Greet & Gather – a card, gift and home decor shop – opened in downtown Park Rapids in October 2023.

It’s a family affair, involving Ann and Anthony Schiller and their three children.

“‘Greet’ is the greeting cards and ‘gather’ is how we display places you’d have in your home,” explained Ann.

She’s owned the Little Dorset Shop since 2017.

“I make all the cards. I’m known for that,” said Ann, who has an art education degree with an emphasis in graphic design. “Once I have it drawn out, I can put it on cards, stickers, decks of cards, a lot of prints.”

Stickers, blankets and T-shirts also bear her signature art.

“I also have a wholesale division, so I sell these cards all around the U.S.,” she said.

Her custom designs and gifts are featured at the Little Dorset Shop, but it’s only open seasonally.

“I’ve always wanted to be downtown, so this building opened up,” she said of the new, second location at 209 Main Ave.

Ann creates some of the artwork at Greet & Gather, displayed alongside cozy scenes with carefully curated home products.

“Everything in here is for sale – the lighting, the furniture,” she said, pointing to a beautifully decorated dining room table as an example. It’s arranged with napkins, plates, bouquets and more. “Our goal here was to have it displayed as you would have it in your home.”

Using his carpentry skills from flipping houses back in the day, Anthony and their children construct the homey vignettes, shelving or whatever else is needed at Greet & Gather.

Both Ann and Anthony grew up in Detroit Lakes. After living in Lakeville, Minn. for a while, they returned to northern Minnesota to be closer to their parents.

“We’ve really enjoyed the move here,” Anthony said. “We just love the people and community.”

Both stores have online shopping. Visit

https://greet-gather.com

and

https://littledorsetshop.com

.