by Jacqueline Smith
Our video says it best; thank you!
Shoutout to the Tiny Anthems aka Mike Long and crew for making this jingle come to life, and with such enthusiasm. This video is our Love Letter to our families first and foremost for their constant ear, our FOUND Team of present and past, our wonderful customers, current artists, once artists, makers, movers, shakers, and the FOUND FLEA Crew who kept FOUNDs’ pulse from dropping off in 2020. We needed each and every single one of you to reach this four year anniversary; thank you from our hearts to yours!!
If I take a moment to reflect on the past four years of FOUND – I get a little dizzy. It has been a whirlwind and I honestly went in not knowing the full picture or what I was undertaking. But, maybe ignorance truly is bliss? I think I have become a different person from this experience —which officially began in February of 2014— personal growth you can’t plan or pay for.
I started FOUND Natural Goods as a side hustle website in 2014 when I was 27. It is the same web site that we use to this day! In October of 2022, I will be 36 and I really feel like the past four years especially – after opening up our brick-and-mortar in June of 2018 – have been earned and this anniversary milestone is well-deserved. Like, I kinda want a little brass statue to signify it.
I truly knuckled-down and built this small business from scratch and I believe – made a positive impact on my hometown, lifted up the women in my community, created a career for myself, and potentially helped educate folks on ways to have a little less impact on the earth. And I hope the biggest accomplishment is inspiring others to do the same for themselves and our community. I know many of our artists were able to quit their 9-5 jobs to be a full time artist!! Even one of our FOUND FLEA’ers started their own brick-and-mortar shop too! So many wins for so many people including myself. FOUND is nothing short of a magnet for the fantastical. I’ll take this blog ending to suggest we all raise a glass (or small brass statue) and toast: to another 4 years of FOUND and all that she brings us! Cheers!
Big Love,
Jacq
