{"id":9295,"date":"2018-02-13T19:38:55","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T19:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wescover.com\/?p=508"},"modified":"2023-04-09T13:51:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-09T13:51:19","slug":"creator-picks-%f0%9f%92%98-valentines-day-%f0%9f%92%98","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/13\/creator-picks-%f0%9f%92%98-valentines-day-%f0%9f%92%98\/","title":{"rendered":"Creator Picks: \ud83d\udc98 Valentine&#8217;s Day \ud83d\udc98"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The people we love deserve something special&#8230; Don&#8217;t get us wrong, boxes of chocolates and bouquets of red roses are great, but it&#8217;s far&nbsp;more exciting to unwrap an original design! Since Valentine&#8217;s Day has us feeling warm-and-fuzzy, we decided to round up a few creations that could be perfect for your special someone\u2014 anytime! Here are a few of our favorite ceramics, florals, and fun finds from creators we love:<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff99cc;\"><strong>Sara Banner<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Be0hXo-HxdA\/?taken-by=the_forestfern<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s always a spot in your home that could use a good ol&#8217; macrame, right? Let&#8217;s get cozy, people. Forest Fern was birthed by Sara in 2016 at her home where she works and thrives with her husband and two young children. Sara takes custom orders and loves to experiment with new materials and techniques through collaborations!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/creators?f.t=Wall%20Hangings&amp;f.lr=all\">Find a macrame artist in your city, on our map. &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff99cc;\"><strong>Settle Ceramics<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Be_TzxjHoh0\/?hl=en&#038;taken-by=settle_ceramics<\/p>\n<p>One thing that <em>everyone<\/em> can appreciate is quality ceramic ware as a vessel to compliment their favorite dishes. Crafted by Samantha Heligman, an Austin artist working in clay for 10 years, each piece is hand thrown and glazed with care. Other than the darling pink Mica vases shown above (psssst, Valentine&#8217;s Sale\u2764), you can find speckled dishes, incense burners, and cappuccino mugs on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.settleceramics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/creator\/settle-ceramics\">Check out the restaurants that carry Settle Ceramics on our map. &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff99cc;\"><strong>Fox Fodder Farm<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BcVTqi2jtSs\/?taken-by=foxfodderfarm<\/p>\n<p>No surprise that we&#8217;re ending the thread with good old fashioned flowers.&nbsp; This tropical bouquet however is not so old fashioned and still very special. Fox Foddler Farm claims to have an assortment of interesting flowers from all over the world.&nbsp;\ud83c\udf3a\ud83c\udf0e\ud83c\udf3a&nbsp;Discover the stores and restaurants that carry FFF&#8217;s arrangements on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/creator\/fox-fodder-farm\">our map<\/a>!<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff99cc;\"><strong>Wallflower Design<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Be06HgIAeOZ\/?taken-by=wallflower.design<\/p>\n<p>Wallflower Design, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/creator\/wallflower-design\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" data-lynx-mode=\"asynclazy\" data-lynx-uri=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wescover.com%2Fcreator%2Fwallflower-design&amp;h=ATNtN209aHioYx02w1-oPguPevN1dMiiW8tqhJBGLaKbOGu6CVi8jYkjd-V6sVNdWqvlaXbNlXlfU1weQ5JLZAHAQy5MERL3WHcXPnHZzsPrnlrDrF_feOoeisnmmxgR-smpfjqCxc-f_1yUZAw\">a new addition to our map<\/a>, was founded in 2014 by Eleanor Gerber-Siff. Eleanor is a Bay Area Native&nbsp;and developed and managed the floral department at <a class=\"_2u0z\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/biritemarket\/\" data-hovercard=\"\/ajax\/hovercard\/page.php?id=256427618297\" data-hovercard-prefer-more-content-show=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bi-Rite Market<\/a> prior to launching Wallflower Design.&nbsp;Floral arrangements have distinguishably unique depending on the designer and his\/her sources. Floral designs can bring an air of the tropics, of elegance, of autumn, of lust, of celebration, as the finishing touch to any space. Wallflower Design in particular reminds me of a Renaissance painting\u2013\u2013beautifully composed, rich and heavy colors that balance each other perfectly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/creators?f.t=Plants%20%26%20Flowers&amp;f.lr=all\">Check out all of the floral artists on our map! &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>(Amazing cover image by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.erinconger.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Erin Conger<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff99cc;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since Valentine&#8217;s Day is around the corner, we&#8217;ve decided to round up a list of Creator finds that would make a one of a kind, handmade, and thoughtful gift.\u00a0 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cloudinary_featured_overwrite":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,123,1322],"tags":[25,232,274,275,71,276,277,278,279],"class_list":["post-9295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-categories","category-interior-style-sources","category-trends","tag-ceramics","tag-floral-botanical","tag-fox-fodder-farm","tag-interior-trends-sources","tag-macrame","tag-sara-banner","tag-settle-ceramics","tag-valentines","tag-wallflower-design"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9295"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9295"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11618,"href":"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9295\/revisions\/11618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wescover.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}