A Christmas hobby becomes a full time ornaments business…

When Staci Ann Lowry, ornament designer and owner of The Ornament Girl, learned the old fashioned technique behind quilted ball Christmas ornaments as a teenager, she had no idea that almost 15 years later it would become a full time ornaments business and way of life.

Although Staci Ann grew up in a very creative family and had always enjoyed crafting in many different forms, it was creating her “quilted” Christmas ornaments that continued to remain her favorite pastime. Using a painstaking folding and pinning method, her ornaments are handmade by meticulously layering many tiny pieces of ribbon and fabric, resulting in an intricate and stunning finished piece. Over time, she slowly began altering the out of date method she had originally learned into a sleeker and more contemporary ornament design, using sheer and glittering ribbons, fabrics, and trims.

It was the need of a little extra Christmas money in 2005 that jump started the transformation from an ornaments hobby into an ornaments business. Staci Ann decided to list a couple of her ornaments on the auction site eBay…and after one disappointing round of zero sales, her ornaments began to take off, and she suddenly could not make them fast enough. Shortly after, Staci Ann officially launched her own website, and “The Ornament Girl” was born. As Staci Ann explains it, “What started out as a short-term way to make a little bit of extra money, turned out to be the unexpected beginning of a business.” Since the opening of her website, The Ornament Girl has received international recognition for her stunning Christmas ornaments in several magazines and newspapers, and has a waiting list for her unique ornaments that extends for months.

It only takes a few minutes on The Ornament Girl’s website to see why. Her unique Christmas ornaments are entirely handcrafted from start to finish, and each ornament is then beautifully gift boxed with a dated keepsake collector’s card, for a truly unique and heirloom quality presentation. She has several limited edition ornament collections, including her exclusive Candy and Snowflake Collections, as well as a line of designer fabric ornaments. She has also expanded beyond Christmas, creating ornaments for Halloween, Valentine’s Day, Easter , and many other holidays and occasions.

Because of the high demand for her handmade ornaments, Staci Ann rarely has any ornament designs available for immediate purchase from her website, but she willl gladly add any ornament orders to her ornaments waiting list.

Article and images used with permission from TheOrnamentGirl.com