Meet the Vendor EP:3 This Happily Ever After
Meet Brent from This Happily Ever After! Brent has been a vendor at Minted Vintage Market since 2022, but she shopped with us before she ever applied. She makes home decor items and can personalize really just about anything you can think of. In this video she brought samples of her products and chats about running a business as well as her experiences at Minted Vintage markets.
For more from Brent, find her online!
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thishappilyeverafter
What inspired you to start your business? I was inundated with the glow forge ads that just popped up all the time and I told my husband I wanted one. He did research, my husband is a very research person. Not me I just go buy, but he definitely did his research he said that's not for you. Then I went to target one day, and he had bought a laser and that how it started.
How did you come up with your business name? It was kind of a sarcastic response to my husband. He had said something smart aleck-y and I responded back, “this is our happily ever.”
What do you love about being a small business owner? Meeting new people! And I love seeing it's familiar faces every year.
Name one challenge of running a small business. My own perfection, like I think if I if I can see it I feel like everybody can see an imperfection. I tried really hard to realize that 99.9% of the people cannot see what I see.
Name one achievement you are proud of in your small business journey. Being able to upgrade to a larger laser.
If you had an unlimited budget, what dream project would you pursue for your business? Get another laser another laser, because I mean there's always a bigger laser and they're always going to be upgraded and so yeah, I would buy another laser OK maybe 2.
Name a favorite (you or your customers favorite) product you make/offer. Definitely the cutting board, it's a little bit more time consuming but the recipe boards when people trust me with their family's handwriting, and I can give that to them like it's just really special that you can have on display in your kitchen.
Favorite thing about Minted Vintage markets. The familiarity, probably 15 minutes in like you know everybody around you is so kind. Like if you need something everybody's like OK there you go.
What do you do to prepare for events like ours? You have kids and you know things do not always go as planned timeline wise and so if I start at the at the end of the last market then I'll have what I need ready.
When you get the chance to shop, what do you like to buy at markets? Ohh boy it is always gonna be AC Refinished Furniture, Falling In Love Again Vintage are my first two stops...SweetAsh Cookies and then Rolling In The Dough her cookies too like they both have different cookie styles. so yeah, obviously I'm very food oriented,
Where else can we find you? See links above!