About Us
Meet Your Sellers
Since 1998, we've had the pleasure of owning our own businesses ranging from soapmaking to candles, jewelry to pets and publishing. We've taken those many years of experience and applied it to our latest adventure.
Tasteful Artisan is a small family-owned business and was born in 2016 after researching and deciding that our strengths and knowledge perfectly suited us to create for the Memorial Service industry.
Since 2016 we've added many items to our product lineup and continue to add even more events. We specialize in Memorial Service factors but also have a wonderful selection of items for baby showers, bridal showers, weddings, retirement & birthday parties or even just gifts to say I love you.
With over 60 years of combined experience in both product development and customer service, we remain the best choice for quality items at reasonable prices and shipped faster than most small ecommerce businesses.
What we treasure most is knowing that we played a small part in making an event or a memory special and easing the burden of event planning. Our clients have come from all over the world and our products have been featured in Brides Magazine, are offered in several Funeral Planning services and photographers props. We've even created and designed seed packets for a video game app to be given as complimentary gifts at a Comicon premiere.
Getting to Know Us
We know that when buying something online it's always a good thing to be able to know who you are buying from.
Meet Maria
Adrenaline junkie, adventure seeker. Voted most likely to get lost without a solid GPS backup.
She loves being outdoors and finds the most peace being on a mountain or near the ocean.
She loves trail running, rock climbing, repelling and pretty much anything that is risky but worth the reward.
Her biggest bucket list item is to learn how to fly a helicopter. And for those that have seen her drive, most hope that dream never comes true.
Meet Bart
He's the more sedate of the duo and isn't likely to be rock climbing, running a desert trail or jumping off a cliff but his passions are cycling, weight training and technology. He is called the Nerd for a reason!
He cycles more than most people drive! Averaging 25-55 miles in a single ride up to 6 days a week! Now that's some pedal power.
He has a wicked sense of humor and is a magnet for all animals, big and small. All of our pets over the years have made him their "human".
At one point we had 5 lop-ear bunnies, 2 cats and a dog. All have passed over the Rainbow Bridge except for the baby of the group, our bombay cat, Lexus.
All the animals love Bart and they love to give him kisses! There he is with one of the bunnies and with our remaining cat.
When our kids were young he played in a band, so 1980's, I know! But they were called Happy Face and the photo below is him and his best friend from 1998, hence it's really poor quality!
We hope you enjoy seeing a face behind the products. While our business only comes second to family, we manage to make life as fun as it can be.
Mexican Riviera 2003
Our Beautiful State is a playground for the outdoor lover with some spectacular scenery to make it even more incredible!
Bart's Attention to Detail is More than Just Business
Maria passed her love adventure to the boys!
When you visit Sedona AZ, be sure to find the husband parking!
Sedona 2021
Maria in her happy place in the Caribbean 2018
Traveling to IL for our oldest sons wedding 2017
We hope you've gotten a chance to know us!
We are a 100% online e-commerce company and have no local pickup or delivery options. All orders placed will be shipped with tracking.
Love,
Maria & Bart