ILIA X SKÅL - SMALL BIZ POP-UP
CHECK OUT PICS BELOW FROM THE ILIA X SKÅL - SMALL BIZ POP-UP THAT WE HAD THIS SATURDAY!
WHEN I SAY MY HEART IS FILLED WITH GRATITUDE, I REALLY MEAN IT!
A FEW WEEKS AGO, I WENT TO SKÅL TO SHOW LOVE TO THE HOOD HEALER & WHILE WAITING FOR HER I ENDED UP TALKING TO THE AMAZING OWNER, JESUS, & NEXT THING YOU KNOW WE ENDED UP SETTING A DATE TO DO A SMALL POP-UP SHOP FOR MY BUSINESS. AFTER BEING GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THIS EVENT TOGETHER, IT ONLY FELT RIGHT TO INCLUDE OTHER CREATIVES, ARTISTS, AND BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES THAT I LOVE, ADMIRE, RESPECT, AND APPRECIATE TO MAKE IT A COMMUNITY THING. WITH THIS WHOLE COVID CRISIS HAPPENING, I WAS ACTUALLY VERY SKEPTICAL & NERVOUS BECAUSE I STILL WANTED TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE, SO WE MADE SURE TO DO EVERYTHING OUTSIDE & TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS. HALFWAY THROUGH PLANNING THE EVENT, I LOOKED AT THE DATE AND REALIZED THAT IT WAS THE 9 YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF MY LINE & BEING A CREATIVE CURATOR (LOL), AFTER REALIZING THAT, I KNEW THAT IT WAS ONLY RIGHT TO TURN THIS INTO A TRUE CELEBRATION!
NOW LOOKING BACK AT SATURDAY, I’M FILLED WITH SO MUCH GRATITUDE BECAUSE EVERYTHING WORKED OUT PERFECTLY, ALL THANKS TO THE MOST MIGH! WE HAD AN AMAZING DAY FILLED WITH GOOD VIBES, CREATIVITY, COMMUNITY, ART, & MOST IMPORTANTLY LOVE.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE VENDORS THAT PARTICIPATED - WAKE & BAKE CAFE, LAVAN WRIGHT, TERRI ASHLEY, TOUT EST BOMBE, NIKKI PROFIT, PS STUDIOS, JUEPARIS, SHEÈ NY, AND PALLOR.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT CAME THROUGH & SHOWED LOVE, IT WAS REALLY APPRECIATED!
ALSO, THANK YOU TO THE AWESOME PHOTOGRAPHER NIGIL - @LORDNC !
