I grew up in a small town in Iowa, and I'm so grateful to have grown up with family traditions of handmade items. My Grandmother taught me how to embroider things by hand, and she was always teaching my sister and me practical things like how to cook, gardening, and sewing when we were little kids. She was such a wonderful woman who spent her life serving God and the church.

I first opened my Etsy shop in 2008 at the request of a customer for a custom purchase, then did my sales for the next 7 years to people in person. I started actively listing again in 2015 in order to grow my business.

We start with simple questions to answer:
1. Who is it for? Your Best Friend's baby shower gift, your little boy's birthday, daughter's first loose tooth, maybe your cousin's wedding...whatever the occasion I've got ideas of the perfect gift.

2.Do they have a theme? Baby's room decorated in Safari animals, Kitchen in certain colors, favorite sport? Throw out a couple of ideas, it starts the inspiration process. Sometimes pictures help.

3. When is the event? If you need something quickly it makes things more challenging, but not impossible, We've done some very last minute orders (2 days or less). Planning ahead helps ensure it's exactly the right gift though.

Lately most of my customers will order like this- "I need a pillow for my son who's 26, I want black material with his name in Camo, and a deer head on it." or maybe "Do something white and grey for a boy (baby stats on it) with en Eiffel Tower or something Paris". They know they want something great, and personalized, but don't have the time to shop around or create something themselves. That's why I'm here, to simplify the process. If this sounds like you, send me a convo and I can create a listing.