Rest assure, this is not a mother/daughter shop dispute or breakup. We decided to expand to another shop, especially since I just started with an expansive collection of jewelry, ornaments, prints, wooden purses and the list goes on.
Some time next week, I plan on opening up MELLEBELLE 2. "Belle's Trinkets & Treasures Collection". It's exciting to branch off a bit and leave room in Mom's portion of the shop. I can hopefully now sign up on etsy with the MELLEBELLE name. When I started the shop back in 2007, I signed up with my name, thinking it was just a sign-in/password deal, and not the shop name itself. Yep, I messed up and it's impossible to change, unless we wanted to start the shop over, losing our feedback and such.
Here's the prospect banner for this expansion. The font/type reflects more my style, color scheme is the same and the name is forever :)