About Us

Lorna D. Cheatham, is certified by the WBENC, Women's Business Enterprise and a true entrepreneur at heart. She is also the founder and CEO of Clera’s Creative Gifts, LLC., which she established in 2018, with a goal to bring jobs back to the city of Detroit for disadvantaged, abused women of color and second chance citizens.

Born in Nashville, Tennessee Lorna was one of twelve siblings in her family. According to Lorna, “holidays and birthdays was always a special time for her family, although they didn't receive a lot; they cherished what they got.” At the tender young age of nine, her mother Clera was unfortunately taken away. Luckily, they were left with many of her precious memories, which is why she decided to name her company after her mother; it was her way of keeping her memory alive.

Clera’s Creative Gifts, LLC., products are proud to celebrate the diversity and empowerment of people of color, that is why all of their products are designed in America. Additionally, the premise for the company came out of Lorna’s desire to see more African-American represented on store shelves in the wrapping packaging arena. Therefore, she began to focus her efforts on designing gift wrapping paper and gift bags that represented people of color to celebrate life events and special moments. 

Furthermore, since 1997, Lorna has been a successful entrepreneur. She has been operating residential facilities for the mentally handicapped. However, in 2018 she ventured into a totally different arena, wholesale distribution.  The goal of that company was to eventually open their own manufacturing facility in the city of Detroit that will enable them to offer employment to disadvantaged and abused women who have been victimized by domestic violence, as well as women returning from incarceration. Clera’s Creative Gifts, LLC., offers many colorful, unique, and Afrocentric-themed creative designs that will easily assist you with completing your wrapping needs for any occasions.

So, if you're looking for something special, such as wrapping paper for special occasions like a graduation ceremony, baby shower, weddings, birthdays, Valentine's Day, girl friends’ day, Veterans Day and of course Christmas and Kwanzaa; look no further than Clera’s Creative Gifts, LLC.

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