Smile

What makes Vivian Placek smile? “Horses,” said the 12-year-old Noblesville resident, a seventh-grader at Classical Academy in Fishers. “I just love horses, and I love riding them. And we want to get a horse of our own. So we’re trying to make a lot of money so that in a couple of years we can have a horse.” The daughter of Andrew and Natalie Placek, she was found trying to raise money by selling her homemade pillow cases on Saturday at Kids Day at the Noblesville Farmers Market, with classmate Evie Oren, 12, who made dog bandanas to sell. “I have made a couple of these before for my family,” she said of the pillow cases that she held up to prospective customers at the Farmers Market. Why pillowcases? “I knew how to make them,” she said. Vivian said she spent about 60-90 minutes each, making the pillow cases, sewing the cotton and cotton flannel fabrics. “They’re really nice,” she said. “And I thought it was cool to start a little business (which she calls Triple Knot).” She might sell the pillowcases online, and she plans to return to the final Kids Day on Sept. 16 at the Noblesville Farmers Market.