The #CANDYSHOPCART Has Arrived in Charleston!
While closing our retail store in Downtown Charleston amidst COVID was a difficult decision, I knew how important the tactile experience of shopping is to our customers. So, in addition...
Good-bye Cannon Street
After five wonderful years, I have decided to close our brick and mortar retail space on Cannon Street in Charleston, SC. It was a difficult decision, made only slightly easier by...
Charmed: Candy Shop Vintage X Surcie Co. Derby Collection
While the Kentucky Derby Season is not looking exactly the what we'd all hoped for (is anything these days?) the momentos we collect and wear can still serve to inspire...
Black Owned Love
Next to being a Mom, being an entrepreneur (especially one that manufactures or sells things) is probably one of the most challenging and unpredictable adventures you can choose to go on....
A Personal Note About Our Shop
I am so grateful for the people who want to support Candy Shop Vintage and the business I have lovingly guided to this point. Thank you to every single person...
A Quarantine Dance Party Mix
After sharing our last quarantine mix, Vitamin C, pretty mama Morgan of BURU asked me to make a Quarantine Dance Party Mix to share in her newsletter. I made this one...
Jumping in The Deep End With Cator Sparks
Cator Sparks has been a dear friend of mine since I moved to Charleston. While we first bonded over more frivolous things - a love of all things fashion and...
A Vintage Kitchen & Vintage Cookie Recipe
I've shared this recipe before, but I thought with Easter coming and likely we will all be spending it indoors, it is definitely worth sharing again. These are hands down...
Karen Briggs Updyke: On Embracing Her Spiritual Gifts
Karen was one of the first friendly faces I met in Charleston after I moved here from New York over ten years ago. I met her through mutual friends and...
Vitamin C: Music To Social Distance To
I don't know about anyone else, but I am getting a little stir crazy and am finding social distancing psychologically challenging. Like everyone, I am having good days and bad...
Some Reflections On a Difficult Time
This post was originally intended to be about our vintage collection, now live, which I am making available again online for the first time in a couple of years. We...
Candy Shop Vintage X Launchpad Palm Beach
Palm Beach has always been a favorite place of mine to go to for visual and style inspiration. In fact, our Candy Shop Vintage Cocktail Gowns are a design inspired by...