Laissez les bon temps rouler! I can’t express my love for Folly Beach, SC enough! I love the community, the beach and even all the tourist that keep it thriving and such a fun little island to call home. Saturday Folly Beach hosted their annual Mardi Gras parade and street festival… It was perfect! I was so happy to be part of the festival as a vendor. If you haven’t visited Folly Beach, do yourself a favor and check it out. The next event is the Sea & Sand Fest on April 8th! Hopefully we’ll get lucky with weather once again! Cheers & Happy Mardi Gras!

In case y’all are wondering exactly where the name “Zinnialou” came from!? I’m gonna tell you… It was my Great Aunt’s name… Well, I grew up calling her Aunt Beck and it was just a few years ago that we found out the truth about her alias. After Aunt Beck passed, we found her birth certificate and poof there was her real name. Imagine our shock of learning she changed her name to Rebecca at the appropriate age. Zinnialou was way more fitting for this free spirited woman. She was a riot. I feel like my jewelry designs fully grasp the “Zinnialou” side of “Aunt Beck”. I think she would be proud of her name today!