Hi, I'm Coo

Coosage didn't start as a business. It started as a mum trying to find something beautiful for her son to take to his school formal.

I remember buying corsages and thinking… these are nice, but they didn't feel personal. So I started making them myself. Just for him at first. Then for his friends. Then for their friends.

Before I knew it, I had mums in the neighbourhood asking if I could make something for their kids too.

So I set up a small Etsy page, nothing fancy, just a way to keep track of orders locally here in Ashburton.

That little side project has now grown into over 250 unique pieces.

Every corsage and boutonnière is still handmade by me, from my home, using fresh seasonal flowers. No two are exactly the same, and that's kind of the point.

I'm not a florist by trade. I work in HR consulting and spend a lot of my time building tech products. Coosage exists in the in-between, late nights, early mornings, and weekends.

But I genuinely love it.

There's something special about being part of these moments, formals, weddings, big nights that people remember forever. And knowing something I made is part of that.

That's why I care about getting it right. Every single time.