About Us

Grace and Becky

Our Story

We have been working in vintage for years, which means we have seen everything. Haunted porcelain dolls. Ashtrays shaped like lobsters. And plates. So many plates. Gorgeous plates. Weird plates. Plates that had no business being abandoned on a thrift store shelf.

We kept joking that these plates needed a second chance. Then we stopped joking and made Wordy Plates. We carved out a corner of our vintage booth at Main Street Vintage, put some words on a few plates, and people freaked out in the best way. Kindred saw them and wanted them. Then Crafty Wonderland happened and holy hell, we were not prepared.

Now the plates demand attention and the vintage furniture demands it louder and somehow this is our ideal workday. Between the sourcing, the engraving, the painting, and the treasure hunting, we get to make something that feels honest and joyful and a little bit ridiculous, which is exactly how we like it.

Our Team

Grace and Becky have been building Wordy Plates together from the beginning, somewhere at the intersection of creativity, humor, and a genuine belief that ugly things deserve second chances.

Grace Co-Owner | Laser Technician | Artist

Grace is the one who makes the machines do what they are supposed to do. She runs the laser engravers and handles the technical side of production, which requires both precision and a tolerance for troubleshooting that most people do not have. She also brings a sharp creative eye to every piece, and she is probably listening to a true crime podcast while she does it. She spent a long time being really good at saying yes to everything. She is working on that.

Becky Co-Owner | Designer | Treasure Hunter

Becky designs the pieces and finds the plates to put them on, which means she spends a lot of time at estate sales and thrift stores with a very specific eye for what has potential. She has strong opinions about monster movies, unapologetic feminism, and the underrated beauty of a truly weird piece of vintage china. She adds snark to everything she touches and considers this a feature, not a bug.