By Michelle M. Sharp, Founder and Content Creator of Meet the Minnesota Makers
| WHO: | Lime Street Creative + Co | ||
| BUSINESS TYPE: | Artist, Master Gardener, Art Instructor | ||
| SIGNATURE PRODUCTS: | Acrylic and Watercolor paintings, prints, greeting cards and stickers | ||
| WHERE:
IN-PERSON: WEBSITE: |
Maple Grove
Maple Grove Business of Art, Plymouth Community Center |
photography by Tracy Walsh Photo
Jamie Rae Miller invites you to visit Lime Street.
When she worked in corporate IT, she knew that someday she would have a business named Lime Street. “First of all, I love limes. I also love the idea that streets are familiar to all of us. You walk down Lime
Street and find all of these cool creative things,” stated Jamie from her cozy kitchen nook.
“Lime Street Creative + Co was generated out of the idea that it wouldn’t just be me. It would be a cooperative process,” explained Jamie. “Making deeper connections with my clients becomes an invaluable part of the artwork. It’s something that you simply cannot find through the ‘big box’ stores.”
Becoming Her Own Artist
With every piece she makes Jamie’s goal is to foster a creative space that values art because it holds meaning, history, heart, and joy. “After the loss of my parents and the experience of Covid I really tapped into my intuitive sense. This connectivity with people, community, and plants [Jamie is a master gardener intern] is a huge part of my business. It’s really why all this started—to bring joy and connection.”
Making connections as an artist has been a new learning process for Jamie. “Running my own business requires me to wear so many hats to push forward,” she reflected.
Time spent with SHE (Support Her Endeavors) provided a positive networking experience. “The SHE group has helped me to ‘cast my web’ out further by meeting so many different people in different places and phases of their lives. All of them share the common goal of hustling in their own small business,” shared Jamie. 
The connections made through SHE feel like outreach rather than trying to get the most out of each other. They’ve flowed and opened opportunities for new experiences. “The creative people involved with SHE see things in me that I didn’t see in myself. They see a capacity for greatness,” smiled Jamie. “Being a part of SHE expanded my business and my abilities. They have supported me in a way I didn’t know I needed.”
These collaborations have included a powerful connection with a botanical photographer, another with a feature writer for a regional magazine, and referrals that have led to beautiful commissions featuring reclaimed wood.
Jamie is always looking for barn wood and other reclaimed pieces to give them new life. She build most of the frames for her original pieces from up cycled wood. Her neighborhood flower cart consists of a piano, bannister spindles, an old crib and broken palettes. She’s also looking to connect with other artists in the Maple Grove area to do some studio time. “I would love to share some studio time with other artists. I’m mainly an acrylic painter who loves botanicals. I also do a lot of watercolors.”
The Power of Yes
Through Lime Street Creative + Co Jamie celebrates the potential of simply saying “yes”. “I am learning to be open to the entire creative process. Can I do this? Yes,” said Jamie. “I keep telling myself to create without fear. To just go. The creative process works best when I just follow my intuition. I love that.”
Saying yes allows Jamie to combine her passion for gardening with her passion for painting. It allows her a new way to interact with the natural world she admires. “I tell people that they shouldn’t feel like they can only look at flowers,” says Jamie. “You should engage with them, pick them, bring them inside, play with them. There are so many ways to experience what you plant.”
In February 2025 Jamie spent a month as an artist in residence at Olive Stack Gallery in Ireland. This artistic immersion was exhilarating and 
overwhelming. “Ireland’s natural beauty is so abundant. It was literally too much to take in,” reflects Jamie. “Painting there taught me to work in small bites. I could choose which details to bring to life in my painting. I didn’t have to use every element.”
Jamie’s next creative frontier is sharing her joy for plants and painting in a teaching setting. “Some people are so afraid to make a mistake that they never pick up a paint brush,” reflects Jamie. “I want to tell them that they’ll figure it out. Pick your colors. Sketch your shapes. Nature isn’t perfect. You’ll figure it out.” Given Jamie’s goal to have Lime Street be a space for community and connection, this new role suits her perfectly.
Look for Jamie’s work around Maple Grove as a part of the Maple Grove Business of Art program or through her work with the Plymouth Arts Council. You will also find her volunteering at farmers markets, community gardens, and area schools in her volunteer role as a master gardener.
Get In Touch
Visit www.limestcreative.com to see Jamie’s vibrant botanicals and get information on her custom process. 
Follow @limestcreativeco on Facebook and Instagram to see what Jamie is upcycling today in her studio.
Follow @meettheminnesotamakers on Facebook and Instagram to discover more of the people who make Minnesota an amazing place to be!
The original feature was a collaboration between SHE and Meet the Minnesota Makers to spotlight the talented women supporting each other through this Twin Cities’ collaborative. This profile received an update in April 2025 to reflect Jamie’s expanded services. Gather In Common was founded as an extension of SHE’s network programming.
