I want to take a moment from my day to honor the shop because I hardly ever allow myself to absorb the goodness that people are sharing with me. I sometimes dwell on the negative things that people are saying and I think that is my reality when I am actually surrounded by so much beauty and love.
Two people came in the shop today (I've only been open about 2 hours so far) saying how much they love it! They both said how happy they were for me that the shop has been open 3 years now! One woman, Sandi even made me stop for a moment so I could have a proud moment. She said, "Girl this is badass! You are woman who has her own shop and you have been open 3 years. You should be very proud of yourself. You are living the dream." Sandi is a rep for a fashion brand distributed out of Macy's and she is a visual merchandiser. She loves the way the shop is merchandised, she said she can see the story I am trying to tell. Good grief Charlie Brown! I almost cried. We are our worse critic and my little critic can be pretty brutal and ruthless. So I am trying to live by this one drop rule, it's when someone says something nice to me about anything, my outfit, the work I do, the shop...and I have to at least allow one drop of it to enter my heart. I worry so much about the minor details that I don't see the big picture sometimes. I am proud of myself and all that I have learned and accomplished
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I am totally having a moment right now!
Thriftcore is one of my favorite blogs!! I discovered her when I found one of her series "Thrifters Around the World". I said to myself I would love to be featured on this and then one day my dream came true. During the summer of 2011, I drove cross country and thrifted my heart out. I never thought that I would be featured on a blog for doing so. Vanessa contacted me recently and wanted to know if she could feature the shop on her blog and I just about fainted. Vanessa is such an amazing person and I am so glad that she is my ally. Please support her because she sells the best vintage toys and treasures. She is my personal unicorn dealer :) I have the loveliest unicorn lamp and clock I purchased from her that everyone always wants!! She also has the best tips on her website from being thrifty to vegan recipes, this lady is a jane of all trades. Check out her blog post here. Life is so unreal right now. I wanted to share this new video of me and my shop made by Taylor Mosley of Spectra SF. I tried watching the video on my phone while at work but the connection is so wishy washy. So when I got home for the day it all hit me. I cued up the video, to watch it, yet again because it is so unbelievable... I am so proud because I never thought this would be me. Thank the goddess for editing because I was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo nervous! I got all insecure and kept second guessing myself, I kept saying,"Is this ok?" but then I started acting normal...or like my real self again. It's so weird I thought I needed to be a certain way...I wanted it to be perfect...Virgo tendencies. I finally relaxed and realized I was in safe company and forgot the camera was there. My favorite part is when I'm clapping for the model, Ingrid when she did a spin...lol! I am so thankful and it is a great addition to the video my boo did! They are so different and I just enjoy the different point-of-views of both directors! ;) Enjoy!
Here is a link to the video...trying to figure out how to post it here. :) http://vimeo.com/32930998 HALMONI (Hal-muh-nee) means "grandmother" in Korean. This is how it looks with Korea letters, 할머니. My halmoni lived in Korea most of her life and came to the United States when she was about 60. I've only been to Korea twice, once as a baby(pictured above), I am on my halmoni's back in this pic, my sis is holding our mom's hand. I was about 9(pictured below) when we went again. Soon after this visit she relocated to the US. She would pick me from school, make me snack and tell me to be nice girl. She babysat the little girl in the photo for income when she came to live in the states. She lived with us a short while until she could find a place of her own. She was an independent woman. My halmoni passed last year and I wanted to dedicate my store to her. I also put her on my tags to remember the lady that helped raise me.
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