One of the area's newest boutiques ended its first year of business by giving back to the community this holiday season.
Local boutique That's So Mimi donates a total of 1,117 food items to students at Rock Spring Elementary School, with one item of food donated for each item purchased from the virtual store. (Contributed photos)
Local boutique That's So Mimi donates a total of 1,117 food items to students at Rock Spring Elementary School, with one item of food donated for each item purchased from the virtual store. (Contributed photos)That's So Mimi, an online boutique based in LaFayette, donated a total of 1,117 food items to the families of students at Rock Spring Elementary School last month.
Kim Carlock, owner of the virtual store, said the goal was to ensure that families in need were able to have enough food to prepare meals over Christmas break.
Among the food items donated were easy-to-prepare selections such as macaroni and cheese, ramen noodles and corn muffin mix. The offerings also included a variety of individually canned vegetables, such as corn, carrots and peas.
Carlock said the boutique donated one item of food for each item purchased from That's So Mimi over a specified time period.
Established last January, the store sells custom-made vinyl, monograms, home decor items, clothing and accessories. Carlock started the boutique after losing her sister to brain cancer during the summer of 2017. The two had always dreamed of starting a craft business together.
Carlock has since worked to make that dream a reality in her sister's honor, incorporating the nickname "Mimi," which her sister gave her, into the business's title.
"Although she isn't here for us to have a craft business together ... I will definitely enjoy creating things for others while knowing she is smiling big from heaven," Carlock said.
Open dates for the store's physical boutique room in LaFayette can be found by connecting to That's So Mimi through Facebook.
Email Myron Madden at mmadden@timesfreepress.com.