What is UNCB?
It stands for
Ursilla’s Needle Craft Boutique. My mother and I came up with that name because
my grandmother’s name was Ursilla. She enjoyed sewing and making patterns for
cloths and household items (as we do). We thought that a gift to her, for
blessing us with her talents would be to name our shop after her.
Who Created UNCB?
Ursilla’s
Needle Craft Boutique was created by Charlene Thomas and Apollonia Thomas. We
are a mother and daughter team. It’s also being held together by my lovely
little sister Gilesa Thomas, who will be the face of our product. We also have,
Rocco Festa and Jr who are our silent partners and supporters.
How was it started?
One day I
(Apollonia) looked at my mother while we were crocheting and told her that it
would be great if we became designers and made a shop. We started talking about
it over the summer of 2013. Then one day I was tired of talking about it and
just went to the store and bought a bunch of supplies. During that time I was
also doing a lot of research and came across the Etsy shop. We kept putting
together ideas, and here we are today.
Background on creators:
I’m majoring
in Architecture. I love buildings, designing and working with my hands. Another
part that I love about architecture is the fact that you interact with all
types of people. Architecture is not just about building it’s about creating
something meaningful.
Charlene
works full time as a manager for a non-profit company that she enjoys being
with. She spends her down time with her family.
Gilesa, is a
high school student who’s finishing her last year of school. She’s excited about
her next year off to college.
Both Rocco’s
are business owners to a father and son construction company.
What inspires us?
Everything
from: colors, words, art, nature, patterns, shapes and textures. We enjoy
reading and looking at other peoples work for inspiration. It’s all about trial
and error in order to see if something works so we use everything for inspiration.
Where do we see our shop
in 2015?
Growing- We
want our shop to make sales and be a supporter to all of the other Etsy shop
owners.
Liked- We
want people to enjoy looking at our shop and the products we produce.
Unique-
Hopefully by the end of the year our shop will be able to stand on its own and
find its own style.
Creative and
Fun- We don’t want to lose what inspired us to create this shop in the first
place.
Also by 2015
we hope to do a family road trip to various art markets in the states.
How does it feel to work with family?
It’s fun
because we know each other like the back of our hands, and get along fine. Yes,
we have our disagreements, but we never let that get in the way of our
business. Some people say never mix family with business, however; if you can
set ground rules and respect each others opinions it will be fine.
Silly things that we enjoy doing?
Watching a whole
series of Netflix shows all day. Gossiping about celebrities, watching family feud
and playing along. Eating ice cream in the winter. Playing dominos until late
at night. In a whole just being with each other and being ourselves.
Inspiring words for others:
Work hard in
what you believe in, because it pays off. Never give up, practice makes perfect.
You are never skilled at something unless you practice it. Enjoy life, it’s
just too short not to.
Where do we go from
here?
Hi everyone,
I’m Apollonia the
voice to this blog. This is my very first blog, and I hope that you all enjoy
this journey with me. Going forward, I do have a few ideas with keeping my blog
up to date, and enjoyable to my readers. This blog will be our journal that will
go through our inspirations and difficulties of 2014. We will also interview
other guest that inspires us, and have guest speakers. This will not only be our
personal journal to the world, we want our readers to interact with it as well.
Feel free to ask questions, post opinions and even suggest a guest speaker, or
someone you may want us to interview that inspires you.Check us out at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ursillasNCB
