Blog — inspiration

Since my last interview on Studio 512, you would think that I'm used to doing press interviews—but nope! Although it can be a bit nerve-racking and I can get a little anxious about it, I always end up having a good time. How could I not have a good time talking about my dream shop? This most recent interview was conducted by Grace Dickens from the WestLake Community Impact. I was especially grateful for this interview because I know that many of my local customers read the Community Impact. In fact, a few of them have already mentioned the article...

  Hey there, it's Sean, checking in with our new shopkeeper's diary series. Shopkeeper's diary is a behind-the-scenes series that takes you through some of the work that went into making the shop AND some of our day-to-day activities. For this first diary, I wanted to show you the efforts we've made to get workshops up and running. That's right; we're now hosting workshops and other events. Some will even be hosted by yours truly. You can see more details at neworigin.shop.  For now, let's take a look at how things came together. So the first thing we needed was a space for...

Hey y’all, Sierra here. I’ve been wanting to write about this topic for a while now, and I think an event I participated in ties in nicely. You see, I was recently a guest at the Pecan Springs Elementary School in East Austin career day, where I spoke about being an entrepreneur (more on that below below). As you may know, I have a background in education, so the event had me thinking about my time as a teacher of middle and high school students. Some may think that teachers only teach their lesson plan and enforce rules, but a...

  Video Transcript: Hey there everyone, my name is Sean, and I sometimes help out Sierra with the blog for New Origin Shop. I...also happen to be her husband (aww).Anyway, this year we started doing "Meet the Maker" posts where we get to know some of the exceptionally talented artists and small business owners behind the brands that New Origin Shop hosts.And with the absolute dumpster fire that is 2020 finally coming to a close, we wanted the last blog post of the year to be a positive one. With that in mind, we’re looking at 7 of our favorite...