Jessica Jackson FOUNDER OF THE CRAFTERY MARKET

Running one business is a lot. Running two businesses? Even more so. But throw a third one into the mix, and you’ve achieved a Jessica Jackson level of hustle. We won’t even mention the fact (not yet, anyway) that she’s also a busy wife, a mother of three, an occasional player of pickleball and a tireless advocate for the creative community in the Bucks County area. Just know that she’s busy. In fact, she’s probably dreaming up another project right now.

In another life, Jackson would have been a different kind of busy—the kind of busy where you’re wearing scrubs and a lab coat to work, poring over X-rays and assisting in the operating room. “I was very big into sports growing up and played collegiate tennis,” she explains. “Through my career I had multiple injuries that exposed me to orthopedic surgery as a discipline.” She got married at the age of 22 following her graduation from Messiah College (now University) with a degree in sports and exercise science/ physical therapy. She planned to take a year off before diving back in on a postgraduate degree as a physician assistant in orthopedic surgery, but she felt herself being pulled in a different direction. “Which now I see is perfect,” Jackson says. “It was the right thing for me because I have so many varied interests and I like doing different things.”

She started to dabble in DIY projects as a way to spruce up her first home on a budget. Even though she admittedly had no experience in renovation or design, she did have a healthy curiosity and an eagerness to learn. “I have a lot of confidence to just try things,” Jackson says. “I’m not afraid of failing.” She also had a like-minded best friend:

Monica Mangin. The two met while attending Plumstead Christian School. In 2011, they started a blog to chronicle their triumphs and tribulations on the DIY front. “Neither she nor I do things halfway,” says Jackson. “We decided, if we’re going to do this, we’re really going to do it. We posted five days a week, we were constantly doing projects.”

Their tenacity didn’t go unnoticed. Jackson says they were just a few months in when they were contacted by The Nate Berkus Show . The dynamic duo ultimately appeared in four episodes to pitch their tips and tricks to the masses. “We realized how much we loved doing TV. That was a surprise to both of us,” says Jackson. Another surprise—perhaps an unpleasant one: they had to change the name of their blog, “The Real Housewives of Bucks County.” Apparently the “real” Real Housewives—those feuding frenemies of reality TV— weren’t keen on sharing their name, so Jackson and Mangin rebranded and moved forward with East Coast Creative.

Next up for Mangin and Jackson: an offer to helm a show of their own, “Knock It Off!,” on the Live Well Network. By then, Jackson had two children, daughter Campbell and son Charlie, with her husband, Kevin Jackson, and had just found out she was pregnant with their third. Son Bennett was born in 2013. Not