AHeirloom is a collaborative effort from, Amy Stringer-Mowat and Bill Mowat. While getting married in the spring of 2010, we were at a loss for cheese boards that were personalized and sentimental for our reception’s cheese display. We decided to craft the state shaped cutting boards for our home states (Michigan and Connecticut) and added a heart on each of our hometowns. We quickly found a number of people who felt the same nostalgia for their state borderlines and all fifty became a reality.

Each of the states are manufactured in the USA and provide a decorative reminder of where you are from or where you might wish to be. Each board/order is made and shipped weekly. We hope to cut our production time shortly, but thank everyone for their patience as each is made to order.

The response has been so overwhelmingly positive that we have struck out to produce a line of personalized housewares for our home and yours.

We also welcomed our first baby, Henry in late September 2011. We love making our work personal and feel very fortunate to be able to share with all of you. Thank you for so many kind notes and happy wishes, we are having the time of our lives.

OUR PROCESS
We are digital fabricators and each board is drawn using the software techniques that we have been trained in.

Bill has been a partner in a successful fabrication shop in Williamsburgh, Brooklyn since 2005 and provides our company with the tools and skills necessary to handle the volume of orders. The quality of our product reinforces our belief in new manufacturing techniques and our ability to make a living doing what we love whether by hand or through new technology.

ORDERING
If you are new to Etsy, here is a helpful guide to purchasing items
http://www.etsy.com/help_guide_checkout.php
and how to use your credit card to purchase here:
http://www.etsy.com/storque/how-to/how-to-pay-with-a-credit-card-and-create-a-paypal-account-746/

GETTING IN TOUCH
If you need to get in touch for any reason or would like a custom shape please contact us at aheirloom [!at] gmail.com