Dream, then Create.
Is it Really That Straightforward?
I’ve been right where you are, trying to build my tattoo business. As I said, not the easiest thing to do, and if I had to do it all over again, I’d make a few different business choices.
Dream chasing is NOT for the faint of heart or thin-skinned.
And mental health is a real thing that requires a heaping helping of delusion, a splash of creativity and a pinch of culturally competent therapy.
Oh! And saying YES to your life's vision over and over again, COME WHAT MAY!
Imani has let us see who she is as a multi-hyphenate artist and empath.
Her Shoppe Gal and kawaii ethos is embedded in each chapter and asks the reader to adopt the spirit and not just experience these concepts from the periphery.
Kokayi Issa
Director of Less Talk More Walk LLC
How does that sound?
Dear Black Creative, You May Dream
Pretty simple, don’t you think?
Get to know the Y.U.M.E. create (dream, create) way!
Shoppe Gal, The Memoir will introduce you to the 4-step methodology Imani uses build, navigate, and sustain her dream life, daily. And teach you how to integrate the Y.U.M.E. way into your own creative life.
REAL TALK, Creative ...
There’s absolutely nothing stopping you from reaching out and creating the business you’ve always had in mind- well, except you, that is!
But, if you are finally tired of shelving your dreams, Shoppe Gal, The Memoir is just the inspiration you need!
MEET the AUTHOR
Imani K Brown
Codename: Pinkalicious, Imani K Brown is an intuitive tattoo artist/ illustrator known as ipukekawaii around the inter webs. A DC thoroughbred, this gal LOVES moody street fashion, cheering on Black creative misfits, the color pink, talking tattoo and Instagram. She's loaded with big pink healing energy, holding creatives accountable to get shit done & stay in their bag!
Imani wants Black femme creatives to know that femininity is like the finest lace. Pretty and utilitarian but strong AF! And we should embrace dat sh!t ... unapologetically
MEET the EDITOR
Angela Tvarozek
Angie Tvarozek is an editor by day and electronica producer by night otherwise known as MerlinBerlin. Born in DC and raised in PG County, Angie LOVES food, gassing up her friends, the color black, being Black, hockey, and her two kitties: Kaiju and Gypsy Danger ("G," for short). Feel free to stop and say "heyyyy" if you see her twerking on a handstand during a trance set at Echostage.
Angie's favorite "Memoirs of a Shoppe Gal" chapters:
"My First Tattoo," "Ambition Looks Good on Me,"
and "Ittari Kitari Escapism"
Lead with Your Heart & Let Logic Follow
It's the Shoppe Gal Way
I feel validated as a black woman who has often been in male-dominated spaces who has had to make her own path toward success. Imani describes so many experiences that many women, especially black women and women of color, go through internally or externally. There were many passages I wanted to highlight, so many phrases where I audibly said, "Yasss!" It was powerful at points, funny in others. But it felt like it was coming from someone like me.
Imani's memoir was a fun read for me. I didnt want to stop! Not only did I learn so much about my friend, but I felt like I could connect to her even more through reading about her life and her journey as an artist. She's always been an inspiration for me but now that has grown tenfold after reading. Reading this made me want to awake the shoppe gal in me and take my world by storm.
Hi, I’m Imani K. Brown
And I’m the author of Shoppe Gal, The Memoir and creative behind the Y.U.M.E methodology.
I am passionate about using self-expression for personal wellness, which is the driving factor behind my tattoo therapy business.
I know how difficult things can get for Black creatives who are simply trying to establish their brands, which is why I wrote this book and developed the Y.U.M.E methodology to help creatives like you get solid footing in the world of entrepreneurship and finally start making money from their art.
If you want to learn how to give yourself permission to create unapologetically and build a profitable business, start with Shoppe Gal, The Memoir, written by Imani of Litte INKPLAY Shop® today.
Foreword by Miya Bailey
"I watched her push forward and lay the way for many black women in the tattoo industry today. Overcoming dark periods in life, shining through with a light that has inspired many including myself."
Your Dream Life ...
Is Waiting!
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