april showers, may flowers

Hiii hello friends of flowers! Since our last chat, my husband and I bought a house. Yeah, I know. Crazy. A lil small business owner and a therapist now have a ranch-style, two-level home that sits atop a lil hill near the Pigeon River. It was always the plan to invest and not watch our lives whither away renting in Asheville, NC. We are very lucky to be able to do this with the help of my business investors, our dads, and my EXCELLENT Zillow skills in finding this literal gem. We’re only like 20min outside of town.

Golden Preserved really needed the upgrade, too. I have all of these ideas and hopes for our new home, but I know I need to settle down and be realistic. I need to work on the house in the ebb of the flow of flower preservation. So, see you in July half bath. And the kitchen, the big bath, and the downstairs bath. Imagine just a very 90s home. We love it and we’ll nurture it and upgrade it and grow here.

Golden Preserved currently has a designated resin room! This way I can do a pour and then head to my office or the main studio to continue working without having to keep my mask on or getting a migraine and risking my lungs. I can just shut those toxic fumes away. Oh, did you not know that? RESIN IS TOXIC. It releases fumes, it can overheat and smoke and burn, it can never cure and be sticky, it can irritate your skin. Here, an actual statement from a health department: The main effects of overexposure are irritation of the eyes, nose, throat, and skin, skin allergies, and asthma. The solvent additives can cause other effects such as headaches, dizziness, and confusion.

There, now you’ve learned something from me. So when you hear someone complain about flower preservation or how much it costs or how easy it looks, you can say, ACTUALLY…

I got off on a tangent. Whatever.

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