{"id":96,"date":"2018-06-18T06:57:57","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T06:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tapistrees.com\/index.php\/about\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T07:08:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T07:08:27","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tapistrees.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"96\" class=\"elementor elementor-96\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d0f5d7a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3d0f5d7a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb8870e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"fb8870e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e99df0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0e99df0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c12a0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0c12a0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"746\" src=\"https:\/\/tapistrees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TinaJulie-1024x746.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5471\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tapistrees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TinaJulie-1024x746.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tapistrees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TinaJulie-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tapistrees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TinaJulie-500x364.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tapistrees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TinaJulie-768x560.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tapistrees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TinaJulie-1536x1120.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tapistrees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TinaJulie-2048x1493.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/tapistrees.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TinaJulie-1320x962.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36f5ef90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36f5ef90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-4659b23e\">\n<h1 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">About Us<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-31a3d8e8 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\">\n<div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-346fa6e3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-ad1bed66\">\n<p>Hi, I&#8217;m Tina Carlson, CEO and Creator of Tapis Trees, pictured here with my very good friend Julie Payne, who let me rope her into the shenanigans.<\/p>\n<p>I was tired of the expense, mess, hassle and sadness seeing tree carcasses on the curb every January. 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