#bestofastoria2017

[tocanycvintage]

Justin and I have been in the NYC Service Industry for over 20 years each and pride ourselves in going the extra step to provide GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE for ANOTHER SATISFIED CUSTOMER in Michigan! Special thanks to Emily-The gothic jewelry designer behind Raven Eve Jewelry @ravenevejewelry for this positive review on our small business on one of our 3 Etsy shops! We shipped a circa 1800's Gothic wood carved cupboard to her home in Michigan, and everyone is winning! . Check her out! She has designed jewlery for Courtney Love , and Kat Von D, Margaret Cho just to name a few. Shop👉Etsy.com/shop/RavenEveJewelry . #etsyseller #payitforward #serviceIndustry #supportsmallbusiness #nychustle #etsyshop #etsyvintage #bestofastoria2017 #bestofasoria #weheartastoria #astoriany #astoria #astoriaqueens #happycustomer #satisfiedcustomer #nycvintage #vintageshop #manhattanantiques #shopvintage (at TOCA NYC STORE)

[tavernakyclades-blog]

We are so humbled that Astoria loves us as much as we love Astoria. #bestofastoria2017 #tavernakyclades #astoria #bayside2017 #humbled

[tocanycvintage]

READ ABOUT OUR JOURNEY BELOW + VOTE! "TOCA NYC STORE" as Favorite Boutique in the @weheartastoria We Heart Astoria's #bestofastoria 2017 nominations! Link in the bio to vote! Thank you friends and followers for nominating us! . Almost 4 years ago this is the day Justin and I had to put on our game face! What game? We had not idea at this very moment. All we knew is that Justin and I overbid on a collection of authentic vintage "NYC Opera" costumes, not knowing it would fill up a 16ft truck. We thought our second bedroom (walk in closet would suffice) We now know we made the best mistake of our life. We thought we would start an Etsy store for a side business, HAHA!! We only had one day to find a space to store these costumes before we had to pick them up, and the next day Justin started hanging pipes. After finding our storefront 1 day later with no option but to take it, we thought what did we just do? What are we going to do with this space? We had no time to think and knew we had to create a vintage shop because that's where our passion always led us. Because the cost of storing costumes was not going to cut it. We invested everything and then even more and walked into a field we knew little about, but knew we loved. We jumped fast into the deep end together and learned as time rolled along. Astoria has allowed us to learn the ropes while we have gained momentum and made many mistakes along the way. We still have so much farther to grow, and maybe hopefully we can leave our night and day jobs! But we thank you NYC for always reminding us that "WE'VE GOT THE EYE"! Congrats to all the other nominees who also all have a very similar story, and what's great is we all support each other because we love Astoria !! Astoria has allowed all us little folk to risk it all and follow our dreams! Thank u Astoria! . . #smallbusiness #bestofastoria #weheartastoria #onedayatatime #AstoriaSmallBusiness #astoria #astoryofastoria #shopsmallastoria #queensvintage #astoriashopping #nycvintage #astoriavintage #bestofastoria2017 #whenlifegivesulemons #astoriaqueens #astoriany #queensvintage #queensny #bestofqueens #nycsmallbiz #nycsmallbusiness #bestofnyc #weheartastoria (at TOCA NYC STORE)

[tocanycvintage]

NOMINATE US for BEST OF ASTORIA 2017 now thru Wednesday March 22nd! . Toca Nyc Store for FAVORITE BOUTIQUE . Thank you in advance Instagram followers, friends and clients, Please take a moment to click on the blue link in our Instagram bio to vote for We Heart Astoria's annual Astoria Favorites. . #weheartAstoria @weheartastoria #queensny #queens #longislandcity #Lic #licny #licqueens #bestofastoria2017 #astoria #bestofastoria #astoria #astoriaqueens #astoriany #bestofny #nycvintage #queensvintage #astoriavintage #queensgetsthemoney #queensnewyork (at TOCA NYC STORE)