Mompreneurs Dana Runyon and Kim Spadaccini team up to create a jewel of a small business.

Many say that motherhood is the hardest job in the world. And a new business venture to the already 24/7 mix, and you have a near impossible job – the mompreneur.

Bergen county is the home to many mompreneurs. There are women who have started websites, manufactured protein bars, whipped up or organic body creams and designed jewelry and handbag lines. Of course, there are enterprising mothers everywhere – not just Bergan county. Who remembers Jibbitz? What about those bracelets made out of braces? A hot topic among mothers at playgroups, preschools and after-school pickup is “What is going to be the next ‘hot’ item?”

Dana Runyon and Kim Kurtz Spadaccini not only asked the question, but they did the research, rolled up their sleeves and came out with StickerBeans™, jeweled stickers in cute emoji-like designs that are flying off the shelves.

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Sending your kids off to sleepaway camp this summer? Enjoy the downtime! But before you book that much-needed vacay, check out our list of the latest in essential kids’ camp gear that’ll guarantee they’ll be happy campers.

Stickerbeans: Puffy stickers are so 80s. Take camp sticker trading to the next level with blinged out Stickerbeans. Created by two Bergen Mamas, the line of collectible stickers with their own special carrying album (to keep them safe from bunk ickyness) will be the obsession of summer 2016 and beyond. (Stickerbeans, $4/sticker, $14/stickerbook, $11/XL Camp sticker, available at camp retailers and online here)

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