get to know me
MEET THE MAKER
KELLY SHIREY | OWNER + ARTIST
I’m Kelly, the owner and artist behind Eden Woodcrafts. I am a pharmacist turned maker and in the process of pursuing this dream career. My business was started as I navigated my grief journey after the loss of our daughter, Eden Isabella. She was stillborn on August 21, 2017. I started learning to scroll in a quest to cut out her tiny footprints so I could create a sign just for myself. Little did I know I would find an incredible passion in woodworking.
I’ll never fully understand why we had to lose Eden, but it is her tiny footprints that have guided me along this path. A path where I can be home more with my boys but still able to provide for them. Without her, I would not have discovered my love for woodworking and would still be working retail full time. I missed so much family life working so many nights and weekends at the pharmacy and am so grateful I can see a new path for my life. I find love, passion and a sense of purpose in creating your signs. I see the impact many of my signs can have and I love seeing my art brought to more people. There is so much healing in the scroll saw and in this work and words can’t express how thankful I am for all of your support. It's because of you that I get to keep making!
Aristotle
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
FINN & JONAH SHIREY | OUR WHY
Being home so much more and being a mom to these two boys is the best thing I will ever do. I am so proud to be their Mom and also proud that they get to see the work their Mom creates. As they grow, they get more involved in my making and I hope their time out in the shop with me lights the creative spark in them.
MEET THE TEAM​
NICK SHIREY | NUMBER 1 SUPPORTER
My husband, Nick, has supported this business in every way he could from day one. When doing a drop of standard signs I am able to trust him to help me out with frame making and he has the best attitude about every lumber yard and Home Depot run I ask him to go on. I’m so grateful for his encouragement and support and he’s the main reason I’ve been able to get Eden Woodcrafts up and running. And did I mention that he built out the dream workshop so many of you comment on? It’s such a special place for me and everything I’ve asked for out there, he’s made happen.