How I Got My Blog Name

We have been asked by Karen from

My Colonial Home

to disclose how we came up with our blog name.

 

First I would like to thank Karen for coming up with this

brainstorm  wonderful idea. LOL

There are truly some creative folks out here in blogland and I am glad to be a part of it.

 

Looking back at how I decided on my name brings back

 

Frustration (Lack of blogging experience)

 

Fretfulness (Will anyone follow me)

 

Joy ( Knowing I could do this)

 

Pride ( My love of prims)

 

First let me start on how our business originated.

Bob and I started our antique and craft business

on the back porch of our house in 2008.

We then moved our business to a local antique mall.

The owner of that mall gave us the chance to sell our wares

in the back room of the store.

It was a perfect location with 1000 sq ft of space.

We added a window and a prim porch

and proudly stenciled on the window

 

Back Porch Primitives

Primitives ~ Candles ~ Crafts

 

After two years at the mall

and becoming the owners best selling vendors

(he did not think primitives would sell in our county)

 

I told him that I wanted to bring them to the county.

( we proved him wrong)

 

Anyway, after two wonderful years,

he sat us down to give us bad news.

He was dying from a rare lung disease.

He then made Bob the manager of the store.

After a year later, he was in the last stage and we decided it was time to move on.

 

 

 

Bob and I searched for another location in Town and found a nice 1800 yr old building that suited us and we sealed the deal in July 2010. We had our own building!

Since we were bringing in 20 other dealers with us and creating our own mall,

we felt we needed to change our name to

Back Porch Antiques.

 

Next came the blog in 2011.

 

What to name it.

Back Porch Primitives was my first thought...

but I wanted it to be different.

 

Then came

 

Backyard Primitives (already taken)

 

Water Thyme Primitives (Nah)

 

River Primitives (since I live by the river)

 

Then as I almost threw in the towel...

the light bulb hit...

 

By the river...changed to...

 

Prims By The Water

 

And so it began....

 

 

Prims by the water blessings to all,

Janice