The name of my store is Poppyseeds. It wasn't one of those things that I always knew what I would name it if and when I finally decided to step out in faith and open it. I had already claimed the name Ties 'n Tutus, but it just didn't sit right with me. I wanted something catchy and something that had meaning. I didn't want to just settle for any old name that I could throw on a business card or make a cute sign out of.
But first a backstory of how the store became...
I had been working for a company for over a year and a half, making better money that I ever have and promoted as far as I could go. I wasn't satisfied. I wasn't happy where I was, I knew there was more. I have always (since college) had an entrepreneur's mindset (I got from my dad..he was the same way) and had thought of 10 businesses I could start/open. The time wasn't right..until now. I started praying about opening a consignment shop (my first real job at of high school) and asked Leith to pray about it also (knowing I couldn't do it without him right by my side). About 3 months later I decided to take the chance. God is a God of taking chances. He is a God of provision and guidance and dreams. He doesn't plant these things inside of us to let them stir up passions and desires, to just let them set and go stale. He put these dreams and visions inside of us to stir us up and allow us to pursue them with everything we have. He made us this way. He wants us to have the desires of our hearts, but he will not make you pursue them. He gives us the tools we need, but we have to take a step of faith and go after them on our own. This was the hardest part putting in my notice and knowing that I wouldn't be receiving a paycheck until who knows when (now going on 6 1/2 months). It's sad that money is usually what holds us back from pursuing our passion, but money makes the world go round and unfortunately it keep people from doing what they really want to do.
So once I took the step of writing my resignation letter, sending it to my boss, the pieces of the puzzle started coming together. I started looking at commercial real estate and found 3 that I set appointments to visit. After drawing out my blue prints of what I wanted it to look like, we walked into the 3rd spot and it was already framed to the almost exact picture I had drawn...amazing! We went home, prayed about it, made offers and counter offers and came to an agreement with the real estate lady and it was settled. Then reality started kicking in...we are really going to do this. Eeeekkk!
To make a long story shorter...everything worked out and I now have a great store that I am very proud of.
The name...so when it became real and I put in my resignation letter, I was standing at church one Sunday morning during worship praying to God about the changes happening, because I knew I couldn't do any of this without Him! All the sudden, Poppyseeds came into my head. I knew it was a God thing, because I have been thinking about a name for awhile and couldn't think of any 1 word name that had a ring to it. This was it! THEN our preacher got up to speak and and talked about my dad (whom my oldest daughter and started calling Poppy a few months before he passed away in 2012) and how he carried money in his wallet to sow into peoples lives that he came in contact with (seed money). HELLO?? God you are so GOOD! You care about even the little things in our hearts and answer with such clarity sometimes! And now that he is no longer with us, me and my family are his seed that he left to carry out our inheritance...to show the love of God in every aspect of our lives.
And this was the beginning of Poppyseeds. I know that my dad is beyond ecstatic to see me fulfilling a dream that he helped me birth a long time ago. And I hope that I bring glory to God while doing it.
Kristi
