HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY to SOUTHERN BELLE GLAMOUR!!!!!!
(you just don't know how excited I am to say this!!)
It was this time last year that I had a major life changing moment that made me get out of bed on Monday, January 5, 2009 and head down to the courthouse to register SBG. I have never been so scared, excited, anxious in my life. The one thing I was full of that morning was FAITH!! I knew no matter what happened as long as I keep my faith strong and I am doing all things thru Christ I could not fail at this! The first few months....wow! That's all I can say, everything was happening so quickly...everyone wanted everything I was making! (which was such a great feeling!)
The first huge leap SBG made was setting up in Canton for First Monday for the very FIRST time ever!! I had no idea what to expect, how much to bring and such! The best thing I did right that weekend other than to pray was to bring my best friend Allison with me. She is always full of confidence, courage, strength and a really good laugh! I knew having her by my side to help remind me to breathe I would be okay. After a really cold, long weekend we knew Southern Belle Glamour was going to be a hit! I was so glad that the huge leap of faith I took just over a month ago was paying off right before my eyes!
After that weekend, I was speaking to a close friend of mine about the business and how can I continue to do this, make it better and keep the product coming in but the twist was to make sure it was always affordable! Veronica looked at me and said let's sit down and really talk about this! After I gave my spill and preached about SBG she looked up and handed me a check to invest into SBG! I was so excited because with that I was able to buy more merchandise then I could on my own...cause lord knows being a single mom the income is never enough and to have an expensive new business it would take me months to get to that type of investment. I knew that SBG was about to get on a real good start because of her!
We continued setting up at First Monday every month thru the cold weather, the rain, the holidays and the awful summer heat! It was so rough on those weekends but there would always be that one customer that would come in and say something completely simple but so amazing to me that would make me look up and say Thank you, God! It was always a great thing to hear and such a good reminder to stick with it, it will pay off! (Huge Thank you to Robin (Candle Corsets) & Shelly (Rockin Vintage) for believing in me, checking on me each month and always having a positive attitude on those really rough weekends!!)
After many more months of First Monday, Home Shows, Trunk Shows, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter & all that blogging about getting out the word of SBG and our website it was the most beautiful thing to see people recognizing me & the business.
The hardest thing I think about SBG and knowing its potential was knowing I was a single mom and did not want to put anything in front of my daughter, Emma. There were many times I felt like I had, but man did that little girl always know what to say or just smile at me at the right time to remind me I was doing this for us. It didn't take Emma long to realize that all that "BLING" was mommy's business and when we were not at a show she could sneak over and cover herself head to toe in all the beautiful jewelry! She really had the same twinkle in her eye as I did about it all!
One of the best things to happen to Southern Belle Glamour, was to have Rachel (childhood friend) come aboard in November as a partner in SBG & let me tell you it was right before the biggest show we have ever done! Texas Stampede at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas! 60,000 plus people in two days! Can you say, NERVOUS!!!!! We were both very confident in our product and knew it would sell but we are small town girls in the big city and boy was it a BIG CITY!!! We both share the same dreams & goals for taking Southern Belle Glamour to the next level! What makes it even better is that we are both moms so we understand each other even better & most importantly we both know and give God all the credit for allowing us to be able to live our dreams and it is only through him we can grow our business!
Huge thank you to Rachel for coming aboard and helping make both of dreams come closer to reality!
We both look forward to celebrating many more birthdays for Southern Belle Glamour!
Thank you to each and everyone of you who believed in us, prayed for us & especially shopped with us! We are truly blessed because of all of you!
Jessica & Rachel
Southern Belle Glamour
