Buying Products From My Followers' Small Businesses 4!
hello my friends welcome back to my channel and to another small business hall these are my favorite videos to film i just love seeing the amazing things that you guys create and getting to connect with you and today's video features five amazing small businesses all owned by women who are part of our community here and there is so much variety in this hall we have clothes we have candles we have jewelry we have a carnivorous plant yes you heard that correctly and even a few baby products i'm actually working on a whole separate small business haul for next month that's entirely dedicated to just baby stuff so be looking out for that but uh you'll get you'll get a little taste of that in today's haul links to all these small businesses are in the description if you like anything you see and you want to shop get some cool stuff support some cool people and uh let's just get into the hall our first business is rekindled kindled a black-owned business creating eco-friendly and repurposed glassware candles and we have a video from the owner ashley who is going to tell you a little bit more about her business and her passion for sustainability hi beautiful people my name is ashley and i'm the creator of re-candled kindled rekindled kindle was born about seven months ago from my love of sustainability and candles with that in mind we are founded on three principles community sustainability and comfort my goal with this company was to recycle in a uniquely creative way reduce glass waste and provide our community with beautiful scents and stories and in that our hope is that this community becomes a home for many people so one of the things that i think is so unique and personal about recandled kindle is ashley ties each scent to like a memory or a story or a person in her life so i decided to get the three candle sampler pack it was 34. we have our package here ready to be unboxed okay so first thing we have a note very very sweet thank you so much ashley she also said that she included two additional candles in their most popular sense so i'm really excited to go through all of them also ashley made a coupon code for you guys you can use code kind 15 for 15 off your purchase oh my gosh this is so cool okay i was just gonna read you the little short blurb from the website about the scent but each scent comes with like the full story behind the candle scent that is so oh my gosh this is so just cool and special and personal okay so first candle this is one of the ones from the sampler pack that i got in the scent rosemary and this scent is in honor of her mother with notes of fresh cut rose white sage and lavender and then the card goes even more into depth about her mom and the story behind the scene it's actually repurposed from a baby food jar which is so cool and smart oh my gosh this this smells like literally it smells like fresh cut roses when i was growing up my parents had a couple rose bushes in their backyard and this is exactly what it smelled like on like a sunday morning when my dad would be out there trimming up the plants this is that is so cool our next candle another one i chose in my sampler pack this is lavender rona and it's in honor of her grandmother's memory with notes of lavender frankincense and myrrh so both floral and earthy lavender is probably my favorite scent so i'm very excited about this one oh yep it's amazing i mean we already knew it was gonna be amazing but it's amazing our next candle this is the third one from my sampler pack kind of perfect but that's how i just happened to unbox them all but this one is the scent long night and in the story card ashley talks about the memory that inspired this candle of her childhood and her dad traveling back and forth for work and that sense of comfort and safety and peace that comes from being with your family oh this one this might be my favorite so this one has notes of warm cedar fresh cypress rosemary and lavender i love this one this one's also like super unique like i feel like i've never smelled a candle like this before i really really like it and then the two extras that ashley sent we have evening stroll and fresh laundry my editor cutting out 30 seconds of me just going back and forth sniffing these candles but really both of these smell so so great all of these do thank you so much ashley and rekindled kindled our next business is spent threads a cheap and sustainable way to buy the things you love and we have a video from the owner gabriella so let's hear from her on what spent threads is all about i'm gabriella the owner of spent threads we are an online size inclusive pre-live clothing boutique each month we create a collection of items that are specifically for that season when you buy second hand from us you're able to save an item from the landfill where each year around 17 million tons of textile waste end up we also try to use recycled packaging to help lower environmental impact and when we're doing all that we get to sell really cute clothes for super great prices you can check us out at smiththreads.com or at spendthreads on instagram so on the spent threads website gabriella has a shop by size option which was so helpful so i went through the extra large and double xl tabs to find some cute pre-loved pieces i got this olive green short sleeve top in an extra extra large for five dollars five dollars and sixty cents this maroon floral dress in an extra extra large for 12 and then this third piece might not fit me until after baby's here or maybe i could just like tie it up over the bump but i could not resist it looked so freaking cool and then the caption the caption just sold me so it's this vintage red and cream bowling shirt in an extra large for 12 and the description says this top gives us first day at work high school bella vibes i love it i love it so here is our package let's unbox and try everything on so we have a letter so so sweet thank you so much gabriella and she also included a coupon code for you guys so you can use code unfiltered for 15 off your purchase for the next two weeks after this video goes live okay so first thing out of the box is our bella first day of forks high school bowling shirt i am way too excited about this let's try it on this bowling shirt is giving me all the 90s vibes and i'm so here for it also even at 27 weeks pregnant i can totally just wear this open with a tank top and the way i'm super down to try it tied up like this over the bump like imagine this with some denim cut off shorts so freaking cute so fun and so much more unique and better for the environment than buying something like this brand new and then we have our green lace up t-shirt let's give this one a try i know this is just a t-shirt and i promise i'm trying not to over hype it but why do i feel like i'm gonna wear this like twice a week this shirt is like so just like comfy it feels worn in it's loose and flowy over the bump it's not maternity but it is a 2x and usually i pre-pregnancy would be an extra large or a 1x and so just having this extra flowy room here oh it makes me happy all my t-shirts are too tight now also i think the lace-up detail on the front is really cute it's just a great basic and also a great price five dollars i feel like i'm gonna get a lot of wear out of this in the rest of my pregnancy for sure and last but not least our maroon floral dress so here is the maroon dress so it's about like a right below the knee kind of a midi length and it has an elastic waist here which since i'm pregnant i would probably belt this and pull the waist up a little bit more just so that it's right over the bump but this is just such a comfy flowy cut i love the sleeves i love the print really just loose and lightweight and comfortable super happy with all three of these items so definitely check out spent threads if you want to do a little bit of online thrifting and support a member of our community here our next business i am so excited about it's the rooted baby co a black owned business that crafts baby items made in authentic african print fabrics and other items inspired by their motherland and people so let's listen to the owner alfreda tell you a little bit more about her amazing business hi schulte community how are you my name is alfreda avenat and i am the creator and owner of the rooted baby co here at the rudy baby co i hand craft baby and children's accessories that are made from authentic african print fabric and are inspired by african culture i was inspired by my son noah when he was born he was a preemie and a nicu baby during that time my husband and i decided that that would be our only child so i wanted to make sure that i passed on the traditions and culture of my ghanaian heritage and i wanted to share it with others as well i carry a line of mealtime accessories swaddles that are multifunctional not just for baby but for mama too and i also carry a multitude of other parent-friendly accessories if you ever want to come by stop by www.broodybabycode.com
or hang out on instagram where we have lots of fun at rudybabyco and say hi so scrolling through the website everything looked so amazing it was so hard to choose don't be surprised if rooted baby co pops up again in the small business baby hall because i will definitely be coming back for more but for this video i decided to get one of the swaddles from the mama africa collection it was 22 and there were lots of different prints to choose from i went with the mud cloth and i also got one of the rooted teething rattles for baby girl in the kumasi mustard color and it was 19.99 i was also really interested in this beautifully crafted wooden bow holder but it was sold out in the cream color i wanted so i put my email in to be notified and as soon as it's back in stock i i'm getting one this is stunning so here is our package and let's unbox so we have a letter oh this is so sweet thank you thank you so much alfreda she also said that she included their signature is sony the elephant teether and in a new signature color that will be released during the summer so be looking out for that okay so wow the packaging hold on look how cute the packaging is in this box it's like opening a christmas present so first we have the teething ring i am gonna take it out of the package just so that i can like feel it and hold it even though it's gonna be another couple months until baby girl gets to try it oh this is beautiful i'm so glad i went with the mustard and it feels like it's a mix of the raw wood with the rings and then these three little teething balls and then the yellow ones i think are they feel like silicone really really beautiful and so excited to give this to baby girl in just a couple months now oh my gosh okay this is the swaddle this print is just beautiful and it feel well i need to look up what material this is made out of because this feels like i've ordered a couple swaddles online and this feels way better because it feels lightweight but still like high quality and durable and soft i looked it up on the website and it is a cotton and bamboo blend which i just i love everything about this i love the color i love the print i love the story and the culture behind this thank you so much alfreda wow i i i love it i'm a big fan and then we have the extra that she threw in the sony elephant teether oh i love the color wow again with the other teether ring this just feels so nice and so high quality and i really really love the neutral color and how it kind of blends in with the wood part of the ring everything from rooted baby coat is just beautifully crafted so excited about these and no question i will be a return customer next up we have whole hoops a small business creating beautiful jewelry with a commitment to sustainability and working towards racial and disability justice it's queer and disabled owned by an amazing puerto rican woman annette so let's hear from annette herself hi my name is annette thoro and i'm the owner of whole hoops jewelry paul hoops was born out of a desire to step into our individual power through hoop earrings and classic pieces and our collective power through donating to organizations that work toward racial justice disability justice and justice for puerto rico to that end ten percent of every order will be donated at the end of each month and this month in honor of sierra and all of you guys 50 of the ezra necklace will be donated as well this month's organization is laughing at my nightmare a really great organization that provides grants and adaptive equipment to people with muscular dystrophy i just want to thank sierra and all of you guys for having me and i hope you'll all feel welcome to be part of the whole hoops community as well not only is annette's jewelry just beautiful but i really love the mission behind her business so i'm gonna join annette in supporting laughing at my nightmare and donate 500 today i will have them linked in the description and i would absolutely love if you want to help support them and donate as well and like annette said she donates with every purchase as well so as for my purchases i decided to get the caitlyn medium hoops they were 30 dollars and made with 14 karat yellow gold fill another great thing about annette's products is in addition to being sustainably and locally made almost all her products are made with either 14 carat gold fill 14 karat rose gold fill or sterling silver and she explained to me that basically that means all her products are suitable for people with sensitive skin ears or allergies and they won't turn your skin green so yay for high quality jewelry i also got the ezra necklace in the 18 carat yellow gold fill i have been really loving just simple gold jewelry like this so i'm very excited about it and it was 40. also annette set up a coupon code for you guys so if you want to purchase from whole hoops you can use code sierra for 10 off so here is our package let's open this bad boy up okay so first we have care instructions and then she also sent a very very sweet note oh uh is it the hormones or is am i just really this emotional cause i'm gonna cry okay hold on so annette said she included a couple goodies and one of them is the laney detachable beads in moonstone and she says that moonstone represents divine feminine energy new beginnings intuition and empathy and this is the part this part that makes my mascara run all of these remind me of you in your current journey with pregnancy and motherhood i've enclosed three beads for each year one for you one for steven and one for baby girl thanks wait she also said i am launching a new product which will be named after you the sierra climbers thank you so much annette okay back to the unboxing look at how cute this packaging is with her little logo and the twine okay so there's a couple things in this box we'll go through them one by one first here are the gold hoops that i ordered i love how like thin and dainty these are also my ears are really sensitive so i love that they're gonna be lightweight to actually wear and then we have one of the other extras that she included these are the candice chunky hoops really really cute super excited to wear these and then these must be the new climbers the sierra climbers i can't believe these are being named after me that is so cool and then these must be the moonstone beads which i think i can put onto the hoops six of these gorgeous little white moonstone beads we're not gonna cry we're not gonna cry we are you know what we are probably gonna cry but that's okay because we're not afraid of crying emotion is good and then in the other little dust bag and gift box we have yep this is my necklace i am really really excited about this i love the simplicity of it so tomorrow i'm gonna style some of this jewelry with my outfit so let's go ahead and just cut to that how gorgeous are these hoops oh my goodness i am truly just obsessed like they're so simple and beautiful but adding the little moonstone beads is just such a unique touch and i love the personal meaning behind it and i feel like wearing the hoops and the necklace even though i'm just wearing like a plain t-shirt today the jewelry elevates it so much and makes me look so much more put together big big fan of whole hoops and everything i got especially these earrings with the moonstone i feel like i'm gonna get so much wear out of these and they're definitely one of my favorite pieces of jewelry that i own thank you so so much annette and i can't wait to try out the rest of the earrings our next business oh i could not believe it when i was reading through the submissions for this video and i saw this one so one of the fantastic women in our community here hannah owns a carnivorous plant nursery called pearl river exotics and if you don't follow the vlog channel you probably don't know this but one of my quarantine hobbies that i picked up in addition to rocks because we all know i love rocks was carnivorous plants so i've gotten a couple venus fly traps some pitcher plants i was really in to carnivorous plants and bog making when i was a kid and so i picked it back up in the pandemic so oh my gosh is hannah living my dream but i will let her tell you more about that hey guys my name is hannah i run pearl river exotics along with my husband here at pearl river exotics we specialize in carnivorous plants so we grow a lot of nepenthes like this here so our main mission here at pearl river exotics is to provide ethically sourced and produced plants we have a greenhouse here in new mexico and we also have a greenhouse in south mississippi in addition we also have a plant lab where we grow a lot of things in sterile culture and do some micro propagation if y'all have any questions feel free to email us at pearlriverexotics gmail.com thank you sierra so much for choosing our business and supporting us yeah we just appreciate it thanks so hannah also made a coupon code for you guys for 10 off it's sierra 10 and she has a youtube channel that she would love for you guys to check out it's carnivorous plants with hannah she has greenhouse tours unboxings educational videos so if you are like me and carnivorous plants are your jam link in the description to her channel definitely check that out as well so pearl river exotics had a ton of different plants to choose from and hannah actually recommended a specific one that she thought would be good for me the nepenthes ventracosa and dubia which is a hybrid super cool little pitcher plant i got a medium and it was 19. i wanted to unbox it as soon as i got the package so that our little plant could see the light take it in so let's cut to that clip that i already filmed where i unbox and set up our plant friends all right i have my package here from pearl river exotics and i am so freaking excited to open it also this literally got here like three days after i placed the order so i'm filming this way before the rest of the video she included this little pearl river exotic sticker okay she also included some care instructions from the plant which is super super helpful and a letter so so sweet thank you so much hannah and now we get into the plant it is packaged up really really nicely in here oh my gosh look at its little pictures oh this is so cool okay here is what it looks like it has two like fully formed pictures on it already i'm gonna go ahead and just remove the rest of the tape here so here it is all unboxed i'm very excited i'm gonna read through the care instructions learn a little bit more about my pearl exotics plant buddy here and then uh we'll find the best spot for him to grow all right i got all the background information on our little nepenthes here and i'm feeling like a good prepared plant mom he needs a name though so if you guys want to comment your name suggestions for our new plant friend and then you know what whichever name suggestion comment has the most likes that will be the plant's name so comment your suggestions and thumbs up the ones that you like but our little buddy here is native to southeast asia prefers bright indirect sunlight and higher humidity so it's best to keep it damp and they also do really well in windowsills it needs distilled water and higher moisture so i shouldn't ever let it like fully dry out and it'll catch bugs all on its own no need to to feed it i also asked hannah about repotting the plant she said it's best to keep it in this pot for now as it acclimates so i'm gonna do that and then i'm also gonna get a little saucer to put on at the bottom to help retain moisture but i have i think i have the perfect spot for this plant so this is my desk it's got lots of little nerdy sierra touches things that i like and also over here in the corner if you remember our good moss ball friend bob moss who also needs indirect sunlight and he has been doing pretty well here so i'm thinking the plant should either go here on the desk right next to my megalodon tooth or we can bring him over here and rearrange things a little bit so the plant is even closer to the window all right i think i decided i think my desk is the best spot oh my gosh this is just too perfect even right now just filming at my desk and looking over at my little carnivorous plant friend just brings me so much happiness thank you so much hannah and pearl river exotics i am just so incredibly excited about this and while this was my first pearl river exotics purchase it will most definitely not be my last i'm stoked oh i love my little plant look at him look at him wow wow wow wow wow wow that's all i have to say is just wow i love everything so much huge thank you to all the business owners who participated in this video and a huge thank you to you for watching this video and supporting me and my channel and making these videos possible remember to check out all the small businesses they are linked down in the description highly recommend checking out these small businesses and supporting them if you can and just supporting other small businesses in your local area a lot of small businesses are being hit really hard by this pandemic and so there's never been a better time to support them and get some amazing really special products and i think that is the key to me with all of these small business halls is everything is just so special and personal and unique and i i am just honored and blown away to have so many talented entrepreneurs in my audience so be confident be kind to your body and i will see you in the next video bye [Music]
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