The Shop. Downtown Kalona, Iowa. Where 4 Businesses Collide.

Simply Rooted has joined up with three other women to open The Shop in Downtown Kalona. It is located at 424 B Ave. Open 10-4 Wed thru Sat. 

It all started on a cool day at the What Cheer flea market, Karen and I ran into another young girl who was a junker. Her name was Emma from Stew's Vintage Goods. It was junk-love at first sight. Then, on a cold day at Junk Jubilee I ran into the best staged logo I have ever seen at a junk show: it was Kate from Fig & Farm. Together with Karen and I, we would prove to be an awesome foursome.... A business foursome ... That is magical.

So, a beautiful building opened up in downtown Kalona, and we took the leap. Got started on the work of opening a retail store.... And the rest is history.

Here are some highlights!

Before

Junk Jubilee!

We had an awesome time at the Junk Jubilee Spring show!

New Apartment New Nursery

Kevin and I moved into a new apartment. The move was necessary for our lives, with Kevin being closer to work and with me being closer to Kalona Junction. This apartment is a step fancier than our last apartment since this one has a fireplace (whoa!), but we are short on space... 

We need space for an office, a mini-gym and a nursery. So, we got creative with the spare bedroom. I opened up the closet to add the square footage and put Roslyn's crib right inside! My mother-in-law was mortified that we have Roslyn sleep in the closet, but I hope that you agree that her crib space is CUTE, and the closet-aspect of her sleeping situation is hardly noticeable. Ha, she loves her sleep space. So, here it is... Before and after:

Vintage Valentine Frenzy

I hope everyone had a romaaaantic Valentine's! Woot woot! 

Men were buzzing in and out of Kalona Junction buying their honey's gifts. I guess chivalry isn't dead yet.

So, before Karen and I put everything away at the shop, here are pics to commemorate the occasion.

We love vintage v-day cards!

Karen got in scads of vintage flour sacks!

Scrabble letters were perfect for decorating.

Red jewelry was a must around V-Day.

For the quirky decorators, we had heart anatomy cards!

Junk Jubilee Jingles 2013

Karen and I had a blast at Junk Jubilee this year! We had great sales and met up with our junk friends!

Even little Roslyn came to the show!

My first show back!