Blog — New Origin Shop Feature

Hey! Whew, we're already at the end of February. I don't know where time is going, but it's certainly not slowing down. So much has happened in this short month. We've launched a men's collection, we tried Valentine gift bundles for the first time, AND we finished our workshop space and hosted our first workshops. But perhaps the most exciting was being featured on KXAN's Studio 512—twice in one month.The first time was by complete surprise. Lindsey Pinchuk is an award-winning entrepreneur and business consultant. As part of her Black History Month Spotlight on black-owned small businesses, Lindsey gave a...

🎉 Exciting news, everyone! New Origin Shop is celebrating its four-year anniversary 🎉. Some of you may know my backstory by now, but four years ago I launched New Origin Shop as an Etsy page on May 21st, 2017. It was a way to offload some of the extra crochet bags I made in my spare time from teaching. So around this time, in 2017, I was taking pictures of my first line of crochet bags (one of those pictures is above). I couldn’t have guessed the wild ride that I was in for.  It’s kind of crazy to think...

         Image Credit: Celeste Boykins    Special thanks to Angela and the editorial staff at Voyage Houston Magazine for the opportunity to participate in the magazines series, The Trailblazers: Rewriting the Narrative, an opportunity to highlight hidden gems in Houston and surrounding communities.         I'm grateful for the opportunity to reflect on the creative and entrepreneurial journey that led to New Origin Shop. Check out the full feature here.     Read a snippet of the feature, an introduction to me, Sierra and my story.  So, before we jump into specific questions about the business, why...