For the past month I've been working on an updated version of our website  that will have a couple new features I'm quite excited about most notably our new returns portal! CHANGES TO OUR RETURN POLICY & OUR UPCOMING AUTOMATED RETURNS PORTAL When Adored Vintage pivoted in the summer of 2018 to focus on selling mostly modern vintage inspired clothing, I didn't think my shop would grow this quickly! Since March of this year we've been averaging 750+ orders monthly and I knew the systems and processes I had set for Adored Vintage were going to have to change and adapt as we continued to...

So many pretty new vintage inspired clothes are about to land in the shop tomorrow! I recently came back from a vintage and modern buying trip to Los Angeles and I'm really, really happy with everything I came home with and what's in the wings...  My aim always for the vintage inspired collection is to curate feminine and romantic clothing that fits into the Adored Vintage aesthetic. Modern romanticism... maybe a nod or two to current trends, but always pretty and feminine clothes with a distinct (but not costume-y) vintage flair.  A lot of the colors I chose were inspired...

The Adored Vintage brick & mortar is coming together bit by bit, day by day. There are still several things I need for the shop before the official opening date (I'm thinking September 30th) so I thought I'd share some of these needs with you.  I was able to acquire a large black and terracotta urn at Monticello Antique Marketplace for outside the shop and this afternoon went to Portland Nursery to get a plant for it. I need probably one or two more large plant vessels for outside the shop, but at least I have something to start with! Potting...

I'm slowly getting our Portland shop/atelier space set up for Adored Vintage. I've always said Portland doesn't need another vintage clothing store... there are quite a few in town already although sadly several of them have closed in the past couple of years. However, I must have taken several swigs of crazy juice the past month because I've decided to open up an Adored Vintage women's boutique in Portland. (Craaazzzy) SO... let's take a journey through some progress photos, shall we? It will be fun to look back at these when I'm more done with the shop! We moved the fitting...

It's another long work day for this solopreneur... nearly 10PM and yep, I'm still at my office! I should just set up a bed in here and stay the night. Anyhow, let's get right to today's behind the scenes/shop news topics! AV Headquarters got moved around AGAIN. I do this pretty often, so this really shouldn't be considered shop news. BUT...I love this layout so much I just walked around taking pictures and moving things .5" to the left or right, stepping back, and going "Hmm..yeah, that looks all right." Topic Number 2. Model Casting!! This is pretty big news! I've...