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Speaker 1: Scrubbing In with Becca Tilly and Tanya rad and I

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Speaker 1: Heart Radio and two time People's Choice Award winning podcast.

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Speaker 1: Hello everybody, We're scrubbing in. This is another mini episode

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Speaker 1: and today is all about shopping small businesses holiday shopping.

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Speaker 1: We have some of our scrubbers who have small businesses

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Speaker 1: and we wanted to bring them on to share some

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Speaker 1: of their um specialties and what they what they have

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Speaker 1: through their business. And this is gonna be a really

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Speaker 1: fun episode. Yeah, and I also think too. It's just,

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Speaker 1: you know, we're all kind of we're all going through it.

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Speaker 1: And something that I'm trying to do this holiday season

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Speaker 1: from big retailers or like Amazon and things like that.

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Speaker 1: I know that. I guess people were telling you last

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Speaker 1: say like shops small and there are some small businesses

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Speaker 1: So I'm just trying to intentionally buy things that I

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Speaker 1: So yeah, I will be honest and say I've done

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Speaker 1: and other companies, but I am trying to finish out

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Speaker 1: my list with something a little more meaningful and something

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Speaker 1: that helps these small businesses. Especially this year, I think

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Speaker 1: UM we just wanted to take the time to give

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Speaker 1: these people platform to talk about their businesses. And obviously

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Speaker 1: we wish we could do it for every single person

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Speaker 1: who has struggled and who is needing to get word

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Speaker 1: out about their business. But this is just a small

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Speaker 1: these companies. And UM I also wanted to before we

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Speaker 1: a firm. So the holidays, obviously, the gifts for our

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Speaker 1: eligible customers. Yeah, I think this year, I think it

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Speaker 1: can be the payment aspect of buying the things that

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Speaker 1: So don't let you know, spending too much money on

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Speaker 1: love and kindness to each other and however that's done,

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Speaker 1: whether it's you know, shopping small to help these small businesses,

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Speaker 1: Like thoughtfulness goes a long way, So just keep that

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Speaker 1: I Michelle, Oh my gosh, I keep I am meeting

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Speaker 1: for having me on. Thanks for coming on. So you

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Speaker 1: have a shop called creative Mason dot com. Yeah, and UM,

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Speaker 1: tell us more. I know you started it with your husband,

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Speaker 1: probably depends. My husband is very creative, so he helps

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Speaker 1: me with like certain products, will kind of have brainstorm

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Speaker 1: Thanks UM, all right, everyone, you can shop Creative Mason

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Speaker 1: wrapping paper that's so smart. Yeah, and so Becca, I'll

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Speaker 1: Thank you, guys both so much for supporting us scrub sisters.

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Speaker 1: Like I I truly appreciate it and this just you know,

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Speaker 1: off your hands. And we've gotten hundreds of bottles from

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Speaker 1: our friends and our neighbors, and people are messaging us

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Speaker 1: like all the time. Did you have a job before this?

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Speaker 1: But you had? Did you get laid off because of

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Speaker 1: the pandemic? I did I have a job? A part time? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: I did. I was. I was in corporate merchandizing. Um,

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Speaker 1: I've been for like the last like seven eight years,

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Speaker 1: and I was a casualty of this pandemic. But silver

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Speaker 1: lining as I get to grow a small business now,

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Speaker 1: I know. And that's the thing that like, I think

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Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of people are kind of realizing,

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Speaker 1: like we need to be in charge we as I'm

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00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:10,560
Speaker 1: just saying, just like in general, we as like ourselves

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Speaker 1: are in charge of our own lives, you know what

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Speaker 1: I mean. Like so many people have been furloughed and

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Speaker 1: laid off and let go, and it's like you just

443
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Speaker 1: have to pick up and keep moving. And it's like

444
00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,800
Speaker 1: now you're part of this like small business and you

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Speaker 1: get to grow and I hope that you guys just

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Speaker 1: grow exponentially and that you are like, and I think,

447
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Speaker 1: I'm what I'm hoping is that we're having this shift

448
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Speaker 1: in mentality where we are all trying to shop small

449
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Speaker 1: and and you know, help people build their businesses. You know,

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Speaker 1: Like I have a girlfriend who just started her own

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Speaker 1: business during the pandemic, designing wreaths for you know, and

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Speaker 1: I'm like, I want to Like I was like, She's like,

453
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Speaker 1: I'll make your wreath for free, and I'm like, no,

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Speaker 1: I want to pay you for this is your job.

455
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Speaker 1: I want to pay for this wreath, And like I

456
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Speaker 1: want to spread the word because it's like we're all

457
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Speaker 1: just trying to make our own living. And I think

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Speaker 1: it's so On TV the other day they said, you

459
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Speaker 1: need everybody needs to have their own home business, home

460
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Speaker 1: based business. So I can just go down to the basement,

461
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Speaker 1: I can work long hours. And I come from a

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Speaker 1: sales background. I was in retail. I was a personal

463
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Speaker 1: styles at Nordstroham. So I want to have the best

464
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Speaker 1: customer service possible because Hannah does all the marketing and

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Speaker 1: I would have fifty two followers on Instagram if it

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Speaker 1: wasn't for her, because you know, I'm I'm a mom,

467
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Speaker 1: but she had brought in so many people, and you know, anytime,

468
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Speaker 1: you know, sometimes you're gonna have breakage, and any time

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Speaker 1: that happened, she answers back within an hour and the

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Speaker 1: next day we send something out with an extra gift

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Speaker 1: because you know, I feel like everybody's home, you want

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Speaker 1: your house to smell beautiful. And I've always been a

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Speaker 1: candle person, and just we put a lot of love

474
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Speaker 1: in each package. We put a handwritten note and um,

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Speaker 1: I love we love doing it. It's a real it's

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Speaker 1: a real passion. And I'm type Z. Taylor's type A.

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Speaker 1: So we're a great uh you know match? Do you

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Speaker 1: know what she? I don't know what I am either,

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Speaker 1: But it's just been so awesome because like we kind

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Speaker 1: of like brought to world together like being sustainable, but

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Speaker 1: also like my mom has left candles since I was

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Speaker 1: like literally I can before I remember, we had a

483
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Speaker 1: candle in every single room in our house. So once

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Speaker 1: I like found out that she was like starting this

485
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Speaker 1: and was really serious about this, I was like, this

486
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Speaker 1: could not be more perfect of an opportunity like for us,

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Speaker 1: because we truly see it going like further than we

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Speaker 1: can even even like now, we're so proud of like

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Speaker 1: what it's become so far, but like we see so

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Speaker 1: much more for it. It's been it's been four months,

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Speaker 1: so it seems like about a year and a half

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Speaker 1: sometimes because that's so I'm so happy to have you guys.

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Speaker 1: Please reach out to me so that you're at the

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Speaker 1: top of my honest because I would love to get

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Speaker 1: the bottle. I want to get my bottle, the bottle

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Speaker 1: to you, and I want to get a candle made

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Speaker 1: and happy to support candles. We have tons of bottles,

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Speaker 1: so we just cut the bottles we have so people

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Speaker 1: don't have to ship them to us. Yeah, you know

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Speaker 1: what I mean? Does that makes yes? Yes? Mine, I

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Speaker 1: want I want a specialty order, happy to happy to

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Speaker 1: pay double for it request. Yeah, we can definitely do that. Okay,

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Speaker 1: everybody go to wine Wicks Candles dot com, follow them

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Speaker 1: on Instagram, wine Wicks Candles dot com. It's wine Wicks

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Speaker 1: with an X candles. Thank you all so much for

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Speaker 1: coming on. Congratulations. This is like you found something you

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Speaker 1: loved and it's working out for the best. Thank you

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00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:35,000
Speaker 1: for having us. Oh we love you. Next up, we

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Speaker 1: have the Little bean Shop. Um, this is this is

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Speaker 1: Little Bean dot shop on dot com, dot shot dot shop.

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Speaker 1: That's the thing, okay, so it's Little Bean dot shop.

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Speaker 1: Or you can follow them on Instagram at the Little

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Speaker 1: Bean Underscore shop on Instagram. UM and we have Rebecca

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Speaker 1: joining us. Hi, how are you guys? So good are you?

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Speaker 1: I'm good, I'm looking. I'm looking on your Instagram now

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Speaker 1: because I wanted to see the product. But I I'm

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Speaker 1: gonna let you. I'm gonna let you talk about what

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Speaker 1: your businesses so that you can explain to everyone. But

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Speaker 1: I need you all to go look at this Instagram

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Speaker 1: is so cute. Thank you so much. Thank you. Yes.

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Speaker 1: So we have an on my Baby Booty and we

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Speaker 1: sell everything from ones, these footies, bibs, um little booties,

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Speaker 1: and we like to go all out for the holiday.

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Speaker 1: So we have a really big Christmas collection UM on

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Speaker 1: our page. And we like to work with a bunch

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Speaker 1: of different um Us made designers UM. A lot of

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Speaker 1: them are actually stay at home moms that turned their

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Speaker 1: passions into careers and they design really beautiful pieces. A

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Speaker 1: lot of them are organic cotton or some of them

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Speaker 1: are made from soybean um which creates really soft products.

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Speaker 1: So we like to just find a bunch of different

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Speaker 1: designers don't have on our site. Um, a lot of

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Speaker 1: women owned brands, which is awesome. I love to see it. Yeah,

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00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:05,080
Speaker 1: and I, um, we just celebrate our one year in October. Um,

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Speaker 1: so it's just myself and then my mom actually helps

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Speaker 1: a lot with it. Um and we're online only right now,

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Speaker 1: but hopefully we want to open up a brick and

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Speaker 1: mortar in Newport, Rhode Island, because I live in Rhode Island.

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Speaker 1: Oh my god, it's so poor. Oh my god, I know.

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Speaker 1: Um so yeah, that's a little bit about us. It's

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Speaker 1: been a passion of mine. I love doing it. Um.

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Speaker 1: I graduated with a degree in PR and fashion merchandizing

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Speaker 1: and I've always loved babies, so I kind of just

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Speaker 1: combined both passions and I love it. It's been so

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Speaker 1: much fun, and hopefully it'll be my full time career

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Speaker 1: one day, so it's will be Yeah. I just want

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Speaker 1: to say, like, if you're someone whether you have kids,

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Speaker 1: or you have friends or family members with kids, or

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Speaker 1: if you know a baby in your life, this would

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00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:56,880
Speaker 1: be such an amazing gift because these are the types

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Speaker 1: of pieces that that could be passed down in each

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Speaker 1: holiday when there's a new baby Christmas outfit, the Christmas

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00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:07,600
Speaker 1: the gas we have are adorable, and we like to

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00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:10,760
Speaker 1: go all out for every holiday. We have Valentine's Day, Wednesie's,

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00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,840
Speaker 1: we had a bunch of Halloween stuff. Um, so every holiday.

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Speaker 1: It's really fun to just kind of go all out

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Speaker 1: and have a bunch of different types of pieces. It's

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Speaker 1: so cute. Everything on the on your Instagram. Do you

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Speaker 1: make any in adult sizes? I know you should see.

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Speaker 1: Our entire second bedroom is just like baby news everywhere.

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Speaker 1: My poor boyfriend, it's giving me such baby fever, but

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Speaker 1: I'm sure it's verrazy. I love it. Um. And we

563
00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:40,160
Speaker 1: also just ended a feature where people can write type

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00:29:40,200 --> 00:29:42,760
Speaker 1: like a gift message and then I handwrite it and

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00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:44,600
Speaker 1: I included in their package so if they're sending it

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Speaker 1: to their loved one directly, I can create like a

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00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:50,360
Speaker 1: little gift message for them. Um. So people have been

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00:29:50,400 --> 00:29:54,760
Speaker 1: loving that. Yeah, that well, everyone check out the Little

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Speaker 1: Bean it's a Little Bean dot shop and follow on

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Speaker 1: Instagram at the Little Bean undersco or shop. Um, Rebecca,

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Speaker 1: thank you, thank you for having me. Thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: Happy holidays, Mary, Holidays, good luck with healthy Thank you

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Speaker 1: so much. So we have Corey Taylor here. She are

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Speaker 1: Are you Corey Harris or Corey Corey Taylor is my

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Speaker 1: married name, but I go by Corey Harris. That's my art. Okay,

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Speaker 1: we have Corey Harris here and her website is Corey

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Speaker 1: Harris art dot com and then Instagram is Corey Harris Art. Um,

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Speaker 1: tell us about your company, what you do, how you started? Well,

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Speaker 1: first of all, my name's Corey and I started my

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Speaker 1: small business, my side hustle, right after I graduated college. Um,

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Speaker 1: I worked full time, so this was actually something that

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Speaker 1: I did to kind of bring me joy. I started

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Speaker 1: painting just to like do something that made me happy

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Speaker 1: that wasn't like my full time job. So I started

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Speaker 1: painting and then I made something really colorful. And this

586
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Speaker 1: was right when Instagram for started. So I had posted

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Speaker 1: like maybe a couple of food picks on my Instagram

588
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Speaker 1: and then I decided to post this painting I made,

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Speaker 1: and it was like instant gratification, you know. But people

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Speaker 1: that like that photo and they say, oh my gosh,

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Speaker 1: I want you to paint something for me too, And

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Speaker 1: so I just kept painting and I kept painting, and

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Speaker 1: then a couple of months later, Um, I decided to

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Speaker 1: put it up in an etcy shop. And I feel

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Speaker 1: like a lot of small businesses kind of start this way,

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Speaker 1: like especially if they're feeling down or lonely, like especially

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00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:30,360
Speaker 1: in like you're feeling anxious. You want something, you want

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Speaker 1: to do something that just makes you happy, So you

599
00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:35,920
Speaker 1: start a small business, you start a side hustle. So um,

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Speaker 1: I started with Etsy and then I kind of rolled

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Speaker 1: over and made my own website and it's becoming it's

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Speaker 1: becoming a little bit more real each and every day,

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Speaker 1: but it is still side hustle for right now. That's amazing.

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Speaker 1: I think everything. I mean, when you're passionate about something,

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Speaker 1: I feel like it just it turns into something bigger

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Speaker 1: as long as you're continuing to do it out of

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Speaker 1: passion and just something that you enjoyed to do. It's

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Speaker 1: I'm I'm hoping that this soon becomes your full time

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Speaker 1: successful business. Well. So it's interesting because I do enjoy

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Speaker 1: my full time job too. I have like different I

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Speaker 1: have different balances. So I'm a full time volleyball coach

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Speaker 1: at my college, so so very different. Oh you meet

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Speaker 1: I think you meeted yourself? Can you hear me? Yeah, um,

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Speaker 1: that gets out my competitive side and then this sort

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Speaker 1: of gets out my creative side that that's so like,

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Speaker 1: such a so interesting because they're so different. It's good,

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Speaker 1: it's good. It's a good different. So people, if people,

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Speaker 1: for people that are listening, if they want to, let's say,

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Speaker 1: for you know, for a gift for their mom, they

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Speaker 1: want to like maybe have a picture of her painted

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Speaker 1: from when she was like, what kind of paintings can

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Speaker 1: you do? So that's the that's the funny part of

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Speaker 1: the story. So I started painting on canvases as like

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Speaker 1: you would imagine most wal art. And then it's sort

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Speaker 1: of changed a little bit. So I put up an

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Speaker 1: Etsy shop, and then I decided to do an in

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Speaker 1: person show. And when I was doing this in person show,

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Speaker 1: I wanted to make my booth really cute. I wanted

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Speaker 1: to stand out. So I put a globe, a classroom

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Speaker 1: globe in my booth, and I swear every single person

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Speaker 1: that walked by my booth was like, that globe is

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Speaker 1: so cool, and I'm like, my canvases, my paintings all

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Speaker 1: right here. They were just looking at this globe. So

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Speaker 1: now I paint on globes. So if you can see

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Speaker 1: everything behind me. So like classroom style globes, I paint those,

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Speaker 1: So that is the cool as hell. Thank you. It's

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Speaker 1: seriously amazing. I'm if you have a teacher in your life,

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Speaker 1: this would be the coolest gift. Teachers are like my

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Speaker 1: primary customer and I'm so grateful for them. But I

640
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Speaker 1: love making teacher gifts. And also, but you can get whatever,

641
00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:52,480
Speaker 1: So I could like be like, hey, I want a

642
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Speaker 1: globe and I want like this quote on it, and

643
00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:56,960
Speaker 1: you can make it literally you name it and I've

644
00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,160
Speaker 1: done it. So I've got like a Taylor Swift globe

645
00:33:59,160 --> 00:34:03,360
Speaker 1: back here. Um, that's so cool, buddy. The else, I've

646
00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:06,240
Speaker 1: got a friend's globe I've got I mean, I'm thinking

647
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:08,160
Speaker 1: of the scrubbing and globe I can make right now.

648
00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:13,600
Speaker 1: I've got like red starburst. I've got all your quotes. Oh, Tanya,

649
00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:17,160
Speaker 1: we could make an amazing quote all the quotes behind you.

650
00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:21,680
Speaker 1: We could do it. I actually that's I've been thinking

651
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:23,520
Speaker 1: about a gift that I want to get for somebody.

652
00:34:23,560 --> 00:34:26,839
Speaker 1: But it's somebody that just has everything, you know that.

653
00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:29,400
Speaker 1: So this is actually really great gift because I think

654
00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:32,560
Speaker 1: sometimes the most thoughtful gifts are the best gifts. So yeah,

655
00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:35,879
Speaker 1: and they're meaningful to me. Keep your Instagram handle handy. Hey,

656
00:34:36,200 --> 00:34:40,080
Speaker 1: I appreciate it. Um. Okay, so everybody check out Corey.

657
00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:44,120
Speaker 1: It's uh Corey. So everybody check out Corey Harris art

658
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Speaker 1: dot com. Follow her on Instagram. It's at Corey Harris

659
00:34:48,440 --> 00:34:52,200
Speaker 1: Art on Instagram. Good luck, We love you. Thank you

660
00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:55,359
Speaker 1: so much for taking the time to come on with us,

661
00:34:55,600 --> 00:34:58,719
Speaker 1: and um, good luck on your side, hustle. Thank you,

662
00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:00,960
Speaker 1: love you guys. And if if you haven't heard it enough,

663
00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:02,879
Speaker 1: you guys are amazing. Thank you for everything you do.

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Speaker 1: We love So. Next up, we have love Sal. You

665
00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:11,640
Speaker 1: can shop at love Sal dot com or you can

666
00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:15,600
Speaker 1: go to her instagram. It's at shop love Sal on Instagram.

667
00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:19,879
Speaker 1: We have Sally Clark joining us. Hello, thank you, thank

668
00:35:19,960 --> 00:35:23,760
Speaker 1: you so much for having me. So tell us about

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Speaker 1: Love Sal. Tell us about how you got started and

670
00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:29,319
Speaker 1: what you do what you sell. Yeah, so it's kind

671
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:32,360
Speaker 1: of been a process. So it's an online women's clothing boutique.

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00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:37,759
Speaker 1: I specialize in all things women fashion, a lot of dresses, sweaters, loungeware,

673
00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:41,319
Speaker 1: things like that. Um. It kind of the idea kind

674
00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:42,960
Speaker 1: of came to me like a year and a half ago,

675
00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:47,040
Speaker 1: I was in UM. I was engaged actually in this relation.

676
00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:51,840
Speaker 1: It was a really unhealthy, um abusive relationship, and I

677
00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:54,320
Speaker 1: was kind of just looking for like a healthy, positive

678
00:35:54,400 --> 00:35:57,160
Speaker 1: outlet to kind of escape that part of my life.

679
00:35:57,640 --> 00:36:00,399
Speaker 1: And I posted like a couple of pieces of close

680
00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:03,600
Speaker 1: from Amazon on my Instagram and I got some feedback,

681
00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:05,799
Speaker 1: and so then I posted more and I got some

682
00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:07,839
Speaker 1: more feedback, and that kind of led me into like

683
00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:13,080
Speaker 1: the fashion blogging world and UM, so that eventually, I

684
00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:15,160
Speaker 1: you know, kept going with that and I started blogging

685
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:17,400
Speaker 1: and things like that. When I got the strength to

686
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:21,080
Speaker 1: leave that relationship, I really leaned into this community and

687
00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:24,120
Speaker 1: I kept sharing clothes and stuff as just oh way

688
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:27,000
Speaker 1: to kind of express myself while I was healing through

689
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:29,640
Speaker 1: this heartbreak. But then I also started talking a lot

690
00:36:29,680 --> 00:36:33,080
Speaker 1: about like real life stuff like heartbreak and domestic violence

691
00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:36,520
Speaker 1: and self confidence and body positivity and and things like that.

692
00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:39,000
Speaker 1: And then so I just kind of kept doing what

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00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:41,439
Speaker 1: I was doing. And then quarantine came and I had

694
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:44,080
Speaker 1: so much time to think and figure out what I

695
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:46,200
Speaker 1: wanted to do, and I'm just like, how can I

696
00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:49,080
Speaker 1: tie all of these pieces together, all these different pieces

697
00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:50,560
Speaker 1: of my life? How can I bring it to one

698
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:53,080
Speaker 1: like clothes which kind of saved me through this, but

699
00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:55,560
Speaker 1: then also help other people that might be going through

700
00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:58,600
Speaker 1: a situation, situation like I was in, And that's when

701
00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:01,080
Speaker 1: the boutique kind of came to me. So, um I

702
00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:04,719
Speaker 1: started started buying and selling clothes and then every month

703
00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:09,080
Speaker 1: I do a donation to different domestic violence organizations as

704
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:11,240
Speaker 1: a way to kind of give back and help spread

705
00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:14,080
Speaker 1: the word and awareness and things like that. Um So

706
00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:16,040
Speaker 1: it's been like a year and a half process to

707
00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:18,120
Speaker 1: get to where I am today, but it has been

708
00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:21,120
Speaker 1: so rewarding and so much fun. I love that. I

709
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:25,920
Speaker 1: love the aspect of giving back to these charities. That

710
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:30,359
Speaker 1: there is a way of saying, like kind of as

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00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:32,239
Speaker 1: a way of showing what you've been through and what

712
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:34,799
Speaker 1: you got out of and how this company helped you

713
00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:37,239
Speaker 1: heal from that. And it's like, what if I can

714
00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:40,359
Speaker 1: help someone that's me a year and a half ago,

715
00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:42,560
Speaker 1: and like that, I know I was gonna say, I'm

716
00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:44,640
Speaker 1: really proud of you for being able to pull yourself

717
00:37:44,680 --> 00:37:47,200
Speaker 1: out of that. I think that's such a testament to

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00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:49,719
Speaker 1: who you are and how strong you are, because I

719
00:37:49,719 --> 00:37:54,360
Speaker 1: think sometimes you know it takes a It takes a

720
00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:56,600
Speaker 1: lot of strength to pull yourself out of that. Yeah, well,

721
00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:59,440
Speaker 1: thank you so much. I appreciate that. And you know,

722
00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:02,239
Speaker 1: sharing my story has been probably the best thing from

723
00:38:02,239 --> 00:38:04,719
Speaker 1: the healing process too, and then getting to pour it

724
00:38:04,719 --> 00:38:08,879
Speaker 1: into something else that can help other people. It's it's

725
00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:11,399
Speaker 1: been more than I could have ever asked for, so

726
00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:16,600
Speaker 1: after I'm forever thankful for it. I love that. Um um.

727
00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:19,080
Speaker 1: For anyone who's wanting to start their own business, what

728
00:38:19,239 --> 00:38:21,000
Speaker 1: is some what is a piece of advice you want

729
00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:23,759
Speaker 1: to give someone just who's starting out, I would say,

730
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:26,080
Speaker 1: just go for it. And I know that's so broad

731
00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:28,880
Speaker 1: and so vague, but I mean Google has all of

732
00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:33,279
Speaker 1: the answers that you need, TikTok now, YouTube podcasts, anything like,

733
00:38:33,719 --> 00:38:36,080
Speaker 1: just go for it. And the thing that I always

734
00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:38,920
Speaker 1: told myself is the worst thing I can say is

735
00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:41,279
Speaker 1: that I tried and I failed. But I would never

736
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:43,680
Speaker 1: want to look back in five years and be like,

737
00:38:43,680 --> 00:38:46,600
Speaker 1: oh I should have done that. Uh well, We'll just

738
00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:49,680
Speaker 1: continue to surround yourself with people that support you and

739
00:38:49,880 --> 00:38:52,759
Speaker 1: that tell you you can do it. And this guy

740
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:57,279
Speaker 1: is literally the limit. Anything is really possible. I love that. Well,

741
00:38:57,320 --> 00:39:01,560
Speaker 1: everyone check out Love Sell dot com and follow shop

742
00:39:01,640 --> 00:39:05,200
Speaker 1: Love sal on Instagram. Thank you for coming on and

743
00:39:05,239 --> 00:39:11,440
Speaker 1: talking about your business. I hope it is immensely successful. Yeah, Sally,

744
00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:13,919
Speaker 1: congratulations and thank you so thank you for having me.

745
00:39:14,560 --> 00:39:18,320
Speaker 1: All Right, we have the owner of Espionage Los Angeles.

746
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:24,839
Speaker 1: We have Taylor King joining us on scrubbing in. Hi. Taylor, Hi,

747
00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:28,120
Speaker 1: thanks for having me. Yeah, thanks for being here. So

748
00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:29,880
Speaker 1: I just kind of wanted you to give us a

749
00:39:29,920 --> 00:39:32,400
Speaker 1: rundown of what you offer at Espionage and kind of

750
00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:34,600
Speaker 1: how you got started and what it is that you do.

751
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:38,400
Speaker 1: So at Espionage, we always like to say we have

752
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:42,480
Speaker 1: a little bit of something for everyone, and we really do.

753
00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:46,560
Speaker 1: Customers will come to our store, especially during the holiday

754
00:39:46,600 --> 00:39:51,920
Speaker 1: season and literally knock everyone off their list, from their mom,

755
00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:58,920
Speaker 1: their dad, brother, boyfriend, grandma, even um teachers. You know,

756
00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:02,880
Speaker 1: we just really it's hard to leave the store without

757
00:40:03,239 --> 00:40:08,560
Speaker 1: finding something cool for like someone you're thinking of. That's

758
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:11,120
Speaker 1: sometimes those are the hardest gifts because a lot of

759
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:13,680
Speaker 1: times it's easy to go on and find like a

760
00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:18,400
Speaker 1: basic gift for someone, and sometimes I struggle with the

761
00:40:18,520 --> 00:40:21,279
Speaker 1: thoughtful gifts of something that's different that you can't really

762
00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:24,200
Speaker 1: get anywhere else. Do you feel like that's kind of

763
00:40:24,239 --> 00:40:26,200
Speaker 1: like what y'all offer to people? Is that why you

764
00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:29,800
Speaker 1: yeah about? It's funny. This woman just came in earlier

765
00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:31,520
Speaker 1: today and was like, you know, I need to get

766
00:40:31,560 --> 00:40:35,120
Speaker 1: a gift for this person. It's like my friends husband,

767
00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:40,560
Speaker 1: and you know, he loves airplanes. He loves to fly airplanes.

768
00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:44,240
Speaker 1: He loves airplanes. And I was like, funny you say that.

769
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:52,400
Speaker 1: I just got this nineties seventies original box filled with

770
00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:54,799
Speaker 1: It's like one of those boxes that you would get

771
00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:58,840
Speaker 1: if you're flying first class and each each person gets

772
00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:02,120
Speaker 1: like their own little I guess, like a snack box,

773
00:41:02,200 --> 00:41:06,760
Speaker 1: you could say. But it was filled with like two

774
00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:12,880
Speaker 1: Irish whiskeys, two mugs, two swizzle sticks that were in

775
00:41:12,920 --> 00:41:16,960
Speaker 1: the shape of skis because it was Irish, this Irish

776
00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:21,200
Speaker 1: like drink company. I guess it's very snow centuri something

777
00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:26,120
Speaker 1: so and it was like this perfectly pristine box of

778
00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:31,200
Speaker 1: this stuff, sealed in plastic, straight from the seventies. And

779
00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:33,480
Speaker 1: she was like, oh my god, this is perfect. Like

780
00:41:33,520 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 1: where else could you find that? Really? I don't know.

781
00:41:36,239 --> 00:41:38,400
Speaker 1: I tried to google it, I kind of lend it anywhere.

782
00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:42,359
Speaker 1: So where do you get like items like that? Where

783
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:44,359
Speaker 1: do you how are you able to get that kind

784
00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:47,200
Speaker 1: of stuff for your store? Now? Over the years, I've

785
00:41:47,280 --> 00:41:52,080
Speaker 1: met quite a few characters, and there are collectors out

786
00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:55,759
Speaker 1: there that I've just built relationships with and now they

787
00:41:55,840 --> 00:41:58,480
Speaker 1: kind of start bringing me things to sell at my store,

788
00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:02,200
Speaker 1: and they most sometimes think it's their store. I have

789
00:42:02,239 --> 00:42:04,319
Speaker 1: some people that are like, well, I got this for you,

790
00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:07,120
Speaker 1: so you better take it, and I'm like, I don't

791
00:42:07,120 --> 00:42:10,920
Speaker 1: want that. But um, this one guy that I work with,

792
00:42:11,120 --> 00:42:16,600
Speaker 1: he really just knows the history and like just comes

793
00:42:16,640 --> 00:42:21,360
Speaker 1: across like the craziest things. Um, Like, we're doing a

794
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:25,360
Speaker 1: gift right now for a celebrity client. We do a

795
00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:30,920
Speaker 1: lot of like celebrity gifting. And this particular person also

796
00:42:31,080 --> 00:42:35,239
Speaker 1: randomly loves airplanes and loves to fly airplanes. And I

797
00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:43,000
Speaker 1: found a vintage propeller from World War Two, and I

798
00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:47,279
Speaker 1: mean it's just incredible. I can show you, but I

799
00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:51,160
Speaker 1: don't think other people can see right right. Well, if

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00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:53,080
Speaker 1: for people that are listening that don't live in l A,

801
00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:55,080
Speaker 1: can they shop your store online? Do you guys have

802
00:42:55,120 --> 00:42:58,000
Speaker 1: an online I do have an online and um, I

803
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:00,239
Speaker 1: mean more than ever I know shopping online. It's a

804
00:43:00,239 --> 00:43:03,920
Speaker 1: big thing. So I am working on my website for

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00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:06,759
Speaker 1: the longest time. I think I've had my website. I've

806
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:10,719
Speaker 1: had the store for almost ten years, nine years, and

807
00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:16,360
Speaker 1: I think I've had the website for maybe four years,

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00:43:16,640 --> 00:43:20,000
Speaker 1: three to four years. And so now it's kind of

809
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:22,080
Speaker 1: the time where I'm like, Okay, I really got to

810
00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:25,120
Speaker 1: vamp up this website and make it look good because

811
00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:28,200
Speaker 1: just me doing it myself is not going to cut it.

812
00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:32,200
Speaker 1: So we're working on it. But you can totally shop

813
00:43:32,239 --> 00:43:35,840
Speaker 1: on the website. Okay, So you can go to Espionage

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00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:38,319
Speaker 1: l A dot com and then you can follow them

815
00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:42,120
Speaker 1: on Espionage l A on Instagram, and I'm assuming you

816
00:43:42,239 --> 00:43:44,520
Speaker 1: kind of show products that you have available on the

817
00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:47,279
Speaker 1: internet page. Um. A cool thing that we offer on

818
00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:50,600
Speaker 1: our website too is the package. And it's kind of

819
00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:53,880
Speaker 1: like a gift basket, but obviously not your average gift basket.

820
00:43:54,320 --> 00:43:57,359
Speaker 1: We curate it or I personally curate it, and there's

821
00:43:57,400 --> 00:43:59,600
Speaker 1: a note section that you can write like who you're

822
00:43:59,600 --> 00:44:02,279
Speaker 1: gifting for, and I can and you pick the price

823
00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:04,520
Speaker 1: range that you want to spend, and I'll just put

824
00:44:04,600 --> 00:44:08,000
Speaker 1: together like a cute little medley of things and we'll

825
00:44:08,040 --> 00:44:12,560
Speaker 1: give wrappit. Oh, that's amazing. That's such a great idea. Yeah,

826
00:44:12,600 --> 00:44:15,680
Speaker 1: it's kind of like Sugarfish, So it's like me, you know,

827
00:44:15,760 --> 00:44:20,440
Speaker 1: we'll just in and a little about the person I

828
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:25,040
Speaker 1: love Sugarfish. Well, thank you for coming on. I'm so

829
00:44:25,080 --> 00:44:28,120
Speaker 1: glad we're able to talk to you and promote your business.

830
00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:31,359
Speaker 1: And everyone check out Espionage l A dot com and

831
00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:35,480
Speaker 1: follow Espionage l A on Instagram. Perfect. Thank you guys, Thanks,

832
00:44:35,600 --> 00:44:39,600
Speaker 1: thank you, Happy your holidays. Holidays. All right, Well that

833
00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:43,080
Speaker 1: is it for our small businesses. Um, thank you everyone

834
00:44:43,120 --> 00:44:46,279
Speaker 1: who came on. We so appreciate you introducing us to

835
00:44:46,320 --> 00:44:49,239
Speaker 1: your business and telling everyone. I hope that everyone will

836
00:44:49,280 --> 00:44:51,680
Speaker 1: go out and support these companies you heard us talk

837
00:44:51,719 --> 00:44:53,920
Speaker 1: about and talk to you. Yeah, and maybe we can

838
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:58,440
Speaker 1: let this you know, many episodes. Spark um another chain

839
00:44:58,719 --> 00:45:01,360
Speaker 1: on the Facebook group where people can go and post

840
00:45:01,400 --> 00:45:03,799
Speaker 1: about their business and we can all kind of help

841
00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:08,480
Speaker 1: support each other. Um, because that's how it starts. It's true,

842
00:45:08,520 --> 00:45:10,279
Speaker 1: and this is something that should you know. We have

843
00:45:10,360 --> 00:45:13,160
Speaker 1: to support these businesses year round, not just Christmas. But

844
00:45:13,239 --> 00:45:15,520
Speaker 1: this is such an opportunity for you to show your

845
00:45:15,560 --> 00:45:18,640
Speaker 1: support and get some really great and thoughtful gifts. So

846
00:45:19,120 --> 00:45:21,719
Speaker 1: check them all out. Go to the UM, maybe we'll

847
00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:23,839
Speaker 1: do a post on the Facebook group and you can

848
00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:26,840
Speaker 1: add other small businesses so everyone can support one another.

849
00:45:26,920 --> 00:45:31,319
Speaker 1: Right now, Um, thank you for listening to our mini episode.

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Speaker 1: We will be back next week and we love you

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Speaker 1: and have a great week. You fine,