Meet the owner
Hey there! I’m Ellie Starr, the owner of The Horned Rose. I am originally from Hopkins, Michigan, and I ventured to Nebraska in college to purse a degree in Animal Science. While attending school at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, I met my husband, Austin. He was also pursuing a degree in Animal Science while also being on the UNL Track and Field team. We had a mutual friend introduce us in 2016, and we have been inseparable ever since. We got married in August of 2018, and right after, moved into a house on his family's ranch in the Sandhills of Nebraska. What a beautiful place to live and raise a family. In November of 2022, we had our first child, Koy Michael Starr. He is absolutely the light of our life and we are so blessed.
How did we get the name?
I knew when I decided to open a boutique, I wanted the name to be based around my girl, Rosie. But it seemed like everything I really liked was too similar to other names and I knew I wanted to be unique. One day I was sitting up at work just thinking of what makes Rosie, Rosie. What makes her unique. I thought, ‘well she has horns and her name is Rosie’ so I sort of just put them together and got the name, The Horned Rose and I absolutely LOVE it!
Rosie was actually a gift from my husband in the summer of 2021. For as long as I can remember I begged and begged my husband for a Brahman or a Longhorn. He always told me no because we don’t really deal with either of those breeds but one day our neighbor sent us a post on a Facebook ranch page and someone was selling them so he said “if they get one, we can get one” so the next morning they take off and go pick up 2 Longhorn cows. And now, almost 3 years later we have our Rosie girl. She is an absolute sweetheart who loves to eat cake right out of your hand and is always leading the herd of cows to wherever they need to go.