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Taking Time to Pause and Celebrate Mom

If there's one thing we're enjoying about this new quarantine lifestyle, it's that it's giving us the moments we need to pause and enjoy that the world is moving a little more slowly. The perfect spring day for a short swing in the hammock doesn't happen often. So we took the moment to pause. But not for long, before shop puppy and kiddos came to join us. Oh, and we had to get started on 40+ wreath orders!

SHOP TIPS & TRICKS

MY DOOR GETS FULL SUN. HOW CAN I PROTECT MY WREATHS?

Our door gets full sun from morning to mid-afternoon. In the summer, the doorknob is dangerous! So, how do you keep wreaths from fading in that harsh sun?
We recommend using a UV Protection Spray. You can purchase the spray from your local craft store, or try the spray paint section of any warehouse or big box store. One can will last you many seasons and keep your wreaths from fading. It can also provide a small bit of protection in some harsh elements. We recommend matte finish for silk flowers and burlap and gloss for those glittery holiday wreaths.

We have new pieces on the site! This week we transformed our Blessed Spring Tulip Wreath with white hydrangeas and white tulips. We're totally feeling the clean, spring vibes with these! We also got our hands dirty with some paint and these amazing gray burlap pieces! Check them all out in our pre-made section. Snag them now during our 20% off with code through the end of the month!

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Mother's Day Is Around the Corner

Order today, and we'll do the rest...even include a sweet note! We wrote this one as a request for a grandmother who was "helping" her grandson buy a wreath for mom. So sweet! We've got beautiful, handmade, one-of-a-kind pieces starting at just $32 and kits that ship free with code. Shop our Order today, and we'll do the rest...even include a sweet note! We wrote this one as a request for a grandmother who was "helping" her grandson buy a wreath for mom. So sweet! We've got beautiful, handmade, one-of-a-kind pieces starting at just $32 and kits that ship free with code. Shop our pre-made selection or wreath kits. or wreath kits.

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We're a mother-daughter duo crafting because we love to. We're not out to become wreath-making millionaires (is that a thing?). We just want to share what we do with others.

Our story starts with us making wreaths for friends and family. Making all of the floral arrangements and bouquets for my wedding and my sister's. From there we started doing more. More wreaths. More arrangements.

In 2012, I was sitting home alone on a Sunday. My husband had been deployed to Afghanistan. My parents were hundreds of miles away. And I found myself on Etsy. Then, I had an idea. Why weren't we doing this? Why hadn't we thought of selling our pieces? And so, we did.

I called up my mom and said, "We need to be doing this. Our stuff is as good as this. Let's try it!"

I signed us up for a three-day festival as a vendor, and we crafted as much as we could working up to the big day. We started gobbling up all of the flowers we could...slowly transitioning my basement into a floral warehouse. The big debut day came. We set up our first tent. Our first display of what we'd been working on for months. And with the first day of the show also came tornado warnings and severe thunderstorms. We battened down the hatches as much as we could the first night and prayed all night long that our little booth and all of our goodies would survive. The next morning, we found our tent still in tact...less a few pieces. Our first show wasn't a huge success, but boy did we learn some things! Number one being, and I'm quoting my business partner (my mom) here, "No more outside shows."

Zoom forward 8 years and here we are. We ships our pieces across the country from coast to coast. We host in-home wreath-making parties. We now only participate in two large (indoor) shows. And our business is blooming. It's all thanks to all of you. And we couldn't be more grateful.

So, take a few minutes to read more about what we do, what we've learned, and how we're doing. Connect with us. Comment and share. Ask us questions. We're ready to share our nest with all of you.

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