Heartland Handcrafted

11/09/2025

Missed out on snagging one of our new sweatshirts during yesterday's FAB Craft Fair? It's okay, you can order online! We've added the three hottest selling shirts to the Booster Shop on our site - camo, color block and ADM Basketball!
A portion of your purchase supports the ADM Athletics Booster Club!
Shop here. For best experience, we suggest using a desktop.

Custom apparel and ADM Tiger gear. Custom hats, shirts, accessories and more.

11/08/2025

Debuting some fun new hoodies and crews, just in time for snow, at the FAB craft fair. Join us Saturday, Nov 8 from 9:30-2:30 at Meadowview!

10/30/2025

The first official client project in the new shop is underway! 🎉🥰🙌

We’ve been in the new house/shop 3 months now and both are still very much a construction zone but we’re making progress. Remodeling an entire house while also setting up a new shop for your business is no joke. But we’re enjoying almost every minute and can’t wait to be fully operational again.

Thanks to all our wonderful clients, friends and family for your support and patience during our transition.

10/01/2025

Congratulations to the Driskills! 💍👰‍♀️🤵🤠
We had so much fun designing their custom brand and turning it into wedding koozies for was the biggest shindig out in the country!

09/26/2025

We’ve been getting asked “are you still doing remodels” and “are you still doing apparel” a lot lately. We know. We’ve been a little social media MIA. But trust us, we are very much still doing all the things. And happy to talk about your project or tee shirt needs!

We’ve just also been very busy still tackling our own remodel (peep our shower floor!) - and making tees for our daughter’s team sports!

We may be operating a bit slower, and are still struggling to find all the tools after the move, but we’re here!! Call, text, email or message. And let’s chat!

08/25/2025

Join us for another pop-up shop and get all the latest ADM gear for a new school year. ✌️❤️🐅 We’ll be at the Raccoon Valley Bank Community House on Friday, Sept 5 from 2:30-6 pm. We have TONS of new gear we didn’t get to display at Sweet Corn Fest (dang rain!)

A portion of proceeds goes to the ADM Athletics Booster Club and supports our student athletes.

08/14/2025

A fellow small business is speaking truth today. Sure you can get apparel, hats and even wooden decor online. Sure it probably is cheaper. But do you know where it came from? Was it even made by a human? And does it have the same quality? And if there happens to be an issue or concern, can you catch someone from the online shop as you pass them at your local coffee shop or grocery store and ask them for a resolution?
I could keep going but I won’t.

I wanted to provide a little update on how life looks for a small business & brand in Iowa right now.

We had a customer this past week that purchased an item full price on our website. She then emailed & asked us to cancel her order because her $15 coupon code didn’t apply. She told us that she had put an item in her cart & was waiting (for months) to receive an abandoned cart coupon code before she made her purchase…

Guys. I do not share this to shame this person. I love a good sale as much as the next person. But shopping with a small business should not be looked at like how you shop on Amazon or at Target. Our operating and product costs are at an ALL TIME HIGH. We don’t aspire to be & never will be on an equal playing field as those “big guys”. We are real humans that live in your local community trying to make ends meet & provide quality products, employment and experiences.

We faced news this past week that our product costs once again are on the brink of another HUGE increase because of the lovely “t” word no one wants to talk about. I don’t want to talk about it. But it’s substantially impacting how we operate at Doe A Deer.

I don’t believe in doom & gloom. I believe in pivoting & figuring it out. I’m so thankful for my team who supports me in this & helps pull me out of the dirt on some of the lowest of days.

I love hearing the real life journeys of other business owners & other females, so that’s why I’m sharing this with you today ❤️

I will always be INCREDIBLY grateful for each and every kind word & purchase you send our way. 🌸 ✨