![]() bookkeeping, banking, e-mails, cleaning etc.all while creating the botanical pieces in the shop, re-doing displays, and doing large scale weddings and events. "Our biggest challenge in regards to the business is keeping up with non-creative tasks. What has been your biggest challenge in regards to the business? Most couples that choose us love our style and want it reflected in the design." We also do fresh floral design and staging for weddings and events. Our shops style is a mix of old and new, of times gone past.antiques, skulls etc., mixed with living plants, modern hand blown glass, and more stylish home accents, with a nod to the Victorian era. Our clients have called the shop "like walking into Narnia", "a perfect juxtaposition between life and death", a "natural wonder shop" etc. We often call it a gift, curiosity, and botanical shop. "We sometimes have trouble describing our shop's style. How would you describe your shop's style? We also love visual merchandising, and have a blast re-arranging the shop to present our products in a unique way." We wanted to open a unique shop that can be an inspiration to people, and connect them with nature. and we really like working for ourselves. "We were inspired to start our own business because we truly love nature, design, art, creativity, style. What inspired you to start your own business? We stayed there about 6 months, quickly outgrew the space, and found our new home on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester." Soon after, we decided we wanted to have some type of a brick and mortar store, and rented a small room in an antique mall, The cider mill, in Sterling Mass. ![]() "We started Seed to Stem about 3 years ago, and were just setting up booths at craft shows, selling terrariums or other nature-inspired art we had put together. It was so nice of these lovely ladies to let my camera and me invade their shop and ask them a few questions! Confused yet? It'll all make sense when you check this place out! Here's my assessment- if a posh botanical shop fell in love with a quirky antique shop, had an affair with a taxidermist and then a love child was born out of this little love triangle, you'd get Seed to Stem. Seed to Stem is hard to describe (even by the owners Virginia and Candace). Food? Who needs food, I see pretty things. After parking and making a beeline for a Diner, we passed a shop that made my head turn. Hubby and I were pooped from trying to move a couch into Frankie (and movers we are NOT) and were ravenous for a late lunch. This first Crash! I happened upon by accident. I'm so excited to be announcing this new series! Every month I'll be 'crashing' a home, shop, or studio and sharing the awesomeness with you.
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