Why didn't someone here think about this idea!
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- America's love affair with the irreverent, tacky and politically incorrect is making millions for at least one business.
Carson Home Accents, a 41-year-old, family-owned company based in Freeport, Pa., struck gold recently when it started manufacturing and selling RedNek Wine Glasses.
The company, a wholesaler of gift and home decor items, started making the wine glass -- simply a Ball Mason jar glued on top of a Libbey candlestick holder -- 10 months ago, and in less than a year, the product has had $5 million in sales.
"The RedNek Wine Glass has quickly become a phenomenon," said John Hill, vice president of Carson Home Accents.
In the beginning... It was only by chance that the idea of the product came to the attention of the company in January.
"One of our salespeople saw this item on a shelf at a Hallmark store," said Hill, adding that Carson Home Accents subsequently met the original inventor of the product and signed a licensing deal with her that allowed the company to manufacture and sell RedNek Wine Glasses.
Okie Morris, 43, who invented the Original RedNek Wine Glass, calls herself a "repurposer." "I use old things and give them a new twist," she said.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- America's love affair with the irreverent, tacky and politically incorrect is making millions for at least one business.
Carson Home Accents, a 41-year-old, family-owned company based in Freeport, Pa., struck gold recently when it started manufacturing and selling RedNek Wine Glasses.
The company, a wholesaler of gift and home decor items, started making the wine glass -- simply a Ball Mason jar glued on top of a Libbey candlestick holder -- 10 months ago, and in less than a year, the product has had $5 million in sales.
"The RedNek Wine Glass has quickly become a phenomenon," said John Hill, vice president of Carson Home Accents.
In the beginning... It was only by chance that the idea of the product came to the attention of the company in January.
"One of our salespeople saw this item on a shelf at a Hallmark store," said Hill, adding that Carson Home Accents subsequently met the original inventor of the product and signed a licensing deal with her that allowed the company to manufacture and sell RedNek Wine Glasses.
Okie Morris, 43, who invented the Original RedNek Wine Glass, calls herself a "repurposer." "I use old things and give them a new twist," she said.
.......held it together and walked outside and it set up almost instantly.
