LivyAndCompany

WHAT'S UP WITH THE RED FLOWER?

It all started with a little rescue dog sporting BIG ears and two creative sisters with a ginormous love of animals and the outdoors.

Inspired by a desire to work together and build a family business, doing what we love, while making people and dogs happy, and most importantly LOOK and FEEL good...we decided to pool our talents and start Livy & Company.

We always try to take the time to smell the flowers and look for beauty in life. We also frequently find reasons to laugh and try to make other people laugh. Most importantly, we ALWAYS want our animal AND human friends to feel loved, appreciated and good about themselves. We want to spread joy and beauty as much as possible. We come from a big extended family and have a creative mother and two other beautiful sisters who are also amazing, talented dog lovers, and who one day we hope to suck into our business with us.
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SO...WHAT'S LIVY'S STORY, YOU ASK?

When she first came to live with Michelle and her two other dogs, Stella May and Winston, she was a scrawny, scared little thing with these ears that seemed way too big for her head. Every one was always commenting on how beautiful Stella May was - a bodacious and extroverted golden retriever - but how scrawny and scared poor little Livy seemed.

Natalie sent Michelle a red flower that she made for Livy's collar as a gift. The flower was a gesture of love and intended to give Livy a unique sense of style and personality and to welcome her into the family. This flower soon became Livy's trademark and everywhere Michelle took her, people commented about how cute she was and how much they loved the flower. The more people loved her and commented on her flower, the sweeter she became and the more her little personality blossomed. The flower became a "Livy trademark" and Michelle photographed her in all kinds of flowers and costumes for calendars, cards and used her in creative and marketing projects. Friends started asking for their own flowers and eventually,"What else do you have? Where can we buy them?"

And that was that.

One tiny little red flower for Livy lit the fire of an idea that is now Livy & Company. Michelle and Natalie continue to create, test and add new products to their assortment that would make any dog feel stylish. They focus on combining their love of flowers and the outdoors with their passion for making a dog's tail wag because they feel so special and loved. They've even added people accessories and will continue to explore new options for expanding the product line to add more items for dog-lovin' people. Most of all, Michelle and Natalie hope you love your Livy & Company products just as much as they love making them for you.

As a side note, every time Michelle leaves the house, she says to Livy, Stella May and Winston, "Be Good! I'll be back home soon!" Natalie and Michelle thought this seemed like a smart little mantra to share because it has an even bigger meaning if you think about it. Also, Livy now has a complete wardrobe of different blinged out collars and flowers in every color. Her current favorite is a yellow one with a bumble bee center.

#BeGood
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Michelle is a writer, illustrator, photographer and graphic designer based in Greer, SC. Natalie is a designer, new product developer and most passionately creative person you will ever meet. She's based out of Forest Hills , MD.