Small Business

In the past few years I feel like small businesses have been popping up everywhere. I love it. Coffee shops. Photographers. Artists. It’s everywhere. One of my favorites would have to be Oliva Rae Alexander. She is an artist and a friend. Alec and I have a few things from her. She also did some calligraphy work for our wedding which was beautiful!

I love the stuff she’s done for us, but the past item we received from her has been the best. For Christmas, my sister had Olivia make Alec and I something. This is very special as it is now in the nursery. On top of this piece, before we knew we were getting this, Alec and I contacted her about making us a painting for the nursery. 

The nursery is Arctic themed. It is painted an ice blue color and has polar bears and any other arctic animal you can think of in it. It is gender neutral and it is so ready to be a home for a little baby. We knew we had enough animal stuff in that room, so when we talked to Olivia we said we wanted something different. She’s still working on it, but we should have this painting soon. It will be the Northern Lights. A dark silhouette of trees with the night sky lit up by the Northern Lights. It makes me so excited to think about it. Olivia’s style is more abstract, so I think she will do an amazing job on this piece. For this reason alone, she is my favorite small business right now!