The Wedding Department

We made the decision to slip cast the wild bird items using terra cotta and the choice to make them round came from our first design, inspired by gourd houses. We figured round nest, round house. We quickly found our customers wanting feeders and so we added them to the line, including a few terra cotta hummingbird feeders.

The aroma therapy wedding favor ornaments start with the best white earthenware or terra cotta clay. Each shape is painstakingly cut by hand, one at a time. After air drying, we hand finish the favors to smooth any rough edges, apply any decoration, then fire them in a kiln. Each favor comes to you hand packed in a gift box complete with a vial of aroma oil, personalized gift card and hanging ribbon. While the ornaments can be used as aroma therapy diffusers we ship them unscented, as some recipients may be sensitive to fragrances.

We start with stoneware or porcelain clay and hand cut the windchime wedding favor pieces one at a time. The parts are air dried and finished by hand to remove rough edges. If the order calls for color, stains are applied before firing the parts in a kiln to around 2200 degrees. Next we hand tie each piece to the hanger top.

We took some plain gift boxes and added a personal touch. Found objects such as nuts, twigs and berries can be combined with ribbon, raffia, and craft store trinkets to make unique thank you gifts. All that is needed is a hot glue gun and a little time.