Carla received her bachelor’s degree from Ball State with a degree in Fashion Merchandising and Marketing. After dating David since she was 16, they were married shortly after she graduated from college.  Carla changed her career path and has been working for the same software company for over 36 years.

When Two Tulips came for sale by the initial owners, Carla almost purchased it then, but with her 3, then very young boys, Taylor, Tanner and Treyton, managing their lives, a career and Two Tulips was not in the cards. When Cheryl contacted Carla in December of 2014, while still leading a busy life, as a family they decided to not let the store go for a second time as it has always been Carla’s dream to own a store just like Two Tulips.

Fast forward to 2024. We have re-branded to "Two Tulips Boutique", the boys are now grown men with the addition of 2 daughter-in-laws Jess and Anna and our first granddaughter, Stevie Lin. The labor of love for the store has taken on a whole new meaning with much spoiling involved. Now having 4 amazing ladies as the daily faces and they are major factors in the huge growth and success the store has shown since coming out of the pandemic. Because of all of our amazing loyal customers and the unbelievable growth of our downtown, Two Tulips Boutique has grown every year, over doubling our annual sales since 2015!  

Carla is still working full time at her career but continues to stay involved in decision making and the direction of the shop. The store's focus and theme remain the same concentrating on baby, brides, piggy banks, stationary, fine gifts and continuing Carla's love for personalization. Carla is invested into and is always bringing in new lines to keep the store fresh with her own flare. 

Carla has had a vision for several year's and now with her partner Julia has started a new division, "Rush by Two Tulips", catering to and providing merchandise for Sororities. After only 1 year they are working with many different houses at several universities in Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky.

Carla and David love to meet new people and pleasing every customer is the true goal. Spending a Saturday at the store together, seeing and making new friends is their idea of a perfect day.

 

 

Julia Denhart,

After years of wanting to add a new element to the store, but never quite figuring out how, in drops Julia into our lives. After retiring as the longtime Central Catholic Athletic departments administrative manager, she was looking for a new chapter in her life. Boldly seeking us out at our friends birthday party, Julia and Carla talked and within a week Rush by Two Tulips was born. Carla and Julia are partners of this division of supplying Purdue and other Indiana universities their Sororities retail merchandise.

After only working on the floor since this past September, Julia is now a full time employee and the store's manager. Julia is a ball of fire and truly understands the vision and direction that we are taking the store. She has already helped bring in several new brands to help keep the store fresh.

Julia is married to Allen and has 3 adult children Colin, Emily and Avery.

Halie Hulvey

Coming to Lafayette in 2019, and already working in the fashion industry, she was the perfect choice to join our team. In 2020, during the pandemic Halie was instrumental in keeping the doors open and helping by years end making 2020 a better year than 2019. During the pandemic Halie played a key role in helping develop and add ecommerce to the store, which helped increase 2021 store sales over 2020. Our wedding expert helping with custom invitations and all other wedding needs and also handles all of our in house printing. Halie knows and understands the wants and needs of our many loyal and frequent customers, helping them with all of their personal shopping needs.  

In November of 2023 Halie and her husband Trevor had baby Jude and Halie is a beaming mother. You now see a new model in our social feeds as Jude looks really good in all our brands.

 

Courtney Day

In May of 2021 after losing our artist we were so fortunate to have Courtney come into our life. While still teaching high school art, Courtney took on the task of all of our painting personalization. In 2022 after having her son Colter, her and her husband Blaine made the decision for her to stay home with Colter. This decision allowed for Courtney to take on a larger role at Two Tulips. 

Courtney and Blaine are waiting the arrival of their second child in September, so Courtney has decided to take a step back and concentrate on raising her children. Thankfully she will still be handling all of our paint personalization. 

Courtney and her mom also are providing Two Tulips with homemade treats from Mimi's (grandma's) family recipes including toffee which has been a staple here at Two Tulips for many years.

 

 

Sydney Gick

With Halie going on Maternity leave last November, we needed someone part time to fill in the gaps in the work schedule. After posting the job on our social media, we received several inquiries, which is amazing, but one stood out immediately. Sydney already had Legacy with the Watkins family as she was Treyton's summer Nanny. Fast forward 10 years and Sydney is now married to Kyle and they have a daughter Leighton and a son Lawson.

Sydney was thrown into the gauntlet of the holiday season and by years end was way beyond what we had ever hoped for, already working solo shifts and entering new product into the system. Sydney truly saved all of our sanity through that crazy season. 

After a short maternity leave with the birth of Lawson in May, Sydney is back to working a couple days a week.