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Owner of a Sweet Pink DIY Studio & Flower Bar * Charlotte * Let’s Be Inspired * Dreams In Glitter * Runs On Wine *#womenpodcasters * #diycrafts

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Story time with Cory here! 🙋🏼‍♀️Today I wanted to share something super motivating that has happened to me this last year with you...well it has been inspiring to me so I hope you find something in this message that helps spark a fire too! ✨
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Last December I found myself in the final round of casting for @nbcmakingit !! After a month of interviews, crafts projects, filming a demo reel for @nbc, and hearing from my biggest fans (you know Jason, my mom and sister lol 😆) that I was a total shoo in, I started to believe it! You know me, I had even already mapped out what I would wear throughout the show!! So when I heard that I didn't get into a final spot, you can imagine that I was more than a tad disappointed that I wasn't going to be besties with Amy & @nickofferman ! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Fast forward to today when they announced the group of finalist. I checked them all out with the smallest of chips on my shoulder. Well let me tell you. They are ALL legit. Like some of these people have 30-40k followers on insta...one is a former @anthropologie display coordinator...you get the point! They all look capable of amazingly crafty things! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
And you guys...here I was in the midst of almost being in the ranks of them! Just a small town girl who teaches DIY classes in her pink little studio. Seeing the talented finalists just reiterated for me my story & what an impact that this little space of ours has on our community. 💕
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And you guys, I am so proud of that! It also made me think about our mission here at the studio & how that has grown since being inspired by the potential of this opportunity! These days I shout my story from the rooftops during local tv segments and we have welcomed more people through our doors this year than I could have imagined! 💕
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My point to all of this is that big or small, no matter where you are on your journey, don't you ever hide your light under a bushel. 💡Be proud of what you do and own it! You never know who will take notice but one thing is for sure...you have to share your story!✨

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I am loving this rainy weather we are having!! There is something about it that makes me feel extra Fally! Other things that make me feel extra excited are some of the holiday projects we are working on at the studio! I don’t know about you but as soon as the air gets cooler, I am in full blown holiday mode 🎄
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Between listing our holiday workshops (ps. They just dropped TODAY!) and ordering all the goodies for this holiday season....I am basically oozing holiday songs and cheer over here! So what about you? Are you ready for the holidays?! Have you started planning your holiday gifts yet?! Come shop with us and let us put together custom gifts for you this year!! Or gift your favorites a class pass and plan a night out to make your own gifts at one of our workshops! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #charlotte #charlotteshop #charlotteretail #shoplocal #localboutique #boutique #gifts #charlotteagenda #charlottesgotalot #oldtowncornelius #shopcornelius #scoopcharlotte #scoopthelake #LKN #diy #lknconnect # charlottelately # oldtowncornelius #beinspired #createpretty #create #charlotte #corenlius #creative #scoopcharlotte #scoopthelake #lkn

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Up, Up and away we go this week!!! ✨I tumbled out of bed this mooning with my favorite morning song playing in my head on repeat. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
You know the one...Tumble out of bed and stumble to the kitchen...pour my self a cup of ambition! ☕️Tell me that song doesn't just make you happy and cause you to feel just a little bit more motivated?! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
I swear, if this song is in my head when I first wake up, I KNOW that it is going to be a good day! And this week is stacking up to be a good one! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
So what big things do we have happening this week? Well let me tell you!✨
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #1 This week we have a ✨SOLD OUT✨ cocktail workshop with our cutest cocktail enthusiast @blackmothbars on Tuesday. Gulp Gulp! I can't wait! 🥂
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#2 Then on Friday we have the most beautiful Bride stopping by the studio on Friday morning with 15 of her closest gals for her flower party! 🌸Y'all, I know I get excited a lot but this party isn't your typical flower party! While we drink Champagne and celebrate our sweet brides upcoming nuptials, I get to lead the girls through their own version of our Bubble & Blooms flower workshop to create all of her centerpieces! How cute is that! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Sure...between all this excitement I still have boat loads of computer work, holiday gift prep, cleaning, flower prep, finishing not one but two restoration pieces for the wedding on Saturday, promoting upcoming events, working at the shop, etc. etc. I have no doubt that this week I am going to leave a trail of extra coffee cups, nalgene bottles, la croixs, and kombucha all over the studio.
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#creative #entrepreneur #femaleentrepreneur #womeninbusiness #ladyboss #thefutureisfemale #charlottenc

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Pour my coffee extra strong today..please and thank you!! ✨
Was this week in the life of an entrepreneur any different than any other week to warrant this extra strong coffee? ✨
Not really. The week went by WAAAAYYY to fast. It was full of beautiful moments of triumph and then those of (almost) soul crushing defeat. I felt inspired…I felt let down. I was encouraged by my people….I stood behind others cheerleading them along the way. 👯‍♀️
So yeah. Pretty typical! Over the last 5 years, I have learned that this is usually what a week in the life of the career that I have chosen looks like. 🙌🏻
And I wouldn’t change it for anything!! So here are a couple bits of my advice on this sweet Friday morning for those of you that are somewhere on your journey of owning your own business. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
💕know that you are the one that understands your business better than anyone else. 💕don’t try and conform your business model or dreams to what someone else thinks is best for what you are building. 💕learn to ride through the waves that come along with this journey. (Spoil alert. It isn’t all going to be sunshine and rainbows. So be ok with that!) 💕know that we can’t do it all…at all times. I joke with my husband (and this is real talk here ladies) that I can’t build a business, clean a home, make a hhrm happy husband (wink wink) whip up award winning meals…or kibble on that note, be a good friend, sweet daughter, etc. etc. etc. all in 1 day! 💕communicate with those close to you about what is going on with you! tell them the good, the bad...recount the victories, and talk about the hard parts. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
So wherever you are today, just know that there is a whole gang of us right beside you, pouring an extra cup of coffee so we can hustle & sparkle!! ✨
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#creative #entrepreneur #letsbeinspired #femaleentrepreneur #womeninbusiness #ladyboss #thefutureisfemale #diy #handmade #crafty #markofamaker #makingit #pretty #diyblogger #diyprojects #diylife #diyer #easydiy #diyidea #crafts

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This morning I sat and listened to the rain fall down as I sipped my coffee (with a dash of pumpkin spice because I am ALL about some fall right now 🤗!) and I just enjoyed the peaceful moment!
Life isn’t always easy or for that matter good. There is never a shortage of the what ifs and wants that we have...hey! We are human!
But every single day, we have the ability to find happiness in the small things. ✨ This is something that I have been focusing on a lot of in my life lately. To help ground me. To help motivate me. To help spark inspiration in me. To feel gratitude.
And you guys! It is such a tiny exercise but it is having such a huge impact on me! So today I wanted to share a few of my small & Fall happinesses with you! ✨morning stretches before I get out of bed! I love the feeling of waking up slow and stretching under the warm covers! ✨ eating fall soups! I can’t tell you how much I love whipping up batches of veggie soup in the fall and then eating on it all week! It’s easy, it’s tasty, and it makes me happy! ✨walks through our neighborhood with a sweater on 🤣 If you are in Charlotte, you know this is a big deal!!! Jason and I try and walk daily and this is one of my biggest happy drivers - while I basically have to run to keep up with long legs Magee, it is the best hour of my day! ✨getting crafty in the studio! Today is Wednesday so you know I like to craft today! I love turning up my favorite playlist on Spotify (it’s called totally stress free FYI!), lightening one of our fall candles and getting my hands into a project! ✨the slow turning of the leaves! I once read somewhere that autumn leaves are like flowers in bloom, each one is blossoming in color! And I just love thinking about that because you know I love me some color!! 🙌🏻 So what about you? What are some of your fall, small happinesses? Think about them today, write them down or take a minute to simply appreciate them!! #fall #charlottenc #creatives #oldtowncornelius #lakenorman #lkn #happiness #color #diyblogger #diy #crafty #colorfulliving #design #craft #diystudio #studiodiy

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Sometimes I joke that all I need to do is hang out in my pink little studio and I feel inspired! And while most days that is pretty true, the reality is that there are alot of times that I struggle to feel inspired to do some of the non crafty stuff in my life. ✨
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Do you ever feel like that? 🙋🏼‍♀️
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My husband hops out of bed in the early morning with visions of numbers dancing in his head, but my brain just doesn’t work like that! I have to be pretty strategic in the morning in order to kickstart my day and be able to jump into the areas that are needed abet boring! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I turn towards my favorite daily inspiration musts! If I make sure that these things are in my to do list every day, I know that I will find that inspiration and I will ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Listen to Music! I love turning on music first thing in the morning. I have two different playlists that I switch between - one that is more mellow and easy going for days that I know I have a lot of computer work to do. And one that is more peppy and energetic if I have to kickstart my day fast! It is amazing how inspired I get doing this! 🎷
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Write Out All of my to dos for the day. Some people like to do this the night before but if i do that, it just hangs over my bed and I can’t sleep. So while I am listening to my tunes (and drinking my coffee) I jot down everything that I want to get accomplished in the day. 📝
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I pencil in time during the day to get my right side of my brain flowing! If I know that after lunch I am going to be doing a photoshoot or spending an hour on a macrame project I have going on, I am pumped! Just knowing that I have something coming up that fuels my crafty little soul does wonders for my productivity! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
And there you have it! Those are my top 3 things that I try and do everyday to feel inspired! What about you? Tell me what your daily to dos are?! #creative #entrepreneur #letsbeinspired #femaleentrepreneur #womeninbusiness #ladyboss #instapple #charlottecreative #thefutureisfemale

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Well well well Friday! It’s good to see you!! ✨ yesterday I talked a little bit about how expressing yourself through creativity can have a positive effect on your mental health. And I got so many sweet messages on my story from my friends on here talking about the good that creativity has brought to them. 💕

Yesterday also made me reflect on some of the comments that have been made at the studio after a night full of glitter, crafting and gathering with our community! More often than not after a workshop, I am left with an overwhelming sense of gratitude that I have gotten to open my doors, hugged my new friends, and laughed the night away while learning something new. I have heard from sweet women that I just couldn’t understand how much they needed that night to take away from something sad/hard/intense that was happening in their lives. I have seen these ladies find new friends and sat in awe as new connections were created over a Pom Pom maker. I have watched as women have taken a skill they have learned at the studio and turned it into a side gig that gives them joy and happiness. ✨
All of these things just reiterate my knowledge that creativity and community is something that should not be missed out on. This is something that we need to pay attention to and keep at it. We need to find ways to connect with others outside of social media and we need to do more to encourage our creative side! 🙌🏻 so today I am popping the bubbly in excitement of all the joy that we have been able to bring to our little corner of the world and I am gearing up for next week where we will be opening up our door for 2 workshops and lots of new opportunity!! Cheers to you all babes and happy Friday!
Ps. Check out my stories to see some of the things people have said about the studio! ✨

#creative #charlottenc #charlottecreative #cltworkshop #clt #oldtowncornelius #lakenorman #smallbusiness #diy #diyblogger #champagne #crafty #drinkchamps #internationaldayofthegirl

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Whoah..Did You Know Being Creative Is Good For Your Health? ✨Since today is #nationalmentalhealthday I thought it was as good of a time to chat about this as any! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Ya’ll know that I love a good creativity boost. It is seriously the best feeling and I have been telling people for years how much better I feel with I get to take my creativity out for a spin so to speak.
And guess what? It’s not just me! 🙋🏼‍♀️
Turns out studies show that creative work and creativity can boost mental health. 🙌🏻There are even others that say that it has a positive effect on our physical health as well!
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✨Decrease depression. Have you ever experienced that rush after you have completed a creative project that wasn’t work? Suddenly your positive emotions are boosted and the negative ones are kept at bay!
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✨Decrease the risks of cognitive impairment. Did you know that art therapy plays a huge role with those dealing with dementia? Not only that but studies done by the Mayo Clinc (so you knows its legit!) have shown that by engaging in being creative it can ACTUALLY SLOW DOWN COGNiTIVE DECLINE. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
✨Boost Your Immune System. Say what? I swear it’s true! Being a creative little thing has been proven to help increase the levels of lymphocytes (those white blood cells that help you stay healthy!) that your body creates. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
✨Reduce Your Body’s Stress Level Engaging in a creative activity can have the same kind of effects on our mind and bodies that mediatation does. We do something taht sparks our creativity, it makes our bodies produce dopamine and BOOM! 💕We are in a heightened state! Seriously, yall should see me doing any time of craft with thread. I am super zen!! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
This is just the tip of the creative iceburg but for me, but finding ways that I can improve and maintain my metal health is super important to me. ☑️What ways do you stay on top of your mental health?

#creativity #diy #mentalhealthawareness #oldtowncornelius #charlottenc #charlotteblogger #cltworkshop #lkn #lakenorman #create

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✨GIVEAWAY✨
Who wants to win one of our deliciously delightful candles?! 🙋🏼‍♀️ With all the fun workshops we have coming up, we want to do alllll the fun things with our gal pals! Because our friends make life better!!! 👯‍♀️👯‍♀️ So the giveaway is simple!! Tag your friend below and comment with what workshop you want to attend with them!!! Feel free to comment multiple times! Both gals must be following @bellsboxcollective ✨
The winner and her bestie will win one of our hand poured soy candles! Yep...it’s pretty exciting stuff!!! ✨✨ Check out our lineup below! 💕 10/15 Handlettering with @aceprim 💕 10/17 Enneagram & Cross Stitch with @bravegraceco 💕 10/22 Garden To Glass Cocktail class with @blackmothbars 💕 10/29 Dried Wreath Making with ME!
Ps. This giveaway is in no way affiliated with Instagram or Facebook 🤗

#charlottenc #charlottegiveaway #oldtowncorenlius #lkn #scoopthelake #charlottesgotalot #charlotteworkshop #lakenorman #girlsnightout #clt #shoplocal #candle

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