Meet Philip & Lisa
Philip is a wood loving, skilled, creative dreamer that keeps our business moving forward. He wears many hats in our life and business and though I may be biased, he rocks them all! Chief wood worker, equipment developer and maker, screen printer, in house barista, epic chip maker and encourager only scratch the surface. As people keep telling me, every business (and family) needs a Philip!
I, Lisa, am a relentless designer and a raging introvert with a love for the classics, which of course may or may not include dirty dancing ;). I can become wholly consumed by a design and my tendency to have a long wish list of quotes helps me keep our designs fresh and new. I am also the admin monkey, web designer, reluctant social media chief (see raging introvert), dark chocolate loving, wannabe minimalist and apparently win at making pancakes (according to our kids). I love lettering! I always have. At school I could imitate any style of handwriting that caught my eye and I would happily sit for hours perfecting it. Many (many) years passed and I never gave it a second thought, that is not until we started Once upon a Dandelion.
I, Lisa, am a relentless designer and a raging introvert with a love for the classics, which of course may or may not include dirty dancing ;). I can become wholly consumed by a design and my tendency to have a long wish list of quotes helps me keep our designs fresh and new. I am also the admin monkey, web designer, reluctant social media chief (see raging introvert), dark chocolate loving, wannabe minimalist and apparently win at making pancakes (according to our kids). I love lettering! I always have. At school I could imitate any style of handwriting that caught my eye and I would happily sit for hours perfecting it. Many (many) years passed and I never gave it a second thought, that is not until we started Once upon a Dandelion.
Once upon a...
Once upon a Dandelion was born from our desire to have our children experience positivity everyday, to have them encouraged, inspired and challenged to always be themselves. We created quote signs for our kids and artwork for our home inspired by the abundance of natural beauty surrounding us here at the foot of the Mournes. In fact our very first piece of artwork we created for our home was this dandelion, Philip made the wood frame out of broken bed slats and what can I say, I'm a sucker for dandelions!
"What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have yet to be discovered." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
It took 3 years of people asking us to make these to sell before we finally took the plunge, and we haven't looked back. We are often asked where our name came from, it came from this, our first piece that still has pride of place in our living room, reminding us daily that once upon a time it all started with a dandelion...
"What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have yet to be discovered." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
It took 3 years of people asking us to make these to sell before we finally took the plunge, and we haven't looked back. We are often asked where our name came from, it came from this, our first piece that still has pride of place in our living room, reminding us daily that once upon a time it all started with a dandelion...
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We love this earth and for our kids and beyond we are both committed to minimising our environmental footprint. The wood we use is all responsibly forested, sourced from local mills, our reusable tote bags are 100% organic cotton and we have just purchased our first batch of recycled coffee cup paper for screen printing. We are in the process of replacing all of our plastic packaging with biodegradable sleeves, our new greeting cards are printed on recycled card and our postal boxes and tape are fully recyclable. Our home studio and workshop are powered by our solar panels, when the sun is shining, and heated with an eco friendly pellet boiler.
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