Sunday, September 27, 2015




It's almost time!



We have had a productive and exciting month getting everything ready to launch our community space in Historic Longwood.  Our location is so nice, and we just learned a florist will be our newest neighbor!  So we now have a destination for you to enjoy with Barbed Wire Browns Community Art Gallery and Makers Space, Zanzibar Coffee House, the Wild Hare Farm market, Nu Naturals body products shop,  a Barber shop, Pete's Eats deli, an antique shop and now a florist.  The Craft Shack and some other lovely shops are just a short walk from us also!  We are at the sun rail stop In Longwood so you can relax and ride right to our back door! Or we have great parking next to our building! 

So you can grab a friend, jump on Sunrail or hop in your car, chat on the ride, grab a coffee, shop and be inspired in our gallery, perhaps take a class, gather some flowers, some organic locally grown produce, pick up some essential oils or get your nails done, choose from several options for a tasty lunch, check out the awesome mural that's a work in progress at the corner of Church street and Ronald Reagan Blvd., stroll the historic district, take a tour of one of the original buildings, discover some other shops scattered on your stroll, learn some history, and this is just a few of the possibilities!
Caroline working on the Mural in Historic Longwood
Stop in and say hi soon! 


We have a Facebook page that we would love you to visit and like to help us spread the word.  It lists our times and our class schedule.  At this time we are closed Sunday-Tuesday.
  9-3 on Wednesday
And Thursday
9-5 Friday and Saturday



Wednesday, September 9, 2015


New Barbed Wire Browns Article in
Molly Green Magazine!
Holly Giles has written an article for Molly Green Magazine on our family life and business, that really captures the heart of Barbed Wire Browns....she is a gifted speaker and writer and I think you will enjoy a visit to her site so click on her name to take a little visit to the Giles Frontier today!


Saturday, September 5, 2015

Opening soon!

Barbed Wire Browns is opening a community creative Art space and shop at 317 N. Ronald Reagan Blvd.  In historic Longwood.  We are next door to Zanzibar Coffee (opening October 1) and a few doors down from the Wild Hare Kitchen and Garden Emporium.  We are Tentatively setting October 3 as our grand opening!  Follow us on Instagram or check back here for more details.   


What can you do at Barbed Wire Browns!

  • Visit!
  • Bring in coffee from next door!
  • Bring in Kombucha from the Wild Hare (share with me!)
  • See what our project of the day is and do it!
  • Look at all the great Art books in our library!
  • Meet a friend here!
  • Find a great local, handmade gift!
  • Support local art!
  • Be inspired!
  • Sign up for a class!
  • Be creative!
  • Shop responsibly! Tell a better story!
  • Get advice on your own DIY projects!
  • Recycle items on our wish list (old aprons, bubble wrap, interesting glass jars like maple syrup, jelly, types that come in gift baskets etc....)
We are telling a redemptive story through our art work- Our artwork and our store are all focused on recycled and repurposed materials, basically Redeeming junk is our focus. We salvage wood, metals, wire, old jewelry, basically anything that can be given another chance instead of the trash pile. Plus we have lots of people joining in now and gathering things for us to rework and breath new life into.    Come see what that looks like when we open!

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