Our Story

In the beginning… of the business, well I guess you could say the beginning of that was not only just the beginning of business, but it had also happened to be part of the beginning of my life. If that happens to make any sense at all Lol. The vintage, the antiques, the thrifting and everything in between growing up was an unforeseeable mold of me growing up into who I am today and why I had started this wild ride. I got into this long before I even got myself into it! This is something that has always been apart of me. Growing up in a single parent home with my Mom along with the Grandparents. I went to garage/estate sales, thrift stores, and picking up things on the side of the road(Grandma taught me that one). As an old soul at 26 it is truly something that was in my roots that had bloomed into a passion. With that being said, I guess you could say I naturally ended up working at an Antique store back in my hometown which I am forever grateful for. ( big shoutout to Jeanne Terrill at Junque Resucers for giving me the opportunity) from part-time my last semester graduating college full time. I really wasn’t sure what was next for me after college. With being able to have the opportunity to see the opportunity in it all. I knew that this was real passion for me and something I wanted to do. It started with the name Whataboho (fellow Texans might catch the drift) and then came the rest. My approach was starting out with vendor shows, not only was I going to be going to shows, but I wanted to “roll” up into shows making my business a real vintage mobile retail. Of course, making the mobile entirely authentic to my business with a Vintage Airstream. It was certainly not an overnight business it was a plan I had living in my head rent free for about 3 years until it actually became reality. During that time with the name, got the online website going, and I had gotten the Airstream. Boy did I not know what I was getting myself into with him. It was love at first sight with the Airstream. Well and sometimes love is blind and I was blind to the many problems that naturally come with a vintage camper. Thinking my heart could not go on without it at my first show. I realized I had to, and it was a dive it headfirst. I got to the finishing steps of a TM with my online site and that’s what gave me the launch I really needed to get the show on the road without it. I applied at one show, got a no. But it didn’t stop me, then came Junk Hippy, a show as a shopper I knew that one day I wanted to be a seller. It was a huge goal and dream of mine to one day be there. I was hoping that my first L would have accepted me so that I could at least have a show under my belt before applying to a show my dreams. I went ahead and did it, not only that but they had two dates you could be able to apply for. So of course, I went for both!!! I wanted to show how much I wanted to be apart of it. I figured with the first show it would likely be booked as well. Then I ended up getting into BOTH. I cried after the email over the excitement of getting accepted. The one I thought was already full was actually going to be the coming weekend, when it was Monday. Hence the major launch, within 4 days I had to get ready for my first ever show. The show was a success and the rest has been history since. I will say that the first show having been such a success had a whole lot to do with Junk Hippy the show itself. The owner of Junk Hippy- Kristen Gill took me under her wing and was the one to take a chance and give me the opportunity and starting out for my first show. I would have to say if it wasn’t for her, I wouldn’t be where I am today with the business . Personally, for myself diving headfirst into it and getting myself out there was the best approach in order for me to start the business. With the way it all started it gave me the opportunity to have 0 time to even be able to overthink anything. The only time I had was for me to just actually do it. Part of why it took so long was that I had thought I had to know everything and I felt like I wasn’t prepared enough, but what I had found is that way you begin know and prepare is just by jumping in and doing it.