Not that anyone asked, but the hardest part about buying inventory has always been the “1 Budget, 40 Brands Conundrum”. I used to ~ until incredibly recently ~ buy ‘what I needed’ from each brand, and then once everything showed up there was too much of everything. Now, I’m trying to buy mostly all at once (per quarter) so that I can be stricter with sticking to plan.
All this is to say - our recent order from Subtle Art Studios is notably one of the smallest we’ve ever gotten from them, and it’s also probably my favorite.
After ruthlessly trimming down my basket to be left only with things that I’m obsessed with, that’s what showed up at the shop today. Here’s what we ended up with: