Good morning peeps and a big TGIF to ya! It's nearly the weekend so let's enjoy a few inspiring posts before I sign off, sound like a plan? First up... Are you ready for a little retail therapy? Kirsten Grove wrote in today to share her brand new business adventure with her pal Elise at Brass Razoo. Try not to drool.

Kirsten just joined forces with an existing boutique in Nampa, Idaho (near Boise) called Brass Razoo and launched a vintage and repurposed furniture and home decor line. Her partner-in-crime is an established fashion and jewelry designer ,Elise Vaughn, who is from Australia but now calls Idaho her home. She specializes in vintage clothing and accessories at her shop Brass Razoo -- both designer clothing and repurposed. Then a new shop concept came back in January over a simple cup of coffee between friends Kirsten and Elise. They were hanging out discussing shop ideas -- what could be, what they wanted to offer, bringing in a more green approach to home decor and furniture locally for a good price without sacrificing style, adding home decor and furniture to Elise's existing clothing and jewelry lines -- stuff like that. And that coffee talk grew, in a just a few months, to all this gorgeousness below.

Kirsten (left) and Elise (right).

The original Brass Razoo whop was a tad too small for Kirsten's work so when they heard about a nearby boutique that wanted to downsize to a smaller building they swapped and took the larger space for themselves. They opened their doors last Saturday and above is just a glimpse of it - but a nice glimpse it is! What an inspirational story - women collaborating and sharing a business rock, don't they? I am so inspired by women who collaborate in order to bring forth their dreams. You don't have to do everything by yourself -- in fact, often it's best to partner up on certain business ventures because of finances but also it makes something like shop ownership more enjoyable as you have someone else to mind it while you are off doing the books or at a trade show and vice versa. I'm all for collaborating and hope to someday own my own shop and work with a partner or two myself. Gooooo team! Rah!

A warm congrats Kirsten and Elise and I wish you all the luck in the world.

(photos: amber fischer)