diff --git a/estore/src/app/api/bouquet-items/route.ts b/estore/src/app/api/bouquet-items/route.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe02c1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/estore/src/app/api/bouquet-items/route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { NextResponse } from 'next/server'
+import { getSquareCatalog } from '@/lib/square'
+
+export const dynamic = 'force-dynamic'
+
+/**
+ * GET /api/bouquet-items
+ * Returns catalog items in the Square "Build" category, bypassing the
+ * Online-category filter so bouquet components don't need to be listed
+ * items in the main storefront.
+ */
+export async function GET() {
+  try {
+    const items = await getSquareCatalog({ filterCategory: 'build' })
+    return NextResponse.json({ items }, {
+      headers: { 'Cache-Control': 'public, max-age=30, stale-while-revalidate=60' },
+    })
+  } catch (err: unknown) {
+    const msg = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err)
+    console.error('[bouquet-items] error:', msg)
+    return NextResponse.json({ items: [] }, { status: 500 })
+  }
+}
diff --git a/estore/src/components/BouquetPicker.tsx b/estore/src/components/BouquetPicker.tsx
index 5202f19..34f2f45 100644
--- a/estore/src/components/BouquetPicker.tsx
+++ b/estore/src/components/BouquetPicker.tsx
@@ -63,22 +63,13 @@ export default function BouquetPicker({ product, onClose }: Props) {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     Promise.all([
-      fetch(BASE + '/api/catalog').then((r) => r.ok ? r.json() : { items: [] }),
+      fetch(BASE + '/api/bouquet-items').then((r) => r.ok ? r.json() : { items: [] }),
       fetch(BASE + '/colors.json').then((r) => r.ok ? r.json() : []),
     ]).then(([{ items }, families]: [{ items: CatalogItem[] }, ColorFamily[]]) => {
-      // Log all unique category slugs so we can verify "build" is present
-      const allSlugs = Array.from(new Set((items as CatalogItem[]).flatMap((i) => i.categories ?? [i.category]))).sort()
-      console.log('[BouquetPicker] category slugs in catalog:', allSlugs)
-      setDebugSlugs(allSlugs)
-
-      const inBuild = (item: CatalogItem) =>
-        (item.categories ?? []).includes('build') || item.category === 'build'
-
-      // Everything in the Build category — non-showColors items get quantity pickers,
-      // showColors items (e.g. the 11" latex) get the color picker treatment
-      const mylars = items.filter((i) => inBuild(i) && !i.showColors)
-      const latex  = items.filter((i) => inBuild(i) && i.showColors)
-      console.log(`[BouquetPicker] found ${mylars.length} mylar items, ${latex.length} latex items in "build" category`)
+      // /api/bouquet-items already filters by the Build category server-side
+      const mylars = (items as CatalogItem[]).filter((i) => !i.showColors)
+      const latex  = (items as CatalogItem[]).filter((i) => i.showColors)
+      setDebugSlugs([`${(items as CatalogItem[]).length} items fetched (${mylars.length} mylar, ${latex.length} latex)`])
 
       setBuildItems([...mylars, ...latex])
       setColorFamilies(families)
diff --git a/estore/src/lib/square.ts b/estore/src/lib/square.ts
index 2463ffc..8ff73e4 100644
--- a/estore/src/lib/square.ts
+++ b/estore/src/lib/square.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,12 @@ function getCatalogClient() {
   return new Client({ accessToken: token, environment: env })
 }
 
-export async function getSquareCatalog(): Promise<CatalogItem[]> {
+/**
+ * When filterCategory is supplied, the Online-category filter is skipped and only
+ * items belonging to the named category (case-insensitive) are returned.
+ */
+export async function getSquareCatalog(options: { filterCategory?: string } = {}): Promise<CatalogItem[]> {
+  const { filterCategory } = options
   const client = getCatalogClient()
 
   // Fetch all pages (Square paginates listCatalog)
@@ -88,14 +93,25 @@ export async function getSquareCatalog(): Promise<CatalogItem[]> {
       if (c.id && c.categoryData?.name) categoryNameMap.set(c.id, c.categoryData.name)
     })
 
+  // Resolve the target category ID when filtering by a specific category name
+  const filterCategoryId = filterCategory
+    ? objects.find(
+        (o) => o.type === 'CATEGORY' && o.categoryData?.name?.toLowerCase() === filterCategory.toLowerCase()
+      )?.id
+    : undefined
+
   const items = objects
     .filter((o) => o.type === 'ITEM')
-    .filter((o) =>
-      // If an "online" category exists in Square, only show items tagged with it.
-      // If the category doesn't exist in this account, show all items.
-      !onlineCategoryId ||
-      (o.itemData?.categories ?? []).some((c: { id?: string }) => c.id === onlineCategoryId)
-    )
+    .filter((o) => {
+      const cats: { id?: string }[] = o.itemData?.categories ?? []
+      // When a specific category is requested, skip the Online filter entirely
+      // and instead only keep items that belong to that category.
+      if (filterCategoryId) {
+        return cats.some((c) => c.id === filterCategoryId)
+      }
+      // Normal storefront path: apply the Online filter.
+      return !onlineCategoryId || cats.some((c) => c.id === onlineCategoryId)
+    })
     .map((item) => {
       const data = item.itemData!