Holly Baker is a wife and mom from Willow Spring, NC.  She is married to a North Carolina State Trooper who challenged her to use her crafting skills to replicate the “old school” traditional braided acorns.  After over a year of trial and error with materials and techniques, in May 2016 she created a braid for the acorns that not only look as good as the traditional braids but are durable and will last for years.  The braids are all hand-braided using American made materials, they come in a variety of color combinations, and take approximately 2 hours to complete each set.  Knowledge of the new braids quickly spread, and the demand for the hand-braided acorns spread across the state.  In February 2017 Holbbies Acorn Braids was formed. Since then, orders have come in from agencies and individuals across the US. Holly has outfitted the last twenty-five North Carolina Highway Patrol Basic Schools and has started shipping orders out to various agencies and private groups around the country.

“I thought I would explain my name for the acorn braids.  Holbbies is a mix of my nickname as a kid, ‘Hol’, and my namesake, Holly Hobbie.  My mother loved Holly Hobbie and named me after her.  Braiding the acorns started out as a hobby for me, and it is something that I love to do.  So, I mixed the names in honor of my mother and came up with ‘Holbbies Acorn Braids’.  Thank you everyone for your support!”  ~Holly Baker aka Mrs. C972