Thank you for taking the time to learn more about Cold Creek Brewing!

Ryan and I both have a love for the outdoors in all its glorious forms!

We love imperfect, knotted, gnarled, grainy, and textured wood and all the beautiful things that it can make!

Ryan has spent his whole life working in some form of construction, as his father began his training at a very young age. He is a typical dude..a home brewer, wood-crafter, hands-on kinda guy, who truly is Super Awesome!

Until 2009, Ryan built residential homes. For fairly obvious reasons, we didn't feel that was a good direction to continue for us financially. He's always loved working in his shop, making furniture for our home, stuff for our kids, and all kinds of different items. So he wanted to find a way to continue working in his shop, yet support our large family!

So, in December of 2011, Cold Creek Brewing was founded!

We started out making rustic picture frames, but Ryan's love of creating craft beer, inspired him to reach out in that direction. Thus, in January of 2012, he released his Rustic 6 Pack Carrier! We are proud that his Carrier has been featured by Etsy on VH1 Buzzworthy, in Draft Magazine and several other exciting venues!

Ryan is involved in every part of his products. He personally selects the lumber and purchases all his materials for each item. Then, from design concept to finished product Ryan creates each of his pieces.

Me? Well, I love being crafty as well, and so I'm the reason behind the giant buttons, needles, and spools. Though, our customers have found a lot of other great uses for the buttons, from baby room decor to wedding props!

In regards to my role here on Etsy: I photograph the items for the listings, make and edit listings, reply to questions and customers, and, finally; package the orders and fill out shipping labels.

Our girls are also a huge help to us! From time to time they help their dad in the shop. While they occasionally help him with putting together parts of a product, usually they help him keep his shop clean and carry in finished products for me to ship. They also help me with various parts of the packaging process. We love how this helps us to stay close as a family, while allowing us to ingrain good work ethics in our children.

In addition to Etsy of course, I have to care for all the normal things that come with taking care of this house that is home to Ryan, myself and our four kids, whom we home school. (In other words, please forgive me for any typos or mistakes, I'm probably replying to your message to the cacophony of our boisterous household!)

It's important to us to make sure our customers are happy with not only their Cold Creek Brewing products, but also our customer service. Happy customers are our favorite!

So, while we are knee deep in the mayhem of life filled with our zoo of a family, the religion we love and live by, and all of our fantastic friends, in the midst of it all, we're loving Etsy and all the great people we're meeting along the way!