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THE NEW BUSINESS REMODEL IS COMPLETE!!!
EXCITING DAYS ARE HERE! MY HUBBY IS “GONE FISHIN” AFTER NOT EVEN TWO MONTHS, THE REMODEL IS DONE! What started out as an ice cold, dirty mechanics garage, is now rustic elegance. I absolutely love...
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Dreams come true
Grand opening of Tattered. January 26, 2013. Remember how it looked before? October 22, 2012. Ready for customers!! Pretty aqua pieces All three of these pieces SOLD! My first attempt at Valentines...
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Balance
To be hard on myself, I could say I am bad at the art of blogging. I made one post in January and one in February. The most successful bloggers have daily posts. I started out with more posts when I...
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Starting a business is not an easy thing
Warning: this may be a negative, complaining type post. If you do not want to bring your mood down, you may want to skip this. When I get to complaining about how hard my life is right now, I get...
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Mid March Blahs
We are still in deep up north! Seems like every Monday drops another 6 inches of snow here. First day of spring and I think it was something like -10 degrees this morning. Minnesota winters are LOOONG....
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5 things I have learned so far…after starting the business
1. There is less time to blog. I look back to when I first starting posting my journey, there was something like 17 posts that first month. I am lucky if I can squeak in 2 now. It has become one more...
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Time to get creative!
Stand/side bar Finished a piece that has been hanging around the back room for months. This old Hi-Fi stereo unit was repurposed into a muti-purpose storage unit. The colors turned out well together....
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Meanwhile, here at Tattered….
It’s been exactly one month since the last update post. Time has past enough to give another update. Next Monday I will be part time at the clinic so I can devote more time to the store. I seems to me...
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Logo final copy
Yay! All grown up and have my own professional logo!! thanks Erica Marquis Designs Filed under: Vintage decor
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Falling behind (on blog, that is)
It seems there are more weeks between posts every time I look than the time before. I guess that can be a good and a bad thing. Busy enough at the store that I can’t find time to write, but too busy to...
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Repurposing dresser drawers
I visited a wonderful gal yesterday that is helping her grandparents clean out a granary on their farm. She reports it was the building where the whole family put their junk they didn’t want anymore....
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Leaving nursing!
I think back to when I started this journey. In a corner of my mind I would think “what if?” What if the store was so successful, I could quit my job and do it full time? Nah,,, that would never...
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Annie Sloan Chalk Paint vs. CeCe Caldwell
So today I started my new full time job. I am a retail store owner. I left nursing behind Friday. I cried like a baby when I left the clinic, but I got over it fairly fast. I am still overwhelmed, I...
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Back tracking
Oops, I forgot to publish my last post 5 weeks ago. Anybody else have things like that happen? Oh well, I just published it tonight anyway. And hopefully, I will publish this one too. If I don’t...
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Blogging for over one year!
It’s been over a year since I started writing down my hopes and dreams to start my own business. I think I have succeeded pretty well. My doors are still open at Tattered and I just attended the 2nd...
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Still alive!
Hey everyone, I am still alive if anyone is wondering. Things are the same, which for a new store owner is a good thing. The store is open one week a month over the winter months and in April we will...
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Something new for Tattered
So I made a big move this week and will be a new retailer for this line of decorative paint! I moved very fast and am excited as this company is growing fast. Just wanted to share my excitement....
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Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint retailer too!!
Filed under: business startup, Paint Tagged: custom painted furniture, DIY, furniture paint, milk paint, Minnesota, Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint, Newfolden, shabby chic, Vintage
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