Award-winning Limerick business sets up pop-up shop

An award-winning Limerick business has set up a pop-up shop showcasing floral products and fine art.

Pressed Flowers by Nell was established by Nell Stritch in October 2019, following her dream of pursuing her creative outlet.

Her pop-up shop at the Crescent Shopping Centre is open until Sunday and features Nell’s handmade creations.

The pop-up shop will feature a range of pressed flower products from fine art prints to coasters, bookmarks, flower presses & original works of art available. They are all handmade by Nell in her Limerick studio on Roches St.

“We have lots of original works of art with beautiful press flowers that I’ve pressed”, she told Live 95 News. 

“And we also have a wide range of fine art prints and we have beautiful bunches of dried flowers. And then we have small little gifting products like bookmarks, cards, notebooks. We have flower presses which people can purchase and we’ll show them how to press their own flowers as well.

The business is now in its fifth year and already has seen success both locally and nationally.

“We’ll be celebrating five years in business in October, which is absolutely insane. And thankfully, it’s been really well received by everybody, which is so lovely and it, you know, boosts my confidence as an artist and also a business owner as well”, Nell said.

Nell began working in Lawless Flowers, which is owned by her uncle Dan. It was there she found inspiration for her own business.

“We were making loads of, you know, beautiful bridal bouquets. And it kind of got me thinking about how, you know, the waste of them even from a sustainability point of view, but also the sentimentality that those flowers held. So I started pressing a few bouquets for friends and family and a few of our customers”.

She says business saw organic growth and has focused on pressing bridal bouquets over recent years. Nell has also expanded the business offering, growing retail side of the business with new additions.

Her pop-up shop at the Crescent Shopping Centre is open until Sunday and is located in a unit just beside the Milano’s entrance.