sasha varni

shop owner

Raised in Carmel, in a family of retailers - it's in my blood! Worked for my mom's candle store growing up and in college. Lived in Italy for a short time after college, then moved to SF and worked for Sephora corporate, then bareMinerals corporate doing marketing and producing their video content and commercials. Moved to Walnut Creek the week before I had my first baby (10.5 years ago!), and when I went back to work commuting into the city after maternity leave, I realized that wasn't the job for me anymore. My mom and I decided to open a gift shop - when we both moved here we were surprised that there were virtually no small boutiques and we felt there was a big need. We were right, and have our amazing customers to thank for our continued expansion including opening an additional building we call Little Wish (kids and baby gifts), and an ecommerce website shipping nationwide... And here we are celebrating our 10 year anniversary this month!!