Honeycomb Planter Trellis

Given her extensive experience, Jackie Osborne figured she'd have no trouble finding a graphic-design job after moving from North Carolina to Tennessee. Then came the pandemic, and a pivot to starting a business with her husband, Banks. In the beginning, they'd stand outside in the boiling heat or freezing cold at Knoxville craft markets. Learning laser cutting was another challenge: "Little did I know," she says, "that everything from water temperature to the beam being perfectly aligned matter a lot, to get precise cuts and engraves." Now they sell their products across the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia.