Tag Archives: Taryn Ross

Ministry of Found RIP

18 May

So…that’s it.

It’s been an emotional (and sometimes stressful!) journey. It’s been like a surreal dream from thinking up the initial idea of starting my own pop up shop, to seeing it actually come to life. Not to mention working with some of my 90s music idols and organising a celeb-studded launch night. Madness!

Thanks to everyone who has helped along the way. There are so many people to name, but special thanks go to the guys at Yell for supporting the venture from the start and all the experts who offered their pearls of wisdom – Savannah Miller from Twenty8Twelve, Lee Lapthorne at On|Off, Taryn Ross from Urban Junkies, Aysun and Morag at Selfridges and Dan Thompson from the Empty Shops Network. The team at Mixmag have been great supporters of Ministry of Found too and their help in getting the word out was invaluable in making it a success.

But most of all I want to say a huge thanks to everyone who took the time to read the blog and leave positive comments, all of you who came down to the Ministry of Found and visited/bid on my eBay auction. It’s been such an amazing experience and I’ve learnt so much. Plus, it’s all been in aid of some worthy causes: Centrepoint, Oxfam and the Jamie Oliver Foundation.

Keep an eye out for my next venture, whatever that may be. Thinking about it, the shed could do with a clear-out…

Know who you are?

19 Jan

“Know what you’re about?” I do.

Which leads me to the last (but by no means least) top tips video.

I managed to speak to the totally brilliant Taryn Ross, Editor and Founder of the influential website Urban Junkies.  She  offered me her top tips on how to find your own style, set a point of difference for your pop-up shop and the importance of being ‘online’.

Looks like I have some work to do… I have the stuff to sell, must go out and find the space to sell it now!

(I almost feel like an expert now, so any questions just let me know and I’ll do my best to answer)

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