Bourn to Create
About

Hey, I’m Sarah.

I’m a Memphis girl who moved to the Mississippi Gulf Coast in 2020 with my husband Marshall — for a little land, a slower pace, and, it turns out, an unreasonable number of chickens.

For years I built things out of wood and shared every step online. Somewhere between projects, the sewing machine won. These days I design patterns you can print at home, teach workshops around the Coast, write a monthly DIY column for Gulf Coast Woman, and keep a journal of whatever the homestead is up to.

Same hands, softer materials. Stick around — there’s a lot to make.

Sarah in a cowboy hat holding a speckled rooster at the chicken coop Sarah standing in the run in a denim shirt, hens at her feet Sarah kneeling in the grass, feeding one of the hens Sarah gathering fresh eggs into a wire basket at the nesting boxes
Sarah Blackbourn · Biloxi, MS

The unpaid staff

The homestead runs on a small, unpaid staff. Meet the department heads — Marshall, as ever, is behind the camera.

Sarah on the couch beside a big fluffy dog
The morale dept.Available for pets during business hours.
A white chicken standing tall in the wildflowers
The flockEgg production and general oversight.
An orange cat draped comfortably over Sarah's shoulder
Head of securityMostly naps.
A sleek black-and-white dog sitting regally on the porch chair in the morning sun
Head of operationsSupervises the porch. Delegates everything else.
The newsletter

Notes from the coop

One easy email — new patterns, upcoming workshops, and whatever the chickens did this week.

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