Joyeux Septembre! We hope this little post finds you well. As you'll see, it's a bit different from our usual newsletter. Every now and then, we like to take a step back from the whole selling part of shopkeeping and focus on the reason why we started this at all: to inspire the imagination and sense of femininity that we are all capable for, even if for a moment. We hope you can take such a moment to grab yourself a cup of tea or coffee and settle in for our first edition of the AV Gazette! Oh, and do give...

One of the reasons I adore Hobbits so much is that they're all about comfort and their homes are a reflection of this ideal coziness I aspire to have in my own home. Your home should be a very personal space, a place where you find refuge and solace from all the going ons of the outside world. I'm sure it seems trivial to some, but for you and I, dear reader, we are creatures who love the comforts of home and are very affected by the environment around us.  I will also guess that you might be a bit of...

"There isn't a perfect person somewhere, only a more perfect person we might become, and there isn't a paradise someone can lead us to unless it's the world we make ourselves..." - Shain, Merle. (1988). Courage My Love, Bantam. When I thought about starting the "Life Adored Project, 1,000 Simple Ways to Live Beautifully", I knew a big part of what I wanted to focus on was self care and self love.  As a small business owner I am very use to wearing multiple hats at once and often jumping from one to-do list to another and running 100 miles per...