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00:00Yeah, so please start up with your name, start up with your business, tell us, what up, though?
00:04What up, though?
00:07Hey, everybody, this is Shannon Rucker from Bad Crush.
00:11And yes, okay, so I've been making bags since 2015, and I decided to take my career on another level,
00:19and I became a chef as of last year.
00:22I actually graduated last year.
00:24So now I'm working at Doc's Grill House in St. Clair Shores.
00:29It's only been in business for about a year, so it's a brand-new restaurant, y'all, so y'all got to go check it out.
00:36It's super dope.
00:38And right now I'm just excited to be with Natasha.
00:42We're about to do an event next week on the 21st at Oh So Quaint.
00:47It's going to be a create, sip, shop situation, so you'll be able to stop by my station,
00:53and you'll be able to create, paint one of my bags.
00:56I also do painting with a crush, so you can actually have wearable art that you paint,
01:01that I sketch the art on, and you paint it.
01:03Yes.
01:03And you get to take it home.
01:04And they're beautiful, too.
01:05It's really, really dope.
01:07Beautiful.
01:07So I'm going to have some of my bags on sale.
01:10It's going to be a big, big sale, y'all, so y'all have to come check it out.
01:13You've got to say, you're not going to.
01:14This is the best and biggest shopping experience of the year.
01:17Ever.
01:18Like, let's talk about it.
01:19They're able to eat.
01:21They're able to drink.
01:21We got karaoke happening, sing-alongs.
01:26And anytime you're with the tribe, it's just nothing but love.
01:30It's just love all over the place.
01:32It's laughter all over the place.
01:34It's silly vibes.
01:35It almost makes you feel like you're kind of like in high school again,
01:38but with the good vibes.
01:39Yes.
01:40You know, no bullying, no anybody's better than anyone.
01:43We're all in a spaceship simply enjoying.
01:46And most of you guys have come to a Being That Girl Experience event.
01:51So y'all know that it's a vibe every time.
01:54Every time.
01:55Every time.
01:56It is not one where we miss, you know.
01:58So this FIP Shop and Create Beauty Experience that we're going to be hosting
02:03at Oh So Quaint, which is co-founded by myself and one of my great friends,
02:08Nicole Jones, who's also the founder of Evolve Style Studio.
02:13And we're right next door to each other.
02:16And we put a lot of effort into Oh So Quaint and being able to make it a hub
02:22for creatives, for friends, for love, for joy.
02:28It's Quaint exactly for that.
02:30So we're going to transform that and we're going to lend our vibes to the community.
02:34And we're going to create some really dope gifts.
02:37We're going to have so many laughs.
02:40We can't go anywhere in any space without laughing.
02:43Okay, I don't want to be there.
02:45If I can't laugh and have a good time, I don't want to come.
02:48Yes, we're always laughing.
02:49Yes, always laughing.
02:50And then we got dope fashion to match.
02:52But we not only have fashion, we have herbs.
02:55We have a link that's coming out.
02:57Song Your Weavers, they have a company called Link where you're able to create
03:02custom bracelets where you're linked with your girls forever.
03:06It's such a dope experience.
03:08So you're going to really experience a lot of different exhibitors, creatives,
03:16entrepreneurs, enjoy sisterhood.
03:18It is for youth and adults.
03:20It's like we want this to be something very unforgettable.
03:23So this is for all ages.
03:23This is for all ages, Lori.
03:26I love that.
03:27And then you say this happening when?
03:28On the 21st.
03:29December the 21st from 11 to 9.
03:32And we're taking it back.
03:32Y'all remember on the malls, we're open until 9 p.m.?
03:34Yes.
03:35We're clowning.
03:36We're going to open it.
03:36We're going to stay open until 9.
03:38Oh, y'all couldn't up.
03:39Oh, y'all couldn't up.
03:41Y'all couldn't up.
03:42So not only do you get a chance to create, you get a chance to network,
03:45be around like-minded women, empowering.
03:47I don't want to be there.
03:49At this point, this is an opportunity that you don't want to miss
03:52because when this comes around, you don't want to just let this pass you by.
03:56No.
03:56Because I feel like we need more events like this.
03:59So when I hear stuff like this, it just makes my heart smile.
04:02Yes.
04:02Because come on, let's get together.
04:05Let's communicate.
04:06Let's network.
04:07Let's make beautiful moments.
04:09Yes.
04:10And nothing more, nothing less.
04:11And then, not only so, Kiana Martin over here.
04:14Okay, let's talk about Kiana.
04:15She's going to be with us on December the 21st as well.
04:20And she brought in some of the goodies.
04:22Can we please get a photo op of these items there?
04:25Yes.
04:26You got to put them up.
04:26Put them up so we can look at them.
04:28Go ahead and walk around with us.
04:30Like, you got to give us a little twirl in the studio.
04:33Like, pass it around.
04:35So, Kiana, please can you tell us about the name of your business
04:39and the things that you specialize in.
04:41Yeah, pass it, pass it, or give us a pass around.
04:44Like, she's trying to hold out on the goods, guys.
04:46And you're going to be able to make these things at the shop, sip,
04:53and create at Oh So Quaint.
04:56And look at this, guys.
04:58If you're in the studios, these are routes that they'll be able to actually make
05:03during the event or purchase.
05:06Not only are you able to make, you're also able to purchase.
05:10So, it's not necessarily if you don't have the time to be at a, you know,
05:15to work at a creative station to create your own gift or item,
05:24you'll also be able to just purchase.
05:26And, you know, that's the beautiful thing.
05:28And we cannot, I can't even tell you guys that how they started,
05:34which was with You Drink, I Make.
05:37You Drink, I Make.
05:39Shout out to Mary Harvin and You Care, I Make.
05:42Who will be in the building on December the 21st?
05:45My girl, it will definitely be there with the mobile bartender.
05:48We got hot cocoa.
05:49We have drinks.
05:50We're making drinks together.
05:52If you ever wanted to make a drink professionally,
05:55she's going to guide you through the process in our You Drink, I Make station.
05:59We have candle making.
06:01Oh, my gosh.
06:02Look at the centerpieces.
06:03And they're not passing everything to me.
06:05At this point, I'm also hosting the show, guys.
06:07What up, though, Detroit?
06:09What up, dude?
06:12Lori got captivated in the gifts, Pat, all week.
06:17And you got it, right?
06:18Yes.
06:20Yes.
06:20I'm going to buy you one.
06:23Isn't this so?
06:24I'm fangirling out right now.
06:26This is what you want.
06:28Can I see a portrait now?
06:29You guys, look at the dominoes.
06:32I love these.
06:33The custom dominoes is crazy.
06:36I'm going to keep my photos.
06:38Yes.
06:39You know what I'm saying?
06:40Okay, guys.
06:42So we...
06:42Oh, do that.
06:42Did they say a paint with a twist?
06:44Why are we...
06:45I'm sorry.
06:46We're going to make these?
06:47I'm back.
06:47We're making these, Lori.
06:49That is gorgeous.
06:53At this point, you missing a movement.
06:55You missing a moment.
06:56I really want this.
06:58Like, I actually would like to take this home.
07:00Listen, I'm sold on the Lions one.
07:02So you're able to make this?
07:04If you're able to make it.
07:05You guys see the Lions one?
07:06Yes.
07:07I'm sold on that.
07:08I think I might buy that before we leave out of here today.
07:11Yes.
07:11Like, we have to show the Lions.
07:13But the thing, you can make things like this.
07:15So you're making and purchasing these.
07:17Yes.
07:17That's a beautiful thing.
07:19So not only do you get a chance to learn, but you can do this and do this at home.
07:22Yeah.
07:22Like, you can take this and you can really do something with it.
07:25So the name of my business is Yaya's Variety Shop.
07:28And as you can see, I have a variety of crafts that I do.
07:32Yes.
07:32I make home decor.
07:35I make dominoes.
07:38I make whatever you can think of.
07:42If I can imagine it, I can craft it.
07:46Right.
07:46Your own color.
07:47I can customize it.
07:48Your own colors.
07:49Your own vision.
07:50I can bring it to light.
07:51I started my business in 2022 during COVID.
07:54I was working at the time, but my family wasn't.
07:58My husband and my son.
08:01So when I got out of work, every day we would play dominoes.
08:03So, of course, I go to YouTube University.
08:06I'm bored.
08:07Yes.
08:07I go to YouTube University and I learn how to make custom dominoes.
08:13Get past them.
08:14Detroit is in the building.
08:16You have to pass them.
08:18Yes.
08:18I can make dominoes, shoes, wreaths.
08:26So, you know, anything.
08:27I love that.
08:28And we'll have everything.
08:29You can customize some of this at the Create Shop Sip event on the 21st.
08:37I'll have some things that you can customize.
08:40I love that.
08:40I love that.
08:41So I really love it because it's a variety.
08:43Normally, when you go, you think of painting with a twist and stuff.
08:45You know, it's only going to be a selective things you could choose from.
08:47Maybe one or two ideas.
08:49Yeah.
08:49This is game changing.
08:54Like, don't be surprised if somebody take your ideas.
08:56I just love this.
08:58Okay.
08:58Make sure you copyright and everything.
08:59Get all your rights.
09:01Because, baby, you're doing something.
09:02And this is something that's going to be bringing the community together.
09:07This is fly.
09:08And I want to be clear.
09:09This is limited space only.
09:11So those who want to.
09:12I'm going to say that.
09:13Why you got to go ahead?
09:13I'm sorry.
09:14I hate to be the one to break the news.
09:16It's all so quaint, you know.
09:18So we're looking for, it's going to be a quaint crowd as well, right?
09:24So you have to get a ticket in order to attend.
09:27And the tickets are free at bookosoquaint.com.
09:30Oh, that means they're really going fast, y'all.
09:32As well as we have VIP tickets that allows individuals to skip the line,
09:38which is $20.
09:40So they can purchase those VIP tickets.
09:42And at every station, they're allowed to pay each exhibitor for whether they're
09:46creating or purchasing, they're working directly with those tribe members that
09:51we're bringing in.
09:52And so you get to choose what you want.
09:54We'll have a full buffet brought to us by You Drink, I Make, as well as a full
09:59bar, including mocktails, cocoa, coffee, tea, as well.
10:05You already know, it's a tribe.
10:07We heavy.
10:07It's a tribe thing.
10:08It's a tribe thing.
10:09You see one, you're going to see them all at every event.
10:12Exactly.
10:12Exactly.
10:13You don't know what?
10:14We stick together on here.
10:14We stick together.
10:16I love that.
10:16And I love that.
10:17And that's what the agency is about.
10:19Everyone thought when I first launched Being That Girl that it was just about a fashion
10:23line.
10:24Well, really, the world just watched me create over a 10-year span an ecosystem.
10:27An ecosystem that has allowed for me to bring women of all walks of life from here through
10:34the, just internationally.
10:37Even our tribe out in the UK, Trisha Scott with the female CEO, she allows for me to spotlight
10:44the women in our tribe, you know, there with full articles and introductions to other women
10:51across the world who can help create and make a dream come true or an initiative.
10:56I love really dope women, period.
10:59Me too.
11:00I love working with them and collaborating with them.
11:03Yes.
11:04And I love also helping make dreams come true, like being the anchor and helping each of these
11:11women from building their websites to helping them with PR and media, recruitment, project
11:17management.
11:18We create initiatives and we collaborate together.
11:21We travel together.
11:22But it's really only good things.
11:25Like we don't do, we don't, we don't have any wild things happening behind the scenes
11:30about, except how we about to make something happen.
11:32Like, did y'all get those emails out?
11:35All right.
11:35No, really.
11:36That's our beef.
11:37Y'all ain't sending email.
11:39Okay.
11:40Miss it.
11:41That's how you made community.
11:42Yes.
11:43I love that.
11:43I love that.
11:44I'm really excited.
11:45So you say it's going down December 21st.
11:47Mm-hmm.
11:48Where can they go again to get those tickets?
11:50Where should they be?
11:51What time?
11:52Okay.
11:52Who can they bring?
11:52So we have December the 21st at Oh So Quaint, bookohsoquaint.com.
11:59We'll also have the Treasure Within nonprofit organization with us with their girls and mentors
12:04that day who will be spending the first three hours with us with their youth and their parents
12:11and their mentors who's coming to experience it.
12:14But it's also available to the public for you guys to, you know, stop by, make sure you support the exhibitors,
12:21make sure you support the tribe.
12:23And it's going to be from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m.
12:28All day.
12:28That means you don't got no excuse not to come, not to pull up.
12:31No excuse.
12:31You can leave and pull up.
12:33Yes.
12:33Yes.
12:34Anything.
12:34Leave, come back, drop off the kids, bring the kids.
12:37Come.
12:37All of that.
12:38All of that.
12:39All of that.
12:39And we want you guys to subscribe to I am hyphen that girl dot com for continued news about the tribe
12:44and the agency and the things that we're doing.
12:46Yes.
12:47But in order to get a ticket for this event, I want to be clear.
12:50It is limited space.
12:51I can't say that enough.
12:53And we hate when we have to turn people away at the door because we have to all the time.
12:57That's why I hated you had to say that.
12:57I'm like, dang.
12:58It got to be said.
12:59It has to be said.
13:00It does.
13:01So if you don't have a ticket, you can't come.
13:04Okay.
13:05You have to RSVP.
13:07We have to control the traffic.
13:09Okay.
13:09Especially in Growth Point.
13:10We know Growth Point, Michigan plays no games, you know.
13:14So we play no games at our venue.
13:16Okay.
13:16Get there early.
13:17And my partner, Nicole, does not play any games.
13:21So we want to make sure that we get the tickets.
13:26Okay.
13:26Yes.
13:27Off the line.
13:27They are limited.
13:29So we can't necessarily say exactly how many people will be in attendance.
13:34But I will let you know that if you don't have a ticket, you can't come.
13:38I can't.
13:38Okay.
13:38Listen, it's going to be crowded.
13:40It's going to probably be elbow to elbow.
13:42You make sure you get there.
13:43No, for real though.
13:44That's, I love that.
13:46I'm really excited.
13:47I love what you're, I always love what you're doing, Natasha.
13:49You always do beautiful things.
13:50Always bring the community together and making it bigger and bigger.
13:54Okay.
13:54So I'm excited.
13:55I love that for you.
13:56I love that for everybody.
13:57Yes.
13:57Absolutely.
13:58I can't wait.
13:58I wish you guys nothing but success.
14:00You got to make sure you guys shout out to social medias.
14:03Everybody.
14:04Make sure you get a shout out.
14:05We want to know your businesses again.
14:07Let us know.
14:08Okay.
14:08Go ahead.
14:09We can go around the circle.
14:09We can start with Paris.
14:10Are we going?
14:10Okay.
14:11So, oh, we're going to go with Natasha Lee.
14:15It's at I'm that girl, Natasha on IG, Natasha Lee on Facebook.
14:23I have all type of accounts, but it's the one with a check mark.
14:26Make your dreams come true.
14:28That girl.
14:29But anyway, if you find me on IG, you can connect with all of those things.
14:32And really guys, if you really, really want to do business with me, it's not the social
14:36that you need.
14:37You need the website.
14:38And it's I am hyphen that girl.com.
14:41Yes.
14:42I love it.
14:43Yes.
14:43And I also want to let you guys know that I am the three-time winner at the Detroit Choice
14:50Awards for favorite immersion designer, favorite creative designer, and favorite fashion show
14:57with my partner, Leslie Mathis.
14:59Yes.
15:00You can find me on Instagram at badcrushest2015.
15:05And that's also on my website as well.
15:08And then you can follow me on Facebook as Shannon Crush Rucker.
15:11Oh, I love that.
15:12Yes.
15:13I, again, I'm Kiata Spicer.
15:17I've just got married.
15:18Oh, shout out.
15:19Yeah, correct.
15:20Your last name.
15:21Your last name.
15:24So I can be found on Instagram and Facebook as Kiata Spicer or at Yaya's Variety Shop on
15:31Instagram and Facebook.
15:33Okay.
15:33Yes, ma'am.
15:34I'm getting me one of those, one of those wreaths.
15:36And shout out to Dave Bishop.
15:40I'm also a recipient of Detroit Choice Awards for a community maven of the year.
15:45Yes.
15:46And business leader.
15:48So it is an esteemed honor for sure.
15:51Dave Bishop always.
15:53He's also a person who shines a lot of light on the community and really makes sure a lot
15:58of people are seen.
16:00Are seen.
16:00And I enjoy just working with him in other capacities as well.
16:05But he's a great, just a great person overall.
16:09So we want to give a shout out to Dave Bishop and the Detroit Choice Awards.
16:16Yes.
16:16And then just Paris Beaver.
16:20We have Paris Tax Service dot com at Paris Tax Service on social media handles Paris Tax
16:29Service on Facebook.
16:31And I think she was in the studio earlier with us.
16:35And, you know, so she, you know, gave a lot of details.
16:37I'm just reiterating because we cover the tribe around here.
16:40Okay.
16:40You all sit together over here.
16:42No, really don't.
16:43Shouts of Paris Services.
16:45Yes.
16:45In Detroit, Michigan.
16:46Okay.
16:47The number one.
16:48Okay.
16:49Tax Service in Detroit, Michigan.
16:50Okay.
16:51Yeah.
16:52So anyway, Lori, we can't thank you enough because you always show up for the tribe.
16:56Of course.
16:57At every event.
16:58Every, like we can always depend on you to help continue what we're doing in our spaces.
17:05So we just want to give you your flowers, Lori.
17:08You are amazing.
17:09105.1 Bounce for having us and for always allowing my clients to come through and shine
17:16their light.
17:17And thank you, Natasha.
17:18Oh, thank you.
17:20I'm going to say, Natasha.
17:21Now, you already know this.
17:22I love you.
17:23You know, you are, you embody just everything that anybody that wants to be an entrepreneur,
17:30just a leader.
17:31You do that.
17:32So I'm just happy that I'm able to just be a part of you, just to come and help anything
17:37that you do.
17:38I'm just happy.
17:38I'm just able to just come.
17:40And it's always a time.
17:41It's always a time.
17:42It's always a time.
17:43That's the best part for us all.
17:46It's that I think we all leave more inspired.
17:48Like, okay.
17:49It's like, I don't know, an energy boost that you just don't know you need.
17:54You leave feeling great every time.
17:56Every time.
17:56So that's what I love.
17:57And I just hope that if you get a chance to go to a Natasha Lee experience, that girl,
18:02anything.
18:02Being that girl experience, guys.
18:04It's Coyne.
18:05Being that girl experience.
18:06You're going to leave knowing like, look, I feel good.
18:08I got that warm, fuzzy feeling inside.
18:10Yeah.
18:10It's from real women being around real people.
18:13Okay.
18:13Yes.
18:13Yes.
18:14Okay.
18:14Thank you guys all for coming, taking the time out your day.
18:17I know you're busy.
18:17I know y'all got things to do.
18:19Thank you so much.
18:20Okay.
18:23All right.
18:24Detrick 105.1.
18:26We out.
18:28Peace.
18:29We out.
18:30Yep.
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