From Garage to Garage
From one garage to... Well, still a garage (But I say Empire) 🍀
Let me paint you a picture.
It's me, a folding table, a roll of bubble wrap that I'm convinced multiplies overnight (like Gremlins), and approximately 50 items I swore I'd photograph "this weekend."
Welcome to the global headquarters of Pink Clover, AKA my garage.
Yes. Still the garage. We'll get to that.
In The Beginning, there was Etsy (And Chaos)
When I started Pink Clover, I had one platform, one dream, and zero idea what I was doing. My business plan was essentially "I find cool stuff, people might want, let's see what happens." Very official. Harvard Business School could never.
My first Etsy sale? I screamed. I shared with my entire family. Did they care as much as I did? Absolutely not. Did that stop me? Also, absolutely not.
That little Etsy shop was my whole world. Every listing was a love letter. Every package got the kind of attention usually reserved for newborns. And honestly? That part hasn't changed, but more on that later.
Then I Got... Ambitious
Somewhere between packing orders at midnight and Googling "how to make my photos look professional" I caught the bug. The growth bug. The "what if I went bigger" bug.
Years later.... I mean legit years. While going to college, working a full-time job, doing any side gig possible in-between all of that and working on my shop, it took time!
But now 2026 rolls around, I added more platforms.
Shopify entered the chat. Suddenly I had a real website. Like a grown-up business. I felt very fancy until I realized I now had to actually understand things like "SEO" and "analytics," which I'm pretty sure are just words people made up to make me feel inadequate.
Then came TikTok, because apparently, I enjoy MORE chaos and times screaming at the screen to a customer service chat because they haven't figured out why orders keep saying "fulfilled by TikTok" and not "seller". Plus getting charged twice for delivery!
And of course, Facebook Marketplace, where I meet the most interesting characters and learn that "is this still available?" is a question that haunts my dreams.
The Glamorous Reality of creating a shop, but I wouldn't do anything else.
So here I am. Four platforms, a growing customer base, and a brand I'm genuinely proud of.
Of course, still hustling with a full-time job and side gigs until Pink Clover really is an Empire.
And still... in a garage. ❤️