This week our local shop is turning two! I cannot believe it's been two years since we had our grand opening. There's a part of me that feels like it was just yesterday, and there's a part of me that feels like it was a decade ago. Does that mean I'm getting old? (Don't answer that.)
In the past two years Elsie and I have been lucky enough not only to live our dream but to watch our little business grow. I was just reading last year's shop anniversary post, and I'm now sitting here getting a little teary-eyed about Red Velvet. We love our local vintage shop. It has been a vintage shop for years and years now. We purchased the business from the previous owner who had worked there for a long time. She actually sold me my high school prom dress from what was then Nellie Dunn's (and is now Red Velvet). If you had told 18-year-old Emma she was going to grow up to own a business with her sister... well, actually, I probably would have believed you. I have always believed in my sister.
Many of you are a part of our shop story too. We've met so many ABM readers over the years who were passing through our town and stop at the shop. Thank you. It has been an amazing two years. We feel so blessed, and we are so excited for what the future holds. xo. Emma (and Elsie)
Hi, just found your blog through Apartment Therapy! You guys are darling...sisters are the best. Period. Congrats on 2 years...here's to many more!!
Kassi
www.babiesandbrewskies.blogspot.com
Posted by: Kassi Chapman | October 26, 2012 at 02:46 PM
That is so unbelievably exciting! Congrats!!
xo Heather
http://ahopelessnotebook.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Heather | October 26, 2012 at 02:56 PM
Two years? That means I've been reading ABM almost three years; HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? I could swear it was maybe ten months at most. How much time do I lose to the internet?
Posted by: Sarah Rooftops | October 26, 2012 at 02:56 PM
Happy shopaversary!! Hopefully one day I'll be able to visit it! xo. Deanna
http://curlyadventures.blogspot.com
Posted by: Deanna | October 26, 2012 at 03:01 PM
I love that dress! I'm so excited for your two years being open! Do you plan on (or have you already) putting up a tour of the shop, kind of like your home tours? I know I'll never make it all the way to Missouri, and I'd love to see the whole thing!
http://whiskeybreakfast.blogspot.com
Posted by: Kate | October 26, 2012 at 03:06 PM
Congratulations! If I ever come over to the US I would love to stop by! x
Posted by: Joanne | October 26, 2012 at 03:08 PM
The lighting is amazing!
http://tinacious.me/
Posted by: TinaciousMe | October 26, 2012 at 03:23 PM
I love Red Velvet. I live in Louisville, Kentucky and I hope that I have the opportunity to visit one day! It would be awesome to meet the two of you!
XO Krystin
Posted by: Krystin | October 26, 2012 at 03:24 PM
Beautiful photos! So geat that you have your own store!
LUXESSED
Posted by: Anouka | October 26, 2012 at 03:25 PM
I've been reading your blog for years and it's been so exciting to watch you and your career grow! Congrats- you're incredibly talented and I hope you have many more years of success How Bout Some Cake
Posted by: Rachel | October 26, 2012 at 03:28 PM
Congrats on two years! I hope I can visit your shop someday :)
Posted by: Vicki | October 26, 2012 at 03:28 PM
Gosh Happy Birthday guys!
Being all the way here in the UK I literally die inside a little every time you share photographs of your store and I can't visit!
I came about 18months ago on a jaunt round the Southern States, and really dig the place!
Cant wait to come back next year!
www.suggestivedigestive.wordpress.com
Posted by: Kitty | October 26, 2012 at 03:30 PM
Wow--congratulations! The shop is so unique and gorgeous. I hope I can visit one day!
Posted by: Melissa B | October 26, 2012 at 03:33 PM
Everything you two touch is golden! What a beautiful shop! I would love to stop by sometime!
www.beautyandbows.com
Posted by: Star White | October 26, 2012 at 03:35 PM
Congratulations ladies! You are both such an inspiration :) Here's to many more! <3
Posted by: abby | October 26, 2012 at 03:36 PM
So darling - hope I get to stop by some day. :) Cognratulations on your shop's bday!
Morgan
seemomogo.blogspot.com
Posted by: Morgan | October 26, 2012 at 03:36 PM
Beautiful shop... If only I lived in America! Sophie x
Http://your-girl-is-lovely.blogspot.co.uk
Posted by: Sophie | October 26, 2012 at 03:40 PM
yay! congratulations and wishes for continued success. :)
Posted by: jeanne e. | October 26, 2012 at 03:41 PM
time flies when you are having fun! congrats and many more!
Posted by: Bri | October 26, 2012 at 03:41 PM
This is so exciting! Congrats :D
Posted by: Andrea Lynne | October 26, 2012 at 03:45 PM