The Stubborn Sunflower

We apologize for the delayed posting of yesterdays photos, we took Dadpool to the Ren Faire today! 🍻

Thank you all SO much for coming out to yesterday’s Meet & Greet! Dadpool had fans from as far as Iowa come to say hello in person and grab some merch! 🥹

We managed to snag some photos, but tried to stay out of the way for everyone to grab their own! Feel free to share your photos with us in the comments! 🫶🏻🫶🏻

This weekend threw us entirely off schedule, but we’re still working on custom orders in the background! We will be reaching out to a few of you tomorrow! ❤️

We cannot say thank you enough to the Antioch Theatre, The Mexican Paradise Cafe and Little Bean Coffee Co for going along with our shenanigans and allowing us the opportunity to film at your locations yesterday! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 We got some fantastic shots that wouldn’t otherwise have been possible.

To those who stopped to take photos, thank you! It was truly so heartwarming to all of us to see the smiles it brought. 🫶🏻

Life is short, we’re just here to make the best of it ❤️

Make sure you guys so see our girl Mary and get your hair sparkled!!! 😍😍😍

Today is the day! 🎉🎉
Fairy hair and mimosas in Antioch
Come shop the sales at both stores.
Come see all our new arrivals.
Great Lakes Antique Boutique
1615 Main, Antioch
Great Lakes Antique Boutique
15 Commerce Drive, Grayslake
Illinois

This weekend is a jam packed one for us and it’s not everyday Dadpool comes to visit our shop! 🤩 You might be able to catch us around town throughout the weekend filming, but we do have to adjust our hours to help create some magic.

We will be closed Friday-Sunday, with Special Saturday hours. The shop will be open from 3-6pm with the TheOfficialDadpool Meet & Greet from 4-6.

If you have an outstanding pickup order with us, we either already have or will reach out to arrange a time that works for you! As always, please reach out to us if you need anything! Thank you guys for understanding! ❤️

Enjoyed the beauty that nature treated us with today ⚡️🫶🏻🌈 ( minus the heat 🥵😂 )

Wishing everyone headed back to school today an amazing and safe first day! ❤️

and to the parents, ENJOY! 🥹

We had SUCH an amazing weekend! It was so great getting to meet so many new faces, seeing our regulars, and celebrating our new park! ❤️

This Shop & Play event was an amazing way for us to get to celebrate with all of you. Thank you SO much to Heather at Family Heirloom Antiques and Christine at Inspired Home for organizing everything and bringing us all together 🫶🏻

Today was an absolutely beautiful opening ceremony for Antioch’s new Sequoit Creek Park! 🤩 The kids had a blast and are so excited to have a new place to play and we are excited to see the continued growth in the community. Antioch is an amazing town and one we are PROUD to have opened our doors in. ❤️

Tomorrow is the big day! 🤩 Which part of the new park are you most excited for?! We will be open early tomorrow from 9am - 5pm, with a brief closing at 10:45-11:15, to attend the grand opening.

Make sure you visit us, as well as the 15 other women owned small businesses in town, for a chance to win some pretty sweet raffle prizes! Get one entry for just walking in and then an additional entry for every $20(pre-tax) spent 😍🎟️

*Visit participating shop for their specific hours and event specials.

Family Heirloom Antiques
Found Vintage Home and Gifts
Hannah's Home Accents
Inspired Home
The Island Antiques
Leathers 4U II, Inc
Little Bean Books
Merle Norman Antioch
Ms. Peddler's Boutique
Polished Patina
Rustic and Reclaimed Market
The Stubborn Sunflower
The Village Thrift Shop
Vintage Mercantile
Wilmot Heritage Antiques
Zanna Dunes

Sponsored by the Village of Antioch, Illinois

Happy Hump Day! 🐪 Quick admin update!

We have had a few incidents recently where our emails were sent but not received. We do know that ours like to dumpster dive and end up in spam, so we always advise everyone to check there first! 💌 If you’ve still received no response within 3 days, please let us know so we can resend! ❤️

Secondly, IT’S ALMOST BACK TO SCHOOL! 🥳 We cannot thank everyone enough for their patience as we navigated our first summer. Having the kiddos home was challenging, to say the least, but we made it! Our response times have been slightly slower, but we’re so pleased to have had every order out right on time, if not early.

You guys are amazing! Thank you for making all of what we do possible. Let’s have an amazing weekend! 🥳🛍️❤️🫶🏻

Okay, who found the new placement of the googly eyes at Walmart ? 😂😂😂😂

Are you ready for the new Sequiot Creek Park opening next weekend?! We’ve partnered with 15 other shops downtown for 4 days of fun, shopping small, raffle prizes and so much more 🤩

🎟️ How to play for a chance to win:
-Visit participating shops* August 15th through 18th to receive one prize entry ticket from each location. (No purchase required to play; must be over 18.)
-Earn additional tickets for every $20 (pre-tax) spent at each location. After August 18th, each shop will randomly choose one Shop and Play prize winner.
-All entry tickets will be gathered from the participating shops for the grand prize drawing! Only one grand prize winner will be chosen. All winners will be announced on August 21, 2024.

*Visit participating shop for their specific hours and event specials.

Family Heirloom Antiques
Found Vintage Home and Gifts
Hannah's Home Accents
Inspired Home
The Island Antiques
Leathers 4U II, Inc
Little Bean Books
Merle Norman Antioch
Ms. Peddler's Boutique
Polished Patina
Rustic and Reclaimed Market
The Stubborn Sunflower
The Village Thrift Shop
Vintage Mercantile
Wilmot Heritage Antiques
Zanna Dunes

Sponsored by the Village of Antioch, Illinois

We will have 1 bag of each available for pickup tomorrow!
🍅 Cherry Tomatoes & 🫑 Pepper Mix! Each bag is $5 ❤️

If you’re looking for something to do, come see us for our Emotional Support Plant sale, then pop next door to ! Did you know their scones are made fresh every Saturday? (10/10 recommend the lemon blueberry and vanilla bean 😋) Happy SaturYAY, friends! 🫶🏻🪴🥐

We haven’t updated our albums in awhile because … well, summer break has been hectic to say the least 🥲 Here’s some of what we’ve completed the last few months! ❤️

Are we dressing up as Barbie’s ? Yes, yes we are 😍

Barbie's BD Bash - Family Style! Sign up family & friends for BBB     BARBIE'S BIRTHDAY BASH - FAMILY STYLE!!! Saturday, September 28, 2024, Noon till 4 pm CLICK TO LEARN MORE All ages are welcome! Don't forget Ken! Be one of the fir

Our foster babies are ready for their forever home! 🌱Emotional support plants are on sale for $5 today! We also have fresh cut sunflowers 🌻

We’re here today until 5pm and available always at TheStubbornSunflower.Com 🫶🏻

Don’t be shy, tell us what you’re on the hunt for! Or better yet, stop in and see all the awesomeness in person!

Our good friend Dadpool is hosting an awesome giveaway on Tiktok this month with merch made by yours truly! 🌻❤️

TikTok · TheOfficialDadpool 4882 likes, 327 comments. “New month, new you know what!!! Thank you for sponsoring this EPIC giveaway! Watch it, listen and ENTER! One winner chosen at random at the end of the month.”

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🚀 New Episode Alert! 🎧

Join us on ‘Small Business Big Dreams’ as we sit down with Angela of Little Bean Coffee and Books! 📚☕️ Angela shares her journey of blending a passion for books and coffee into a thriving community hub. You won’t want to miss her inspiring story and the tips she has for aspiring entrepreneurs. Tune in now!

Little Bean Coffee Co
Little Bean Books

Tune in here! - https://linktr.ee/smallbusinessbigdreams

We adore these ladies! Antioch is such an amazing place and we are forever thankful to have so many wonderful places to shop ❤️

I love working with this group of women! ❤️

We are planning a big event beginning August 15th including 8 additional businesses in town. I’ll be tagging them in future posts!

You are going to want to visit all of us that weekend!!! Follow everyone’s page for information!

Little Bean Books
Family Heirloom Antiques
Inspired Home
Hannah's Home Accents
Wilmot Heritage Antiques
The Stubborn Sunflower
Found Vintage Home and Gifts
The Island Antiques