KIMBALL -- A local small business, The Hippie Homestead, will be featured in an upcoming article in Nspire Today! Magazine. 

Caitlin Tabor and Jessica Halligan own The Hippie Homestead Shed located at 3575 W. Highway 30 where they sell handmade, thrifted and apothecary items, baked goods, books, and pasture eggs. 

The publisher of Nspire Today! reached out to them about featuring their business in the publication, which covers various topics in the Nebraska Panhandle including community events, businesses, athletes and community members who are making a difference in the Panhandle. 

“We're super excited to be featured; my oldest daughter was in one of their issues before she graduated, so I’ve gotten to read it a few times,” Tabor said. “It seems awesome, and it seems like it’s a great publication to get information out there and just promote what we have going on locally.” 

Tabor and Halligan’s business began as two friends making items and goodies for friends and family. 

“We met at Potter Dix Learning Facility where I was the Director, and I hired Jessie as a teacher and then she became the Assistant Director. Pretty soon, our friendship just kind of blossomed,” Tabor said. “We were always calling or texting each other, sending pictures of things we made or recipes we tried. As we were trying all these things, we had friends who asked if we could make them some, so basically, we started making different things for other people.” 

They later grew it to be a full business in April 2023 after they resigned from the day care. 

“At the time, we were going through a big change at the day care, so we both resigned and decided to take a look at and see if our business could be sustainable, something that could grow, something we could build upon little by little,” Tabor said. “Once our husbands and families were on board with it, that’s the route we decided to go.” 

They started out selling at vendor shows. Then, in the summer of 2025, they opened the brick-and-mortar shed. 

The hours vary from week to week, which are posted on The Hippie Homestead Facebook page every week. 

“The biggest thing with The Hippie Homestead is we wanted to be more sustainable; we wanted to be able to work around our families' schedules,” Tabor said.