Who are Elle and Essie?
We met at a time when neither of us was looking for love.
Together, we’ve created a love story that is uniquely ours — one born from heartbreak, but also from resilience, courage, and the belief that there is always hope. Even after the darkest of times, you can always turn on the light. We’ve learned that love doesn’t come when we expect it, but it finds us when we’re ready to embrace it — flaws, scars, and all.
When you've traveled the road to Hell and back, the idea of punching in and out at a 9 to 5 job just doesn't feel as important anymore. We've chosen to embrace our creative spirits and nurture it by sharing it with others.
That's what Elle & Essie is all about.
Why "A Little Bit of Everything"?
When it came time to narrow our brand down to a handful of ideas, we found it near impossible. We come from... interesting backgrounds and, as such, our interests, skillsets, and hobbies are vast.
So, why choose just one? Maybe it's T-shirts, maybe it's one-of-a-kind vintage finds, maybe it's plants, maybe it's chatting about all the weird things we find so darn fascinating.... It's A Little Bit of Everything.
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Meet Elle
Elle grew up in the hills of East Tennessee, and has called Nashville home for a long time (even though she misses the hills (read "mountains")). Her background is in creative arts, customer service, and death care. Yeah. Death care. Really. Check out our podcast for more on that. She's a loving and dedicated mother to an energetic middle-school boy, two dogs, and six cats. Phew. She's tired, folks, but always smiling.
In her free time, she enjoys baking, realism painting and drawing, and binging reality TV.
Meet Essie
Essie grew up in Nashville, a city with which her family has deep roots. Her background is in creative arts, administration, and technology, so naturally she wears a lot of hats when she's on the clock (which is almost always). She's a proud aunt, bonus mom in parenting bootcamp to an energetic middle-school boy, and "actual birth mother" of two dogs and three of the six cats she lives with. What... Did you think we weren't "roommates"?
In her free time, she can be found caring for her indoor jungle, "tinkering", or enjoying a video game.