Closing Up Shop: a house log

It is so hard to say goodbye, but in the words of Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton: something’s gotta give.

Parenthood, home improvement projects, and tons of other journal related undertakings have filled up more of our days, which means that our little t-shirt and print shop will be closing its virtual doors. We proudly rely on two local printing and t-shirt companies to create all of our YHL wares, but we do all of the designing, stocking, packaging, and mailing ourselves. We know that we can likely outsource those responsibilities, but it simply feels like something else we would have to juggle – and what can we say, we like to be the ones who get our hands dirty and do the work ourselves.

Even though we know closing this door will open the door to future opportunities (and free us up to tackle more projects and write more posts instead of standing in line at the post office and calling in orders) we are still sad! But we keep reminding ourselves that by simplifying and streamlining our to-do list, we can continue to bring you folks plenty of makeovers, before and afters, giveaways, house crashings, and other things that you know and enjoy. We have assigned an inventory number to everything that is left in our shop (about 30 items remain) but when those things are gone, we are officially sold out for good.

But sufficient Debbie Downering (yes, we simply made that a verb). Let us get to the hearts and unicorns portion of this post. We enjoy you folks for your support of our shop over the past two years and we owe a large heartfelt thank you to every one of you lovely folks and gals who ordered from us. We are beyond honored that our prints hang on your walls and our t-shirts hang on your bodies. Seriously, nothing is cooler than that. We so appreciate your support and your interest in our designs!