Q Let's, we'll, we'll get to that in a moment, but tell us a little bit about, about the business. So how did you get into, into this, this world at all?
A Sure. So I spent the majority of my professional career in marketing, social media management, branding, web, and graphic design. Those types of things. But ever since I can remember, I've always loved making things. Um, definitely a designer at heart. Spent a lot of time, uh, doing other side hustles while I was working full time. I started like a pillow shop on Etsy. I did a custom artwork service. I did interior design projects. And about five years ago, my husband and I decided to make a huge lifestyle switch. We, we were both so Stressed out at our jobs. We were, we were miserable and we were in our, you know, mid thirties and we just decided to make a major lifestyle switch. We sold our home. We both quit our jobs. We moved into an apartment and, um, I was kind of free to sort of figure out, okay, what do I want to do? What's my next step? And I've always been really entrepreneurial. So I was like, okay, I'm going to start my own, my own thing, see what I can do. And so I originally thought Brayden Wood would be an interior design firm, but I was creating these DIY home decor planters, and they sort of started catching a little bit of traction on social media. And I had a couple of retailers reach out to me and say, we, we love this beautiful modern plant hanger that you're making. Can we buy some of those from you? We want to sell them. And we, you know, do you do wholes…
AI assessment note: “I originally thought Brayden Wood would be an interior design firm, but I was creating”