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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.

The Christmas Store in downtown Casper at Sierra West

The Ultimate Christmas Store: Sierra West

What are some of the first questions that pop into your mind regarding the holiday season?

Are you wondering where to go for your seasonal home decor?

Are you concerned with finding great, “all-encompassing” stores for Christmas shopping in your area?

Or is all of the above leading you to feel overwhelmed with the pressure of the holidays?

For all of our rustic home decor lovers passing through or living in the Casper area, we have your next go-to spot for all your Christmas decorating and home decorating needs: Sierra West.

Sierra West Brings Rustic Elegance and Charm

Sierra West Christmas Shopping The Christmas Store downtown Casper

Judy Anderson, owner and full-time presence at Sierra West (except for Sundays), holds a deep affection for her downtown Casper store. In the family since 1988, the shop stands as a cherished gift. Initially started by Judy’s daughter, who later relocated to Minnesota, the holiday ambiance within the store remains as vibrant as its inception. Despite the distance, the festive spirit is shared by Judy and her daughter, who makes the journey to Casper each Thanksgiving to lend a helping hand to her mom and the other employees during the bustling holiday season (be sure to drop by and say “Hi!” amidst the Thanksgiving cheer).

As someone who loves and appreciates interior design, Judy recognizes the “perfect fit” that Sierra West has in her life. She originally studied interior design, and after serving as a Manor Heights teacher for some time, she was blessed with returning to her passion full-time by running this store.

At Sierra West, you will find various home decor styles. However, Judy states that her intention for each piece is not to be fancy but to be “neat.” Many of her recurring shoppers, along with the new ones, love paintings and other unique wall art pieces found here. Not only this, but her hides, which range from small runners to large area room rugs, are some of her top-selling items! These hides are all 100% authentic and are of exquisite quality as well.

Cross Off Your Christmas Wish List

When the holidays feel a bit “much,” turn your attention to the “Santa” of holiday decor shopping… Sierra West! Transforming into the “North Pole” of holiday decor shopping every year, Judy’s store, also labeled as “The Christmas Store,” unveils a spectacular array of festive treasures. Picture hundreds of meticulously arranged items, each with the spirit of the season, awaiting their unique home through the holiday shoppers. Judy shared with the DDA team that she has over 82 fully decorated Christmas trees available in-store—enough to cover not only the lower level of the shop but the main level as well! While we know that decorating a Christmas tree is one of the most fun holiday traditions we partake in, the truth is, we sometimes don’t know where even to begin, especially when the holidays seem to sneak up on us so quickly…

Judy and her team prepare a store full of your favorite Christmas goodies and go-tos to take the load off. You can find it all here, whether it’s a garland for the mantle or an advent calendar for the little ones. To make your holiday shopping experience a little merrier, the owner told us she will run holiday decor sales from nearly 20-30% off on all items.

Yes, you read that right—all items in Sierra West are included in this incredible sale!

The Sierra West Experience

When you step into Sierra West, you naturally feel like family. If you’ve been in Casper for a while, you may even know the lovely Judy outside of the store as well. And if you do, you know you are nothing less than her friend!

Judy shared that she loves having new and old visitors inside her store. She also stated that being in the downtown Casper area brings many “… interactions that just give her light.” She appreciates the sociability aspect of her role first and foremost, with all of her many different “hats” as a business owner. She mentioned:

“I love it every minute I am here. I could never resent a minute that I am here because I just love it. If I did not love this work, I wouldn’t be here.”

Christmas Tree Store in downtown Casper at The Christmas Store aka Sierra West

To say the least, Sierra West is a store full of heart. It is evident here, especially in holiday decorating and the overall essence of the holiday spirit. If you are looking for somewhere that brings the Christmas “wow factor” and makes your shopping experience personalized and unique to you and your family’s needs and wants, this is the place to go!

If you are hesitant to start your seasonal decorating this early into the holidays, be sure to catch Miss Judy and other members of the Sierra West team at this year’s local Chocolate Walk and the Business Expo that is happening within the next few weeks.

We’ll see you in #MyDowntownCasper, holiday shoppers!