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The Mustard Seed Home Gifts and Garden in Casper Wyoming decoration and home accents store

Moving Mountains With Casper’s Mustard Seed Home, Garden & Gifts!

If you’ve strolled through downtown Casper before, chances are you’ve caught wind of the buzz surrounding Mustard Seed. A discerning eye with a passion for design has meticulously selected every item in this charming store, offering a delightful blend of home goods, apparel, and garden treasures. From captivating home accents to gourmet delights and curated collections tailored for those who aspire to turn their homes into masterpieces, Mustard Seed will have just the right touch for your unique style.

Not only does this store feature all their timeless but season-inspired pieces at all points during the year, the holidays are well-spent in this store, for it is its owner, Sharla Norvelle’s, favorite season to decorate for and pick items for display is the Christmas season.

Holiday decor accents at Casper's Mustard Seed in downtown Casper

Holiday Decor Extravaganza

Sharla shared with us that she adores the holidays in Mustard Seed. You can find all things “sparkly” and “shimmery,” just a few of her favorite “styles” that raise the bar entirely regarding home decor. She loves the spirit of the Christmas season. Adding that little “holiday flair” with matching glass reindeer, themed Christmas trees, and even a few rustic branches for the mantle are great examples of elevating the elements of your home during this time.

Sharla mentioned that she also has a few special ways to give back to her loving Casper family during the holiday season. To be up-to-date on what deals you can snag in-store, follow Mustard Seed’s Facebook and Instagram updates today, over the Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend, and as we approach Christmas. We noticed that Sharla’s team already announced a store-wide 15% off for Black Friday, so don’t forget to take advantage of this as you’re shopping for all of your loved ones in downtown Casper.

The Mustard Seed will not participate in any downtown holiday business events… YET! Since they have moved from their original 1st Street location and are in their second year at 117 E 2nd Street, they are still working on grounding themselves there, building connections with the new foot traffic and neighbors, and building the storefront of their dreams. However, their doors will be wide open for new and recurring customers during the holidays, and they look forward to meeting more of the Casper community in the coming months and years.

Creating a Casper Community

The store’s owner shared a bit of her history and how it led to her two successful home goods stores here in downtown Casper since she started in 2017.

Sharla has always held a deep love for design, and as a natural-born creative and cosmetologist for 20 years, it was time for her to hang up her smock to focus on her passion for home design. She originally began doing a few side projects for friends and family before holding a few trunk shows out of her garage. She graduated from her home garage into her first store.

Since opening her original store and transitioning into a bigger store “a little down the way,” Sharla has felt nothing but gratitude for the supporters she has had and gained over the years.

I am blown away by all of the support from the Casper community. The support has just been amazing.

Sharla has relished the influx of new customers in her new location and witnessed the growth of her business and neighboring establishments. With enthusiasm, she shared the news of a friend opening a nearby bookstore and the neighborhood joy with the prospect of more stores and restaurants joining the community. The collaborative effort to sustain these businesses and foster community expansion is thrilling.

Being a downtown business owner has allowed Sharla to connect with other entrepreneurs. She mentioned to us that there is something incredibly unique about being a business owner from Wyoming and continuing to plant one’s roots in Wyoming when developing one’s career. She loves that Casper has a downtown community with plenty of heart and inspiration to continue to build this incredible area.

Like several businesses we’ve engaged with recently, Sharla also expressed her excitement for increased involvement. Identifying herself as a “mover and shaker,” she thrives on adapting to new trends, events, and developments. Anticipating an active role in community building, she is eager to explore opportunities for creating events as a business owner that will foster engagement here, too.

Your One-Stop-Shop for Home, Gifts and Garden

Sharla wants your experience to be just what you’d expect to find with a mustard seed: a hope that sprouts into a significant blessing! For any newbies to Mustard Seed or our seasoned visitors, you’ll experience something new and inviting when you walk in for the first time or the 100th time. The store should ultimately feel “like home,” with warmth, invitation, and embrace! 

To make that visit even more unique, Sharla wanted us to share a few “insider” secrets with all of you for visiting her store:

  1. Take each space at a time. Decorating a home can be challenging. Focus on one space, create your vision, and execute it with our in-store guides.
  2. Don’t rush the process!
  3. Don’t try to tackle too much all at once. Our spaces and interests are constantly changing, as Sharla mentioned earlier. It is essential to be mindful during this process and work with a team that makes you ready to face all your home decor wants head-on.

As for what you’ll find upon arrival? A little bit of all the things you love. The store’s owner shared that she is obsessed with throw pillows, so you will find plenty in-store to add that little extra touch to your home decor styling. You will also find pieces that may sway more rustic, artsy, eclectic, and even more clean and minimalist if that is your jive. To sum it up, Mustard Seed is great for expressing those “guilty pleasures” that come to our mind when we get on a decorating and styling spurt.

Holiday decor display in downtown Casper, Wyoming's Mustard Seed Home Gifts and Garden

Visit #MyDowntownCasper’s Mustard Seed Home, Gifts, and Garden, and let your inner designer out as you work with this incredible team. They wanted us to share as we concluded that they are incredibly grateful for your support over the last few years and look forward to welcoming you in and working with you, whether you’re a first-timer or a tenth-timer.

Holiday happiness at Sierra West!

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Sierra West Christmas Store in downtown Casper! Located at 133 S. Center Street, Sierra West is overflowing with everything you may need to fill your home with joy this holiday season.

The wonderful owner of this store, Judy Anderson, has been in business since 1988 selling rustic décor at Sierra West. Ten years ago, Judy started incorporating Christmas items into her store. “My husband asked me if there was something about the store I wanted to change or wanted to add. And I said yes, I wanted Christmas! And he said well, we will have Christmas then” Anderson stated.

Fast forward 10 years to present day and the Sierra West Christmas store is the place to be for any Christmas shopper. The rows of Christmas décor are separated by themes including Santa’s, reindeers, gingerbread men, snowmen and more! Trees are filled with any kind of ornament you can think of and topped with extra special tree toppers, including cowboy hats, elf hats and plaid mad hatter hats. Just ask Mrs. Anderson, as her favorite themed area is the “Mad about Plaid” section, filled with plaid décor.

If you are a frequent shopper here, or new to the store, the perfect time to go is this holiday season. For Black Friday and Small Business Saturday on November 29th and 30th, Sierra West will be offering storewide discounts ranging from 20%-25% off select items. And if that doesn’t stop you in your tracks and make you want to stop by, the arrangement of goodies Mrs. Anderson has for customers just might. “We always have refreshments. Coffee, hot chocolate, cookies, and lots of times we have a lot more than that, you could eat a meal!”

Sierra West is open Monday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. At any time during business hours, Mrs. Anderson will be there to greet you with a friendly smile and help you find the pieces you need to make your house, feel like a holiday home this season. Shop local, shop #MyDowntownCasper.