Now that Mother’s Day is behind us, things will slow down a bit at the shop through the summer months. It’s a chance for us to catch our breath, reflect on the first quarter of the year, and think about ways to keep improving and growing the business. It’s also the perfect time to brainstorm new ideas to freshen up the decor!
Pinterest is one of my favorite places to go to check out what other florists around the world are doing with their storefronts. Unfortunately, the heat and humidity in the sunshine state prevent us from displaying all of our fresh flowers market-style, but I love incorporating other market elements like steel buckets, old world tables, chalkboard signage, beautiful dried flowers, and lots and lots of plants and foliage. We’re also always seeking new ways to package our product, like the doily wrapped potted orchids in the first photo. So cute!
Speaking of improving and growing, I’ve been thinking a lot about the blog lately…
If you’ve been a longtime reader of APP, you may have noticed that things are slowly changing around here. There are fewer daily outfit posts and more snippets of our business and life sprinkled in. When I started the blog over two years ago, I was looking for a way to share my love of style, and to find ways to get creative on a budget after losing my generous corporate salary. Our lives have changed in so many ways since then, and I’ve shared our journey with all of you in small doses over months and months of outfit posts. It’s been so much fun to watch how I’ve evolved in my style and grown into myself through the lens of this URL, but lately I’ve found myself wanting something more from this space.
In a nutshell, I want to get real around here. Style will always be a big part of A Pretty Penny, because it’s one of my passions — especially inspiring other women to empower themselves through style without going beyond their means or digging a deep dark debt hole to do it. But I’d also like to share some of my other passions with you all, too: our blossoming businesses, life and marriage, good food, and my other creative outlets, to name a few. I’d love to use the blog to paint a more complete picture of my life, as a day-to-day journal of our adventures {and misadventures!} and a collection of all the things I love.
I hope you’ll hang around as this space evolves and grows!
What do you think?