Maker
Brandi Solorzano and Nichole Leming
Business
Olive and Magdalene
City
Arkansas
Website
https://www.oliveandmagdalene.com/
Bio
We didn’t start out as Olive and Magdalene, we were both doing our own little creative thing out of our homes. On a whim, we decided to do a craft show together, and quickly realized we might actually do really well if we went together instead of as competitors. It helped that we have been best friends for almost 20 years. We’ve been through divorce, marriages, moves, babies, and loss of babies together. Our combined creativeness produced an amazing array of flair. While working and living the corporate life, we created a small customer following and later saw a want for unique, and one-of-a-kind gifts, art, and home decor that wasn’t offered in NWA. We have something that’s a step above what we are used to seeing in this area. We use found and thrifted objects, ethically sourced materials, and lots of designing to execute our pieces.