“Owning this shop gives me a way to tap into my creative side. One of my favourite quotes is ‘desire to inspire,’ and I like to see people inspired by our products, our wonderful staff, and our overall vibe here,” she says. “Since the pandemic, we’ve all spent so much more time in our homes and surrounding ourselves with the “cozy and comfy” has been the vibe/feeling that we’re all craving.” You’ll see changes for the 2022 season. “We expanded to add coffee service in the shop with fabulous baked goods, and a selection of small batch artisan specialty food products from the Prince Edward Island Preserve Company.” Doiron says. After learning what their customers were looking for, this year Cottage Life Boutique is carrying more canvas prints, small accent tables and accent lamps, and lots of decor pillows. “We have a lot of great decor and entertaining items such as unique coffee mugs, an amazing selection of pottery mugs, handcrafted signs, bath products, and healing stone bracelets. You will notice that the boutique carries products from local entrepreneurs— amazing pottery products from Tracy Stretch and Debbie McKie, healing stone bracelets from Nora Cummins, and macrame items from Rebekah Conohan.” Doiron’s son Porter returns with his popular line of soy candles, Seaview Candles, a number one seller in 2021. This year, Porter has added scents to his candles, but he has also added new vessels. “We have a great team and hired more staff,” Doiron says. “Olivia Morley is now managing the store. She’s been instrumental in getting the shoppe where it is today! The shoppe looks absolutely beautiful. Olivia is an amazingly talented gal that has the perfect eye for creating those ‘cottage life’ vibes I envision for customers to experience. She’s given her 110 per cent in curating our inventory,
merchandising the shoppe, considering those little ‘oh so important’ details, and even made sure we had just the right CLB team members on deck!” Doiron and her staff are bringing Cottage Life Boutique to the heart of people’s homes. “I love hearing how our products allow people to have a peaceful state of mind. I love talking to people and hearing their stories,” she says.
(above) Olivia Morley
Cottage Life Boutique 8572 Cavendish Road cottagelifeboutique@gmail.com www.cottagelifeboutique.ca
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