Growing up in the 80s and 90s, the Oprah Winfrey talk show was on our TV every afternoon from 4pm-5pm on channel 4. My Mom watched it religiously, and by proxy, my siblings and I did too.  Those were the days I'd eat an entire box of pasta with parmesan cheese as an after-school snack, or sprinkle cinnamon onto a massive bowl of vanilla ice cream as I waited for Geraldo's show to wrap so Oprah's could begin. 

 

When my sister and I started the Locket Sisters almost 8.5 years ago, she had a goal of catching Oprah's attention so we could be one of “Oprah's Favorite Things", which I once read has a buying power that lasts two years. TWO YEARS! That means that anything that Oprah added to her annual list of gifts for one studio audience impacted us as shoppers for two more years beyond the air date of that episode. This information, matched with the legacy of Oprah Winfrey's voice in our childhood home, and then sprinkle on my sister's willingness to dream really, really big, meant why wouldn't we send her a locket?

Nothing came of sending lockets toward Oprah's orbit, and the idea moved to the back of our minds. Besides, we've been featured in wonderful magazines and TV shows over the years and been so grateful for each opportunity to tell people about what we do. Each one has lead to the next thing, and the next thing, and the next thing, something divine always carrying us wherever we need to go next.