Our Mission is Simple:
To make gifting as easy as a couple of clicks on your beloved Amazon Prime, but for it to feel as personal as if you'd spent hours creating a gift just perfect for your friends, clients, family, or your robot-loving coworker (true story).
We obsess over finding the perfect packaging, the best products, the most delicious chocolate (real hardships!!) and the verrry best way to combine bubble wrap and packing tape, so that you can go back to doing what you're awesome at!
From the first design to the last piece of shipping tape, we’ve assembled a team that can do it all (or knows someone who can!) We have backgrounds in design, event planning, logistics, graphic design, coding, and marketing … but it’s our unanimous obsession with focus on the client experience that really gets us out of bed in the morning (and the free chocolate doesn’t hurt).
Meet our Founder (that's me!)
Meet our Founder (that's me!)
Hi, there! I’m Torrance: Virginia-native, homebody, veteran, boy mom, lover of plaid and serif fonts, a sometimes-minimalist, and a big fan of podcasts and checklists (must. check. all. the. boxes!). I usually have a cat in my lap and crinkle paper stuck to my socks… and I am convinced that it’s my professional duty to taste test ALL of the chocolate.
I founded Teak & Twine because I noticed that a lot of creative entrepreneurs and businesses had these amazing brands, with websites and collateral that was thoughtful and original… but that their options for gifts were either a generic cellophane wrapped basket, or the same old branded swag. As a long time admirer of products with great packaging, and as a wannabe entrepreneur with a creative streak, I knew that there was room to create a gift that was more beautiful, fun, cohesive, and unique! For the next year, I spent my days secretly reading business books under my desk, and my nights nerding out on spreadsheets and design sites. Finally, after serving for eight years in the Air Force, I decided it was time to start day-doing my day-dreaming. It's been an amazing ride ever since!
In 2019, I launched a website to provide mentorship, resources, courses and hard-won lessons for other product-based businesses who want to launch, grow and scale into profitable businesses that punch above their weight class ;)
Beyond the Boxes
Here is what we're into:
