The story starts out simple enough.  I was an ambitious, young public relations student that decided to take  on a part-time job at a local flower shop. While waiting on customers, working in the greenhouse and learning the ins and outs of the business, I developed an appreciation for the floral industry and the creative individuals who call themselves “designers”.  After college, I established myself  in the advertising industry only to find out the hard way that I really wanted to work to live … not live to work.  I longed to define success on my own terms.

Sometime later I quit  my  advertising job and the rat race that accompanied it.  Honestly, I had no real plan or any job prospects for that matter. Vowing not to take another high-stress job based on a fancy title or high income potential, I remembered the time when I felt most creative, most inspired, most like myself … those college days at the neighborhood flower shop.

 I quickly found myself visiting all of the flower shops in town looking for the opportunity to build a new career.  Talbott's Flowers, a  longstanding family-owned shop with an unprecedented reputation for quality hired me to sweep floors and answer phones.  After a few months of doing nothing but grunt jobs with unbridled enthusiasm, I finally earns the title of “full-time designer.”  

Fast forward six years to today.  I am is proud to own my own business, Manor House Flowers and strive to create one-of-a-kind work for blushing brides, corporate accounts and  many neighborhood customers.  And, I am still  dedicated to defining success on my own terms.