It’s Me, Hi, I’m the Boutique Owner, It’s Me.

It has been a minute since I have shared anything with you (whomever you may be, hello). I got bogged down with the event I had at the shop, Magic City Plant-a-Palooza. I needed a little recovery time afterwards. The event was enormously successful, and it has been decided that we will make it an annual or bi-annual event. If you were to ask me what I remember most about the event…it was the joy on everyone’s faces. Happiness was in abundance at the event. I don’t know if it was phytophilia (positive emotional reaction to plant stimuli) or if the event was unique enough that it provided great pleasure to all those attending and involved in it. Who knows, but it was wonderful.

I have been trying to get back into the groove of business and prep for upcoming events that BVTC will be participating in. We have been asked to be in a fashion show and we will have a booth at a large holiday festival. You are always juggling when you are a business owner.

One thing in the mix that is a part of the juggling…the website. I am a data person, so I am constantly looking at the analytics of the website. I want to know where people who find us are from and what they are looking at. Lately, it seems BVTC has an admirer. Someone from Alabama is very interested in all the products we carry and the content on the website. The saying, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,” comes to mind. I am fairly certain that that is exactly what is happening. I get it, somewhat. In the beginning, I was trying to pull ideas from all kinds of places but mostly, what you find in my shop is 1000% me, straight out of my noggin. My interests and creativity run amuck in the store, and that is exactly how it should be. If you need to be a cookie cutter of something else, buy a franchise. It would be much easier in the long run.

So, I guess this is my shout out to whomever this Alabama person is. I am flattered you love what we are doing, and my hope is that whatever it is you’re doing that you carve it into your own version. If you don’t, it will fall flat with customers because it will not come from an authentic place. One other thing, I love change and that is reflected in my business. Something is always changing in the store and on the website. What you see now will most likely not exist in six months. I see the store as an extension of myself, ever evolving. So, I say to you…good luck pinning that evolution down, because not even those nearest and dearest to me have managed to be able to keep up with it. Which to me, is the best part about being a business owner.