Who is Buster and Coco?
Hi there, I’m Carol, a city girl transplanted to the country 18 years ago when I married. I moved from a bustling city of 200,000 to a sleepy town of 1,400. The transition was hard, but now I wouldn’t have it any other way, maybe I was always a country girl at heart!
Selling online is something I had wanted to do for a very long time. I loved to shop online so why not sell my creations? I fell into rope sewing, literally, after doing a class at CWA making bowls out of plants and reeds and fronds from the garden. Whilst I loved the process of creating the bowl, I hated the mess and dirt and damp leaves. This lead me on a path of discovery to rope and the sewing machine and I was hooked. Buster and Coco was established in 2017. My dream had come true!
It’s about you!
In starting my business my aim was simple – to make functional and colourful rope and textile accessories for your home. I want YOU to be that person who has something truly unique and others want to know “where on earth did you get that”, and you can smile knowing you have something truly wonderful. And whilst looking really beautiful, everything I make needs to have a purpose. Coasters and mats to save your precious furniture from hot dishes, or wet glasses; bowls and baskets to clear table tops of clutter and hold the the car keys or loose change, or stray Lego from the floor.
My motto is simple. Life is short – use all the good things. Don’t be like my grandma and grandpa who “saved” the good things to use for another day – that day never comes. Bring joy to your home with colour and textile and functionality.
I hope you enjoy what you see, and give me a shout out if there’s something you’d love me to make or a colour you’d love to see used, and I’ll do my best.
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Oh and before I go, just a loving nod to the two women who instilled in me my love of craft. I learnt to knit at the knee of my grandma Ivy as a young child and crochet was taught to me by my Great Aunt Lil. How I must thank them for this love of creation. Though back in those childhood days I would wind that yarn so tight that the plastic sticks would break much to both their despair. Thankfully those days have long since passed and I am meticulous in my sewing and stitches and colour choices.
I live in Mortlake in country south-west Victoria, Australia, I love the great outdoors, I'm an animal lover, and a chocolate devotee, and shout me a great cappuccino and we'll be friends forever! Enjoy.
“Carol is genuinely delightful to deal with. She is fast, responsive and willing to adapt her products to her customers’ needs. I bought a variety of her bowls and trivets; in the past, they have been given as gifts to much appreciation. The blue/green trivet from my latest purchase is absolutely stunning, almost a shame to put anything on top of it!”
- Mary, Kincumber NSW