MIDDLEBURG HEIGHT, Ohio — Abracadabra, Bowdabra! When it comes to creating bows, Elaine Barrington of Middleburg Heights can crank them out in style, and for any occasion, with an assist from her ...

Sandy Sandler admits that she’s a person who takes problems one at a time. “I like to do all the research, get all the ‘i’s dotted and ‘t’s crossed, and then move on,” she says. In that light, it ...

Sandy Sandler couldn’t make bows, and couldn’t find a bowmaker she liked. So she invented the Bowdabra. Sales have reached more than a million since then. Sandler, who lives in Henderson, had a hard ...