I have always loved making people smile through my work. In the pursuit of transforming my passion to make sentimental and meaningful crafts that others could treasure in their hearts for years to come, I came across the idea to bring joy through my work full time. From there, I took inspiration from my adoptive father, a retired toolmaker of admirable skill with a talent for woodworking. My CAD skills complimented the work he did in his home workshop. Having been let go from my job after a company buy out, I finally had the opportunity to expand my skillset through watching him. When he started experimenting with laser cutting, an idea came to me after looking through photos of my deceased dog, Charlie. I wanted to see his face on a wooden ornament hanging from the Christmas Tree.

Charlie and my desire to keep his memory forever close is what inspired me to use the skills I learned from my adoptive dad combined with my CAD background to start R. L. Owens Craft. Adopted from a crowded shelter where he would have otherwise been put to sleep, Charlie and I bonded almost instantly. We remained a closely bonded duo for eight years until he was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor that no vet could cure, leaving me devastated and shattering my whole world. He died in the year 2022. His memory lives on as the catalyst for R. L. Owens Craft. He is also proof that shelter animals are precious friends for life and have all the love in the world to give if you allow them a second chance.

As for how I came up with the name of my business, the R stands for my father’s first name, Robert, while the L stands for my own name, LeAne. The purple color of the logo represents my favorite color while the blue is the Owens family color. Lastly, the flowers in the logo are in honor of the late family matriarch, Grandma Lenora Owens.

Famous in the Owens family for her green thumb, she kept the hill in full bloom. The flower, Hydrangea, is present in the last photo she took in life. After her death, the flower bush and many of the plants on the famous Owens hill stopped blooming. The Hydrangea in the R. L. Owens Craft logo is to immortalize her memory just as I hope to immortalize the memory of other’s loved ones through my custom products.