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Chelsea Petaja, Nashville Vendor: Hair Accessories Website: Oh My Deer! About Me: "Oh, My Deer!" was born out of a love for play-on-words and getting my hands dirty. I live in Music City USA in a little loft with brick walls, concrete floors and my husband. I teach Visual Arts at a Montessori school that grows organic vegetables and composts nearly everything. It satisfies the hippie in me. I make flowers and feathers for your hair that I hope make you feel beautiful. Sometimes I make drawings and invitations for your eyes. And then that leaves everything in between that I pretend to know how to do.

So This is What a Friday Night Looks Like?

December 4th, 2008 @ 4:35 pm by Chelsea Petaja @ Oh My Deer

I spent a recent Friday night getting crazy… with a hot glue gun and feathers and by eating ice cream straight from the tub. Yep. That's how nuts it was around here.

What’s Classier Than Satin and Lace?

December 3rd, 2008 @ 10:31 am by Chelsea Petaja @ Oh My Deer

OK, well maybe in this case it's buttons and lace, but lace that looks like a doily… plus feathers. This is a mock up for boutonnieres for a friend's wedding. We had a fantastic “craft night” filled with good food, great drinks, and the best of friends to finish these up.

Hey There All You Bee Keepers!

December 2nd, 2008 @ 9:18 am by Chelsea Petaja @ Oh My Deer

This is Chelsea over at Oh, My Deer! I feel so blessed and flattered to be a part of something as amazing as WeddingBee PRO. And since I’d bet that I’m a new name to many of you, I should probably go ahead and do an informal introduction of myself.

After living the first twenty-something years in Georgia, I moved to Music City USA to take a job at a Montessori school. I’m in my third year of teaching here, and my second year as a Visual Arts teacher. And to be really honest with you, I credit the children and their creativity for the creation of Oh, My Deer. It’s just so effortless for them, and everything they touch seems to turn to gold.

Oh, My Deer was born out of a love for play-on-words and getting my hands dirty. After a slow start of making mediocre aprons, pretty miserable purses and greeting cards that never quite seemed cool enough, I finally found something that I liked making, and that made the wearer feel beautiful—hair pieces! I mean, not like a toupee or extensions (though that mistake has been made before), but more along the lines of flowers and feathers for your hair.