The Raspberry and The Rose

The Raspberry and The Rose was founded in 1999 by mother and daughter duo, Donna Wilcox and Melissa Ziogas. Originally featuring upscale, high quality silk floral arrangements, my mother and I traveled and set up our wares all over Ohio and Pennsylvania the first four years we were in business. No craft show was too tiny for us and no Oktoberfest too rowdy. I think we tried just about every type of event, totaling about 50 events during a year’s time, which if you know anything about artists….that’s a tremendous amount of travel.