What's your story? 

Growing up in Southampton I always wished that there had been a store like mine, a place where everyone could go and shop - that no matter your social or economic status you could always leave with something that you would just love! So it had always been a dream of mine but I guess I put that dream away in a little box for a while and went to college. I had actually studied Criminal Justice - I wanted to become a social worker, but as I worked through school bouncing around to several different retail businesses, I started to question what I was doing spending so much money on something I wasn't so sure what the right move for me. Ultimately I gained so much knowledge, and experience and grew in the retail profession - I just excelled so much - that I decided to stop pursuing Criminal Justice. Although I am still a HUGE dateline, First 48 and all those other crime junkie shows fanatic! So I reopened that box that I had put on the shelf for so long thinking I could no way open my own store I mean I didn't even know where to start and it all just sounded so overwhelming and scary! But slowly I began telling myself that I could do it, I actually could be in retail and have my own store. So with the support of my family and friends, I began to look for retail rental properties, in different towns until one year while working in Greenport Village, I saw this space available. It definitely needed a lot of love but I could see the potential of the space! After that, I feel like I had pushed the snowball down the mountain and everything just got bigger, picked up momentum, and grew!  So now I'm here!! Six years later and so happy!