My dad is a pretty cool guy and recently he bought a beautiful piece of Greensboro history. At the end of May, he and my mom purchased a pie slice of building at 500 South Elm Street and what a beaut she is, I tell you what. They (well, us as a family) are extremely fortunate to have such an amazing tenant renting 500 right now and her name is Allison Weldon.
Allison is an all around fantastic human being. Seriously, she's one of the sweetest, most kind-hearted and hard working people I've had the pleasure of meeting. She has been an avid collector of vintage clothing, shoes, jewelry and thingamabobs (and so on and so on) for many years. She has a fantastic Etsy shop and a nice booth in another local store called Design Archives (which has been around for years, it's great go check it out) and this year FINALLY got to open up her very own store. As a partial owner in a store just up the street from her and as a friend I am SO excited to have her here in the South Side. Supporting local is so, so important to me and to our little (but growing) community in Greensboro. It makes my heart incredibly happy to see more and more stores, art galleries and cafés opening up all around us in downtown. It really is a beautiful thing.
Allison's store is small and quaint. She repainted and redid the floors and it just looks plain amazing inside! I made sure to pop-in earlier this week to snap a few pictures and check out some of her new things (bad idea. I wanted EVERYTHING, but my bank account said no for today). If you're in the area, or even passing through, make sure to stop in and check out her great shop, you won't regret it!
Amour. Le Petit Oiseau XO
*Photos taken with my iPhone 5S & edited with VSCOcam*
