Within the last week and a half I have found out about 3 strong businesses here in the Central Texas area that have announced the growth or expansion of their business. Their stories have inspired me ever since I first discovered each of them and to now see their opportunity to grow and serve the communities in an even bigger way gives me great joy and I just want to celebrate with them. So today's post is a celebration of their news, their vision, and their love and commitment to their communities. Celebrate them with me today and stay tuned for future posts about each of them here on the Olive Basket!
I launched the Olive Basket with my feature post about one of my most favorite shops that I have come across in all of my explorations - Cherry Tree Creative. Curie Humphreys is the creative owner behind this business and if you didn't get a chance to read about her and her shop Cherry Tree Creative, just click HERE.
Curie announced just a little over a week ago her plans to open The Nest Box, and I am super excited about her news and about seeing her new shop. There was an empty space right next door to Cherry Tree, and it was just a perfect space for her to take a hold of and to provide a shop not only accessible from Cherry Tree (she's opening a space in the wall between!), but complimentary to Cherry Tree as well.
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| {photo credit: The Nest Box} |
The Next Box will be a curated collection of home goods to feather your nest and will offer favorites and finds that compliment Cherry Tree. Her grand opening is scheduled for Thursday, November 6, which happens to also coincide with her event at Cherry Tree, "Christmas on Main Street Open House". If you happen to be in Taylor, Texas, that weekend be sure to stop in and see The Nest Box as well as all the new Christmas goodies that Cherry Tree will have. I am super excited about this opportunity for Curie and love that she is extending her offerings right in her own community!
About a year ago, I stumbled across someone who was at the time writing a blog, decorating houses, and hosting an Open House to tour her newly renovated farmhouse. Her story and her style captured my attention and I have been a fan ever since. Since then, her story and style have captured a good portion of the country's attention too as her and her husband's home building and renovating business - Magnolia Homes - hit America's living rooms in a new HGTV show called Fixer Upper. What a hit that show has been! And, it's amazing to see how much people love their show and love them. Since Fixer Upper launched at the beginning of this year, Joanna Gaines has since opened her shop Magnolia Market. She owned her own shop years ago and had vision of doing it again, but her and her husband Chip Gaines' business was taking center stage. However, it seemed like a great time to open her new shop, Magnolia Market in Waco, TX, this past spring. Her shop is adorable of course, and very reflective of her style and of Fixer Upper.
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| {photo credit: Magnolia Market} |
I haven't written about Magnolia Market here on the Olive Basket yet, and had been waiting to do so for some reason. And, now I will wait a bit longer as Joanna just announced Monday, that they will be moving their offices and expanding Magnolia Market to a new location. This location is quite unique as it includes a grain barn and two silos, but her vision for it is super exciting. She plans to increase the footprint of her shop and the offices for their business, but in addition she will utilize a 12,000 square foot space in the grain barn to host monthly Trade Days that will feature antique vendors and local food trucks.
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| {photo credit: Magnolia Market | Magnolia Silos} |
I love the vision and more importantly I love what this vision will bring to the town and community of Waco. You have to read the story of how they decided to make this move and you can read it HERE on her blog. Joanna and Chip inspire me in that they have taken every step of this new found success, exposure, and growth of their business with their faith at the front of it all. If you don't already follow her blog, please do. She has a lot of great ideas but she talks a lot about her everyday life and her faith journey as well. MagnoliaHomes.net/Blog - It will inspire you!
I have plans to write a post about this last business in the upcoming weeks, and as I was visiting the Owl - a home goods shop over in Elgin, TX - I learned that they were also expanding their business. Elgin is a small town just south of Taylor, TX, and about 25 miles east of Austin. The owners of the Owl, Molly Alexander and parnter Gary Luedecke, invested in their town a couple of years ago when they opened this home goods shop and wine bar.
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| {Logo photo credit: G&M Drygoods} |
While visiting last week and snapping pictures for my upcoming blog post about the Owl, I learned that they were opening a second business in Elgin - G&M Drygoods. Just a block down the street from the Owl, G&M Drygoods will offer gifts and small goods that compliment the goods they offer at the Owl. They plan to open this upcoming weekend and you can be sure that I will feature G&M Drygoods here on the Olive Basket as well.
The celebration of these businesses for me is not only to see each of them grow and prosper, but to celebrate the fact that they are doing it in their very own communities located in small town America. Each of these businesses could have chosen to relocate or open their second location in a more populated area or a more retail thriving destination, but instead they decided to stay in their own communities because it's where they live, they love where they live, and they want to not only be a part of their own community but to give back to it in this way. That's pretty amazing to me and I respect and admire each of these business owners and community members. Thank you for loving where you live, for investing in where you live, celebrating where you live, and inviting the rest of us into your community. Congratulations to each of you!
{SIDE NOTE: In this post, all links to these businesses and/or to related posts are highlighted in Maroon - please click on them to go straight to their individual Website, Facebook page, or Blog. Thank you so much!}
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