Thread on Local News.

We were honored to be interviewed by a local TV station last week for a segment on Channel 13's Stretch Your Dollar.  The segment on Houston resale shops aired today!  See Thread's Blog for behind the scene photos and click below to watch the video online:

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Thread + Beanies Kids.

At the shop, Thread, we have two other companies that rent space from us.  Beanies - a custom children's clothing line - and Sam + Lucy - a monogramming/personalized gift company.  So with all 5 women that work at 321-B W. 19th St., we have 9 children altogether.

Here are some of the crazy kids that can be found running around the shop:

miles, addyson, luke, oliver + warren

sweet addyson.

all standing still and quiet for once.

... they all fall down.

Luke loves having all the older kids around.  It is really incredible to be working with some great business women who are also great moms!

Thread is Now Open!

After 4 days - long days - Thread is open for business!

Check out our store's blog to see the transformation.

We officially open our doors today.

If you are in Houston, please come by and see us.

We are there from 10 to 5.

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I will post later to let you know how our first day went.

A Thing Called THREAD.

Have you heard?  I own a store.  Co-own a store.  It's called Thread.  It is the brainchild of my longtime friend Kari.  She and I have known each other since 4th grade.  We went to UT together, majored in the same degree and worked at the same store.  We should have known then we were destined to start a business together.

In October Kari texted me and that she was going to call me the next day to discuss a business idea.  That was a Monday.  We had lunch that Tuesday and by Friday we had sent out an email announcing we had a stylish kids' consignment store.  With in weeks, we had people consigning clothes with us.  By November we had a Open House that was a huge success.  Fast forward to mid January.  We have a "mini-store" out of Kari's Garage Apartment with tons of clothes, books and toys.  And starting in March, we will have a store front on one of the most popular streets in Houston.

321 B W. 19th Street

We have no idea, really, what we have gotten ourselves into.  But we are very excited.  The kids' clothes are so adorable and practically brand new.  Everyone has nothing but positive things to say about the concept, the store and our vision.  We have lots of hard work ahead of us.  But March 5th, we will open the doors and hope to see this small business take off!  It's amazing how quickly things have happened in just 5 short months.

Stay tuned to see before and after pictures of the store.  In the meantime, check out our online store www.threadhouston.bigcartel.com + our blog www.threadhouston.blogspot.com.