Cherie Mercer is a smart and talented business woman who is turning her gift for designing and creating clothing, floral decorations and traditional aboriginal crafts into highly prized works of art.

‘Sky River Creations’ is Cherie’s business specializing in a wide selection of distinctive wreaths, crosses and heart shaped floral designs that express sympathy and comfort to bereaved families.

Her other specialties are her exclusive creations in traditional wearable art and unique fashionable clothing ranging from casual to elegant formal wear at affordable prices.
Cherie won Nathan Cullen’s 2006 Entrepreneurship Award for the Nass Valley.

Cherie has spent six months studying fashion design with Pamela Baker, a world-renowned fashion designer at the Touch of Culture Native Training Institute in North Vancouver. Cherie has also studied accounting and bookkeeping courses which provide valuable tools to manage her business.

Cherie self-financed all the business equipment, tools and materials required for ‘Sky River Creations’, keeping the business in good financial standing. The combination of today’s technology, her educational background and her innate expertise gives Cherie the skills and techniques to create her outstanding, handcrafted, one-of-a-kind designs. What used to be a weeks of work can now be accomplished in a few days using modern technology.

It’s a busy time for Cherie. “We’re going to be working up to 2010,” she said.