Meet the Maker
KELLY SHIREY
OWNER + ARTIST
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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. I never expected to 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!
Meet the team
NICK SHIREY
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.
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.
