Getting Creative?

Have you ever had so much of something that it just causes problems? Others would be thrilled to have the options you have, but you reach a certain point where it becomes more of a curse than a blessing? This is the place I found myself in as a kid.

When I was about 9 years old my parents bought a small lumber business and home and began to grow the business in our backyard. I immediately came into a world of scrap lumber for all kinds of projects. Any warped, molded, or broken boards were open for taking and using. It was an incredible opportunity, but after a little while you run of ideas for projects so a lot of the wood was burned or thrown away because it couldn’t be used for anything else.

As I watched my dad grow the business, a longing grew in my heart to build my own business. I had all kinds of ideas, but being a young boy most of them were terrible. I begged my dad to help me develop a business idea and to help me, but for awhile we couldn’t make anything work. Finally one day my dad found the perfect thing for a boy of 12 to start working on… birdhouses.

On that exciting day everything changed. He and I built that first birdhouse and things have only grown from there. We were able to creatively make these little birdhouses completely from scrap lumber. This meant that I was able to use some of the wasted wood that was being burned and turn it into an adorable birdhouse! Over the years I have slowly grown the small business from that first little birdhouse to now having 4 different birdhouse types, 2 different bird feeders, and even small planter boxes!

Every order I send out to my customers is an absolute pleasure and I don’t take lightly the blessings I have been bestowed. You can read more of my story here. If you would like to help me continue growing then you can order from my shop. Please feel free to visit my Etsy shop as well!