This is my first blog entry so bare with me. BTW this is a picture of my new home…..HA! yeah right can’t find a picture just yet to replace it but I will it’s a little too much even for a Diamond 🙂
I wanted to share my thoughts with you about my new start for 2012. This is my journal entry from last week .
Enjoy!
Today as I sit in my little piece of heaven at Euro Spa in Calistoga with my husband on our now annual Calistoga trip. I am lost in thought about my new business venture Gracefully Worn that I will start in January. I have decided to share a space in an antique co-op in Petaluma at Summer Cottage Antiques. My best friend Emily has been a dealer there for several years now. I have learned so much from her and am ready to take on the venture myself.
You see growing up my mom had a love for many things but almost always nifty vintage things. I grew up with most everything second-hand so to me it was funky junk. But most of my adult life I have had a new appreciation for vintage, antiques and collectables. Thanks to my mom I now have such a love for the potential something has as they say “someone’s trash is another man’s treasure”. I will never forget the first time walking thru Summer Cottage years ago on our 1st annual Bestee birthday shopping day. I was in complete awe and as I strolled through you’d hear me say “my mom had one of these!” I was taking in all the treasures I didn’t even know I loved so much! So as the anticipation and butterflies twirl about knowing I am taking the first step to wherever this venture will take me. I am excited and completely freaked out but I think that you should be at least a little….right? Nervous still knowing I still have furniture to be sanded and painted or not we’ll see, items to be priced and a logo being created. It will all come together as it should. Because it’s fun and inspiring and what I love! And I know that with the love & support of my husband and bestee Em and God’s guidance I will be a success!
“Life Begins at the End of your Comfort Zone” Neale Donald Walsch
Teri Martinez said:
Love it! Good job Gennie!
Cathe Holden said:
Congratulations on your new chapter! How exciting, that’s my favorite shop, you’re going to be fabulous. So wonderful to have Emily as your mentor!
Welcome to the land of blogging. It’s a beautiful place.
Cathe Holden