A Branch & Cord

Boutique macrame products designed to elevate everyday moments
✨ Color + texture + scent
Accents, DIY kits, pop ups & workshops
✨ Wholesale | Made in Oregon

01/09/2026

It's 'Flash Your Rainbow Friday'! I'd love to see you flash any of your rainbows from us. Share a pic, tag and I'll send you a discount code for a future order!

01/09/2026

Shop owners! My queue for heart bracelets for wholesale is very close to capacity for Valentine's Day and I will be closing wholesale orders for them end of day on Saturday 1/10 both on Faire and direct. If you're looking to stock your shelves with colorful hearts, now is the time! It looks like Faire may be running some sort of promo because I see our latest customer got a bonus 5% off her order compliments of Faire. Link to shop on Faire is below or as always, DM directly to place an order. ♥️💙💚💛💜

https://abranchandcord.faire.com

01/02/2026

Real talk. Hi, my name is Vanessa & I want to share a bit of real talk about me.

This is the year I want to honor myself as a business owner of A Branch & Cord more transparently. I started macrame from my kitchen table w/ no intentions of a business & 5+ years later I have a beautiful, refined brand w/ products sold & resold by shops around the world. I LOVE what I've created & what my brand represents, but I think somewhere along the lines I stopped showing the real behind the scenes — the messy, unrefined & not Instagram worthy parts. I didn’t do this intentionally, but I think I got caught up in feeling like everything needed to look pretty.

Let me tell you, the behind the scenes of any brand are not all pretty, especially mine. So here’s a restart of me working towards showing up in this space more authentically. I can make pretty things & still be a hot (fun) mess behind the scenes. 😉

A few truths about me:

I have 3 (+2) kids (5, 9, 12, 18 and 26). Anyone with that many kids is bound to be a hot mess. I love being a mom, but I also need to vent about being a mom on the regular because this job is HARD.

I'm deeply obsessed w/ business. Not even just mine. I love seeing how ideas move into motion & are maintained for success. Ever want to hang out? Text me “let’s meet to talk strategy” & I’m in.

I have a thing with what feels like wasted time. For better or worse, I fill my life to the brim & almost always overextend myself. Some would see this as a negative, but I love the beauty in the chaos & feel most fulfilled when I’m very busy.

I will take any excuse to dance. Don’t be surprised when I bust out a little shimmy when an idea excites me or soul train strut down an open hall. Want to collab on business dance content? Let’s make it happen.

I make crazy, dramatic faces. Unknown to me at the time, caught a series on camera this past spring. Here's me confidently showing you who I really am. Last pictures. 😂

So here’s to me showing you me. A mom, wife, friend who is really just a fun, hot mess of a person with as many ups and downs as anyone else while running a product based business & showing up on socials. Wanna be friends? ☺️

12/30/2025

Colorful reminders to slow down, stay open, and begin again.

Our mini macrame bookmark sets are available on our website and for wholesale.

What's something exciting you're looking forward to?

I'll start with a simple one. I'm ready for my new red notebook to arrive this week for 2026 notes and plans. I'm usually a huge sucker for a fresh scheduled, laid out planner for my year ahead but shocker.... Come March, that planner just sits on my desk staring at me, unused. Mid last year I found success with a large, bright simple lined notebook that I cart with me everywhere and I make sure all my thoughts and plans from home to work and in-between live in my notebook. The more I put into it, the more I use it. I genuinely get excited to crack it open thoughout my day. So, so here I am, oodly excited for a bold red notebook to start fresh with for 2026. ❤️

12/22/2025

So much to say but not enough time to say it. I've had a wonderful holiday season thanks to to our customers, team, events and opportunities. While I don't ever fully unplug from work (I love it too much!), I do look forward to a slower couple of weeks between the holidays, my birthday and the fam all being home for break. A couple notes:

1. I am going to my shop one last time today before Christmas if anyone local needs anything last minute. Earrings, rainbows, DIY kits, etc. Let me know what you need.

2. Tune into KATU channel 2 today between 2-3pm (or watch online) to see my segment about macrame and how to make a small leaf hanging. 💙

Again, thank you all for your continued support. Means the world!

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12/20/2025

Imagine you're at Sellwood for your weekly grocery shopping haul and you look up to see some handmade fiber art on the wall. You take a closer peek. Maybe you buy a piece, maybe you follow on socials or maybe you tell yourself "if that rainbow is still there the next time I go, it's meant for me." Anywhich way, it means the world to me to have New Seasons customers looking at my work and products. December has been all mine for this community art board and what a treat it has been. Today my daughter and I went to restock and rearrange (the display now looks different than in this initial video) and a sweet customer bought 2 of our rainbow snowflakes directly with me and another customer approached me to share she had bought my feather hanging last week and she was so glad I was restocking the board. As the maker, these exchanges filled my bucket up and I felt so supported in my work. Thank you to everyone who has supported at this location and thank you to the New Seasons staff who have been so kind and welcoming. 11 more days to find A Branch & Cord product's at New Seasons Sellwood! ❤️

12/17/2025

Tomorrow, 12/17, between 2-3pm I'll be on live TV for the show on to share all about my favorite thing: MACRAME! I've worked within this textile art for over 5.5 years now and I love it just as much as I did on day 1. Tune in tomorrow to learn about the basics!

12/14/2025

This year I was determined to not run out of live air plants for our mini magnetic and hanging air plant holders at but the support at this weekends Crafty Wonderland event at the convention center has been amazing and selling out tomorrow (Sunday) is a solid possibility!! BUT if I run out of live plants, I do have some cute faux succulents as a back up! Same effect, less effort in the long run! 😂 Faux plant on the left, live plant on the right! Which would you choose?

Ps. Crafty Wonderland is open 10am-5pm, tomorrow Sunday December 14th. Timed entry tix can be purchased on their website. With 275 vendors in attendance you'll find something for everyone, including yourself!

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12/13/2025

Let's go day 2!! Last night's best sellers were our heart bracelets and today our natural hat hangers have sold out! People are showing to shop small this weekend and I'm feeling the love! Crafty Wonderland goes until 5pm today and 10am-5pm tomorrow (Sunday). Grab your timed entry ticket in their website!

12/13/2025

Here we go! I'll be at tonight (Friday) through Sunday! Tonight's tickets are sold out (!) but grab your timed entry $4 ticket at Crafty's website for Saturday or Sunday. You'll find me on aisle 1 booth number 3. I hope to see you!

12/09/2025

It's always fun seeing a custom order come in. It's a fun game of wondering what the color choices represent. Are they simply favorites? Or maybe kids birth stones, a favorite sports team or a business's brand colors. I may never know but its fun guessing! What do you think for this one? Colors here are golden rod, aubergine and sage green.

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Wilsonville, OR

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http://www.abranchandcord.com/

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