My Why
Why I started The Good Posy
Why did I start The Good Posy? I just had my second child and my dad passed away 4 months prior to my son's birth. I had a heightened awareness of life and death, and how in the face of death, time continues on. Witnessing how death and birth can be equally beautiful and profound had a huge impact on how I wanted to live my life going forward. Time felt fleeting and I wanted to hold onto everything that was important. I decided that while my children were really young, I would pursue my passions outside of my current profession, education. I decided to take a huge leap and The Good Posy was born. The name? Inspired by my dad, whom I always envision walking in a field of wildflowers. A handful of poppies, yarrow and bush sunflowers; a handful of posies.
When I started, I was designing shirts and utilizing Print-on-Demand and soon realized I was having a negative effect on the environment. As fast as the shirts were being produced, they were just as quickly disposed of. In the 1960’s landfills were filled with 1,310,000 U.S. tons of clothing and footwear waste. As of 2018, landfills were filled with 9,070,000 U.S. tons of clothing and footwear waste. I was contributing to excessive waste and damaging our environment.
I took some time to figure out how to go forward and decided to combine a few elements I love: thrifting, art, design and DIY. My personal design style is to combine old with new. I like to work with what is there, the “bones” of a piece and try to let that guide me. Through this endeavor I want to create space for a creative outlet for myself, bring attention to ways to help our environment and share stories of how other people are helping their communities. I want to live intentionally and this is one way in which I hope to do that.
At The Good Posy you will find a carefully curated collection of previously loved items, my art and DIY projects and The Good Posy blog, which will be filled with ideas that span through different art and design ideas, ways to support our environment and stories about how people are helping their communities.
Nondurable Goods: Product-Specific Data | US EPA. (2024, November 8). US EPA. https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/nondurable-goods-product-specific-data#ClothingandFootwear
