Meet Garrett and Natasha Twisselman of Twisselman Trading Co

Today we’d like to introduce you to Garrett and Natasha Twisselman.

From a young age, Garrett Twisselman often found himself using his creativity and natural talent with metal to craft beautiful and meaningful gifts for friends and family that showed his true understanding of their personality and preferences. He enjoyed the challenge of finding ways to repurpose used materials, such as corrugated tin from old barns or recycled wine barrel rings, to create new items with a different function.

As life moved forward through college, work, and a young family, Garrett found he had less and less time to pursue his passion for making people happy through his metalwork. His wife, Natasha, encouraged him to find a way to do what made him happy and the idea for Twisselman Trading Company took shape. While it had always been a far-off dream to own and operate his own business, they decided that now was as good a time as any.

In 2015, he took the plunge to pursue his metal fabrication business full-time, with Natasha joining full-time in 2017. Today, the business continues to grow and support the Twisselman Family through online sales all around the country and in-person sales at local Central Coast events and retailers (except during COVID, obviously, which has thrown a bit of a wrench in things!). Getting to form lasting relationships and friendships with customers and seeing their metal products bring so much joy to others have been true perks of this wild ride that is owning a small business. Getting to tinker and build and create to his heart’s content provides endless amounts of happiness and joy to Garrett and makes the whole endeavor worth it.

Garrett and Natasha love that they get to spend their days creating high-quality, hand-crafted metal pieces that truly represent their customers’ unique and authentic identities in their homes, businesses, and the gifts they give. Whether they are sending out pre-designed items or one-of-a-kind custom orders, Garrett and Natasha take extreme pride and care in the quality and craftsmanship of each piece that leaves their shop.

Twisselman Trading Company is a small family metal fabrication business located in the rural outskirts of Central California. They help their customers express their individuality and authenticity in their homes, businesses and the gifts they give by creating high-quality, unique, and hand-crafted metal products.

Has it been a smooth road?
It hasn’t always been a “smooth” road, but every challenge and obstacle has taught us something valuable and lasting. Since neither of us had a background or experience owning or operating a small business, many of the struggles stemmed from the steep learning curve and even just from finding out what we didn’t know we needed to know.

We also struggled to find a “work-life balance” because it was easy to spend too many hours working since it was all in our home/backyard. Over the years, we have made some adjustments and figured out some solutions that work for us, but it is definitely an ongoing consideration.

So let’s switch gears a bit and go into the Twisselman Trading Co story. Tell us more about the business.
Twisselman Trading Co specializes in metal fabrication and signage for home, business, and gifts. We are proud to offer quality handmade metal items that our customers love for their unique and authentic characteristics. We are also proud when our customers come to us with a vision and we are able to create something for them that lives up to and exceeds their expectations.

How do you think the industry will change over the next decade?
The metal fabrication industry continues to grow in popularity and we expect this will continue in the next 5-10 years. It is an exciting industry for people to get into because there is so much room for using creativity and technical skills and talents among the many other benefits of a vocational career.

Also, trends seem to be heading toward using more metal decor in and around the home, especially since it lasts for so long, so the demand for the product itself will likely ensure that the industry will continue to grow.

Contact Info:

• Address: 9250 Bitterwater Road
  Santa Margarita, CA 93453
• Website: www.twisselmantradingco.com
• Email: hello@twisselmantradingco.com
• Instagram: www.instagram.com/twisselmantradingco
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/twisselmantradingco

Image Credit:
Kiah Twisselman, Shelby Graham, Sharilyn Wells

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