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My Story
For most of her life, Molly has trusted in the creative process and let it shape her life in ways not even she could have predicted. With the dream of owning her own store and a passion for all things vintage, she opened the doors to Mixing Whimsy in December of 2000. Combining antiques with reproduction pieces and creating vignettes that inspired clients far and wide Molly continued to refine her natural ability to enhance the home.
After more than 6 years of owning and operating a store, however, she realized that the demands of day to day shopkeeping prevented her from living a more creative personal life. And so Molly closed up shop and during the next 2 years, conducted monthly sales at a barn in the beautiful Dry Creek Valley in Healdsburg, California. During this time, client urgings and Molly's imagination led her to the farmhouse kitchen, where Mixing Whimsy's bath and candle line was born.
While exhibiting at the San Francisco Gift Show in January 2008, Molly felt the creative pull once again. This time the urgings came from fellow exhibitors and manufacturers encouraging Molly to explore the idea of licensing some of her designs. Giving up the barn sales and getting back to the studio has allowed Molly to focus her time and attention on following the creative spark once again.
Currently, Molly balances her time between a husband and 2 beautiful children with time in the studio. There she does what brings her great joy: sifting through stacks of vintage ephemera, yummy embellishments and other lovely bits of antiquities, and creating a line of vintage inspired products for the home, garden and soul.
From retail store owner to artisan, designer, and now wholesaler, Molly embraces the ever-changing twists and turns of the creative path. Using her imagination to create beauty is at the heart of her journey, and enables Molly to shape the life of her dreams.
Here's hoping that Mixing Whimsy helps you find moments of inspiration and joy, and that you never lose faith in your own creative process!
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