised to make it a limited liability company and so is now “Harvest Moon Limited”.
Before long it was agreed that it was too hard on Cathy to own two stores so all of “Ye Olde Family Treasures” was moved up to occupy the back of Harvest Moon. The front of Harvest Moon was still rented to local crafters. This year (2006) it was decided to no longer rent spaces to crafters; but Dale and Cathy purchase all inventory to offer to their customers. Much of their product is still locally made items from crafters that have been with Harvest Moon since the previous owner began in 1998.
