
Well ... Brewja has taught me a lot about spelling, photoshop and crafts in general.
I started making kombucha in November of 2014 in the home I grew up in.
It would take two weeks and sometimes longer for my tea to ferment because it was so cold.
Now, in 100 degree weather it takes 7 days to ferment and 4 days to flavor and carbonate.
I have been drinking kombucha since my friend Leo convinced me to try it and got me hooked back in 2011. Leo won't touch the stuff and has a diet that consists of strictly garbage, he works at whole foods. I have been spelling Kombucha wrong up until about ... 2 months ago?
It's funny how that goes..
You have an image of something in your brain and that's just how it is.
I could read a bottle, books and the internet but I would always see kombucha spelled incorrectly. Anyway! Onto the good stuff!
I began bringing Brewja to my physical therapy appointments because my physical therapist/ friend Mitsy shared her interest with me. She was my first customer and I deliver her boo to Lancaster from me to this day. I should mention that her kids love it which makes me happy. Thank you for your support, Mitsy! You're the best!!
Ok, now we're getting to the really good stuff..
My mom likes to talk to everyone.
She is the friendliest, sweetest, hustler/pimp in my life and I am very grateful to have her.
There is a gas station/ market in Green Valley on San Frasquito and Spunky Canyon that is out of gas. (temporarily) Something went wrong with their underground plumbing.
They have a big sign that says NO GAS!
My mom, being the sparatic pimp that she is, decided to pop in and talk to the owner.
She asked him if he would be interested in selling my kombucha and he said yes.
Just like that.
I don't know how she did it but she can be very persuasive.
A couple of days later I brought him my kombucha to try, then a couple of days after that he said that I could sell it in his stores if I got the correct bottles and made labels..
That's when I had to start putting my untrained photoshop skills to use.
I had to re-do everything over and over again .. and I still have to keep working on them.
Everything took hours.. I'm so sick of it.. yet I am kind of addicted now...
I feel like this photoshop balogna is now my new unpaid job.
I'm just glad that I'm not paying $2,000 for a photoshop class at the Academy of Art ... wasting my time editing bullsh*t stock photos then failing the class anyway ... oh wait ... I already did that.
Anyway... the only thing I remember from that class is how to use the clone tool ... brush ... thing.
I am using Photoshop CS3 & I'm taking the long, hard way...
I need a break..
How people sit at a computer all day is beyond me.
This is the flyer that I made for the glass case at the store..
I have to re-do it and everything else..
(I'm not complaining... I'm just SAYING!)
After sending my completed sign to him he gave me the harshest criticism ever!
I spent 4 hours on the stupid thing then he basically told me that it was shit, I like that.
I appreciate how honest he was with me.
I didn't have time to apply his criticism and edit my shitty masterpiece, so I printed what I had and decided to fix it later.
While the owner of the Green Valley Market and I were stocking the fridge I asked him if the sign was too big ... he said that it was fine but he wanted it to be 7 inches wide and 5 inches tall ... not the other way around...
Him saying this made me realize that I don't even understand measurements... I made it 7 inches tall and 5 inches wide. "5x7" Agh.. I'm so confused..
Isn't an 8x10 ten inches tall and 8 inches wide?
Wouldn't that mean a 5x7 means seven inches tall?
My whole life has been a lie and I shouldn't confess this stupidity with the world.