Friday, December 17, 2010

PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK ME IF TWIGS MEANS ANYTHING. SO HERE'S THE STORY OF OUR NAME. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, I DECIDED THAT I WANTED TO MOVE INTO A STOREFRONT. AT THE TIME, I WASN'T STRICTLY DOING HOSTESS PACKAGING. I INVITED ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS TO JOIN ME AND WE COINED THE NAME T.W.I.G.S. FOR TWO WOMEN IN A GIFT SHOP. WE KIND OF THOUGHT IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD NAME. WORD GOT AROUND AS TO WHAT WE WERE DOING, AND BEING THAT MOST OF US ARE ALL OF THE AGE WHERE OUR KIDS ARE MARRYING AND MOVING OUT, BEFORE WE KNEW IT, WE WERE BEING ASKED BY MANY MORE FRIENDS IF THEY COULD JOIN. SO WE WENT TO "THREE WOMEN IN A GIFT SHOP" AND SO ON. WHEN WE GOT TO "TEN WOMEN IN A GIFT SHOP" WE SAID THIS IS NOOOOT GOING TO WORK. WELL, WE INCORPORATED AS TWO WOMEN AND THEN THE WHOLE SHOP THING SORT OF FELL THROUGH. MY FRIEND IS NOW WORKING AS A VICE PRINCIPAL AND I AM STILL WORKING OUT OF MY HOUSE. WE KEPT THE NAME AND MY DAUGHTERS HAVE JOINED ME ON OCCASION SO IT ALL WORKED OUT IN THE END. AND THE STORY IS A GOOD CONVERSATION OPENER.

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