LOS ANGELES -- Diana Diaz grew up making pillows and blankets to sell with her family at swap meets. On the weekends, she'd see those same vendors at family parties. Some of the kids became dates to weddings and high school prom.
Her own family paid off their house and cars through selling at swap meets. She lived for those intimate interactions and wanted to re-create them.
"We became family," said Diaz, 49. "We became a community."
