When Cheyenne Little graduated from Harding in May 2015, she was not certain where life was going to take her. She spent her first summer after graduation in Searcy working as the creative director at Shop Bella C while starting on her master’s degree, but she felt that Searcy was not where she should stay.
“I just felt this really strong call to come home,” Little said. “I had no idea why, I didn’t know what I was going to do… But God made it very clear to me that he wanted me to come home.”
Little is from West Monroe, Louisiana, home of the Duck Commander brand and the Robertson family of the “Duck Dynasty” fame. Little said she had grown up knowing the Robertson family through church and babysitting.
Her first summer at home was filled with job searching and graduate school, as she worked toward the goal of owning her own clothing company. However, Little’s prospects began to change when she got a call from Korie Robertson. The Robertsons had been looking to hire a business manager for their daughter Sadie’s growing enterprise and to handle planning, licensing, travel coordination and merchandising.
“They called me in for an interview, and they hired me for the job,” Little said. “The next week I flew to L.A. with Sadie. I’ve been working with her ever since.”
While working with Sadie, Little has been a part of the development of Sadie’s new mobile app. The app, which was released at the end of August, holds content created by Robertson and her team including, “DIY, behind the scenes on the Live Original Tour and just life,” Sadie tweeted in early August. Another Harding graduate, Jennifer Allen, served as the technical designer for the app.
Upon its debut, the app was downloaded over 10,000 times.
“We are really honored and blessed that it did that well,” Little said.
Both Little and Sadie hope the app will encourage and motivate people in many different ways. They have been able to incorporate their sense of fashion into the app, giving it a bright 90s feel with vivid colors and bold lines. Sadie primarily uses the app to chronicle her fashion designs and lifestyle tips.
“With the app … you can change almost anything you want about it,” Little said. “So when that trend goes out… Sadie can incorporate another trend.”
Sadie’s team hopes to see the app grow over the next year, and hope to have devotionals and a Bible feature added. When looking toward her future, Little said she knows how to maneuver.
“It’s important to have goals … and try to achieve those goals, but you can never really plan out your life because God’s plan is so much greater,” Little said.
Little said she hopes to start her own clothing line and possibly pursue further business ventures with Robertson
