What is whimsy blue?

Some of you may be asking yourself, What is whimsy blue? Or maybe you haven't even asked that question. My sister and I have been talking for a long time about how we wanted to start our own business based on etsy. A business that includes housewares, textiles and fashion. We figured with our sophisticated taste and knack for being ahead of the trends, that we could create a company that not only brings life to things that may seem old and outdated, but how to take things and create them into something that are handmade and one-of-a-kind.

You may still be asking yourself well what is whimsy blue. My sister and I for quite some time have decided that we wanted to somehow create a name, that was representative of our mother in some way. Two words and an image that somehow could embody a little bit of her favorite things and what she brought to the world.

We knew from the beginning that a bluebird would be the centerpiece of this whole home business, but we wanted to give it a name that was not so literal, and a little more fun.

To recap on the bluebird, it has a little bit of special meaning in my families lives. My mother always said that whenever she saw a bluebird that something good was going to happen. The beauty is lately I have seen quite a few which has lead me to believe that something amazing and beautiful was on its way. I even got it tattooed on myself a few years back because it had such special meaning.

We racked our brains and it was not until my sister and I went out to dinner with my best friend Courtney Jade, (Who just so you know is an outstanding and incredibly talented photographer and model) threw out the idea, why not whimsy blue??? She was right because her favorite color was blue, and she brought a little whimsy to everyone's life. Hence the name whimsy blue became a reality.

That is the story in short. I am excited to see where this endeavor will take my sister and I. I know great things are in the future.

Posted below is a picture of my late mother. I had a dream about her this morning which made me really want to honor her for not only spreading whimsy to everyones life but love and I hope that I can do the same as she has done.

This is a formal description from our Etsy Shop:

WhimsyBlueShop is a brother and sister team based in Portland, Oregon. Our mission is to upcycle cast-off vintage items, using recombinant design techniques to bring new life to what would otherwise be discarded, with a little bit of fun and whimsy thrown in. Our items are always different, and no two are alike. We pick what we think is the best of the best, never putting anything up that we would not include in our own homes, or use ourselves. We allow for each piece to speak to us, and see potential where others may not. Our ideas come from a life-time of thrifting (even before it was fashionable) and a true desire to breathe modernity into relics from the past, as well as backgrounds in design, retail and business. Our shop was born out of a hobby, and now has become something of a passion of ours. Explore WhimsyBlueShop and see what whimsy comes your way!