Greta’s Junkyard Turns 7: A Major Launch + A Giveaway to Celebrate!
This September officially marks the 7th birthday of GretasJunkyard.com. Who would have thought that an emo Tumblr I started in 2009 would eventually become an official blog in 2013, and to what it is today? I can still remember the past Greta’s Junkyard anniversary celebrations like it was yesterday!
All the Greta’s Junkyard Anniversary celebrations through the years…
Greta’s Junkyard Turns 2: A Makeup Workshop with Purebeauty
Greta’s Junkyard Turns 3: Coffee and Contour
Greta’s Junkyard Turns 4: A Pampering Soiree
Greta’s Junkyard Turns 5: An Afternoon of Bonding, Bubblies, and Beauty
I wasn’t able to celebrate the blog’s 6th anniversary, because September 2019 was a huge month in my personal life (I got married! You can read all about it here). As much as I would have wanted to make it up this year by throwing another celebration and spending time with you all, the pandemic put a halt to these plans. For now, I’d rather that we all do our parts in helping fight this virus by staying at home, practicing social distancing, wearing our masks properly at all times whenever we head out to do important errands, and washing our hands often.
Welcome to Greta’s Junk Shop
To commemorate this special milestone of Greta’s Junkyard, I thought it was about time that she evolved into something bigger. And so aside from redesigning her look to symbolize her “growing up” from a quirky, little girl to a more mature young lady (did you guys notice that in the logo?), I’m beyond thrilled to finally launch Greta’s Junk Shop: a curation of my favorite things!
To be honest, this project has been sitting in my Trello board for years. The e-commerce section was always there (hidden) since 2016 (thanks to Cayo who as usual, worked on it as soon as I mentioned the idea of wanting to grow the blog further), but I just never really had the time nor energy. But leaving corporate this second time around gave me the opportunity to focus on all my passion projects—from helping my mom run Mama Jessie’s Kesong Puti, to writing more for the blog, to this one! It took a lot of fun evenings finding suppliers and curating what I wanted to sell, studying the backend of the shop, doing inventory, producing my own product descriptions, images, and graphics (while enlisting my sister, cousins, and brother’s girlfriend to be models), applying for permits, ensuring the site’s security, and basically doing everything as a two-man team (with the logistics help of my mom and brother). But when you’re working on something you really love, you won’t even notice how quickly time flies. These past few weeks, I’ve been sleeping almost every night at 4am without even realizing it.
I hope you can all support this new venture of mine! Click here to see what’s in store. Each product has a backstory in the description, plus I’ll be adding more products in the coming weeks! Hope you can also like Greta’s Junkyard on Facebook, and follow @gretasjunkshop on Instagram. As a special treat to everyone, I’m giving away a curation of different items from Greta’s Junk Shop (plus a few beauty products)! This includes the following:
From Greta’s Junk Shop
- Fine China Yoga Mat
- Pauline Yoga Sports Bra in White
- Nicole Yoga Sports Bra in Black
- Pineapple Jewelry Tray
- Fiorina House Dress in Pink
Beauty Products
- Esfolio Moisture Soothing Gel Aloe Vera
- Nutrifam Indian Healing Clay
- K-Palette 1Day Tattoo Real Strong Eyeliner
- TRESemme Keratin Smooth 5-in-1 Shampoo (economy size)
- Cream Silk Triple Keratin Rescue (economy size)
All you have to do is enter the raffle below.
Before I end, I just want to thank everyone again for your support. All of this wouldn’t have been possible without you guys by my side. So thank you from the bottom of my heart. And here’s to many more years of sharing my stories and the things I love through Greta’s Junkyard.
UPDATE: Congratulations to long-time reader, Jennifer Cuyos-Lacsi, for winning a curated set of items from Greta’s Junk Shop! Thank you for your support all these years. Kindly DM me with your delivery address and mobile number, so I can send your prize as soon as possible.
Thank you to everyone who joined, and for supporting me during my launch of Greta’s Junk Shop. Be sure to always stay tuned for monthly giveaways happening right here on Greta’s Junkyard.
Greta’s Junkyard Turns 7: A Major Launch + A Giveaway to Celebrate Another Greta’s Junkyard Anniversary!
September 16, 2020 @ 12:51 pm
Happy 7th Anniversary miss gretchen and to the whole team of gretasjunkyard. .God bless and more power!
September 17, 2020 @ 9:25 pm
Happy Anniversary ❤️ Stay safe and More power!!!
September 16, 2020 @ 2:03 pm
Happy 7 years Anniversary Mam, more power to you, more blessing to your family more love for the following years, thank you for this giv away hope to win I really love youry products
September 16, 2020 @ 3:36 pm
Happy 7th Anniversarie po!!!,more to go!!!and Godbless u alwys!!,stay safe!!!Hapi Anniveesarie..!enjoy!
September 16, 2020 @ 8:43 pm
Happy 7th Anniversary po Madam, more years to come, stay safe and God bless po. Hoping to attend someday your anniversary event when things when normal.
September 17, 2020 @ 10:21 am
Happy Anniversary Ms. Gretchen .. more blessing to come and Be safe as always to and and your family.. Thank you for shating your blessing your such a inspiration to all the wowen and Mommy’s Too Hoping to win thos product i really like it Godbless Always
September 17, 2020 @ 4:57 pm
Happy Anniversary po Ma’am Gretchen, you’re so generous… Keep safe always and God Bless and more power…
September 18, 2020 @ 10:51 am
Happy anniversary Ms. Gretchen we thank u for sharing ur blessing to us hoping to win
Congratulation po and may God bless you always more power Ms. Gretchen
September 18, 2020 @ 11:53 am
Happy anniversary ms.gretchen thank you po sa pag share nyo ng bessings saamin.. sana po manalo ako thank you po godbless you always. Congrats po.
September 18, 2020 @ 2:38 pm
Congratulations!
Happy Anniversary! Thank you for this kind of opportunity or chance to get your beautiful stuffs..May God bless you more for being so generous and kind.
I hope to be one of the lucky one
September 18, 2020 @ 5:49 pm
Happy anniversary ms. Gretchen! May God bless you more. . just always trust God. God will pay you back for what good you’ve done to people.
September 18, 2020 @ 10:53 pm
Happy anniversary ms. Gretchen thankyou for the opportunity. Hoping to win.
September 19, 2020 @ 9:35 pm
Happy Anniversary Ms.Gretchen.. You’re an inspiration…keep it up.. Thankyou for sharing your blessings .May God bless you more.
September 20, 2020 @ 2:04 am
Yahoo happy anniversary Ms Gretchen! Cheers!
Ig @iamlove_iloveyou
Fb: love compoc
September 20, 2020 @ 4:43 pm
Congratulations & Happy 7th Anniversary Ms. Gretchen. More years to come Hoping to win
September 20, 2020 @ 10:00 pm
Happy Anniversary to you and your business Ma’am Gretchen..More powers and blessings to come..May our Almighty God be with you always.Stay blessed
September 20, 2020 @ 10:02 pm
Happy 7th Anniversary to your business Ma’am Gretchen..More powers and blessings to come..May our Almighty God be with you always.Stay blessed
September 22, 2020 @ 12:08 am
Happy 7th Anniversary GretasJunkyard.
I remember all your Anniversary celebrations it was so fun.meeting new people and your giveaways I love it.salamat Ms. Gretchen…
September 22, 2020 @ 11:15 am
Happy 7th.anniversary☺️
God blessed po
Keep safe always☺️☺️☺️
September 23, 2020 @ 2:51 pm
HAPPY 7TH ANNIVERSARY!!!
#Gretas Junnkyard
More anniversary to celebrate more blessings to come god bless always
September 23, 2020 @ 2:52 pm
HAPPY 7TH ANNIVERSARY!!!
#Gretas Junkyard
More anniversary to celebrate more blessings to come god bless always
September 25, 2020 @ 11:38 am
Happy anniversary po, salamat po ng marame sa pagiging generous mo po, god bless you po and your family. ❤❤❤
September 27, 2020 @ 1:43 pm
Happy 7th Anniversary, more blessings to come. Stay safe and God bless.
September 28, 2020 @ 11:41 pm
Happy Blogversary Ate Gretch 🙂 Keep slayin~
September 29, 2020 @ 8:22 pm
Happy Anniversary! God bless.