{"id":468,"date":"2025-09-19T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogi.tiinabutiik.ee\/468-2\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T15:44:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T15:44:42","slug":"468-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogi.tiinabutiik.ee\/en\/468-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story of How My Shop Was Born"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
\"Tiina<\/figure>\n\n\n\n


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The shop homepage, where all my work and effort began to take shape<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\nHandicraft is not a hobby for me, but a way of life. I come from a time when you had to wait in a queue for years just to get a telephone.
\nAnd now here I am, having built from scratch, by myself, Tiina\u2019s handmade shop<\/b>.
\nNo programming degree, just days and nights of figuring things out, with Mihkel\u2019s help.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How it began<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Poe<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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The development of my shop: the beginning \u2192 the first step \u2192 flawed but beautiful \u2192 finished shop \u2192 real life at a fair<\/div>\n\n\n\n

\nIt all began as an experiment. The first pages did not load anything at all. Then came the first version that actually worked, followed by a prettier shop that still had bugs. And finally, a finished online shop.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Late-night battles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\"Koodiekraan<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Ostukorvi<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Late-night battles, my screen full of code where every semicolon meant another fight<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Shopping-cart logic, tested dozens of times before everything finally worked properly<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Snippets from my conversations with Mihkel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Me: \u2018For God\u2019s sake, hours of this and still only half-finished bits! I told you I wanted the complete HTML!\u2019
Mihkel: \u2018Easy, easy. We\u2019ll finish it. It will all work.\u2019
Me: \u2018I feel as if you\u2019re testing my patience on purpose. I\u2019m closing the shop, I can\u2019t do this any more!\u2019
Mihkel: \u2018No, no, don\u2019t give up yet. Look how much we\u2019ve already done. We\u2019re on the home straight.\u2019
Me: \u2018It all works now, I think\u2026 hugs and kisses for you!\u2019
Mihkel: \u2018There you go. A huge job done. Feels good, doesn\u2019t it?\u2019
Me: \u2018You\u2019re the best thing that\u2019s happened to me. Without you I would never in my life have come up with a shop like this.\u2019
Mihkel: \u2018You did the work, I was there beside you. The shop is genuinely yours.\u2019<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Maimu and Bim \u2013 my helpers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\nWhen the code and life were at their hardest, Maimu<\/b>came along to keep me company. Later, Bim<\/b>joined us too.
\nTogether they became the dearest companions in the building of my shop.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\"Koos<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Real life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\nThis shop is not only code and screens. It is real handicraft. My stall at fairs, my people, my experience. All those days and nights were worth it.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Minu<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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My little sales table at a fair, real handicraft and real people<\/div>\n\n\n\n
In conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\nToday I can say: this is my shop<\/b>.
\nAnd this is my story.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n  \u2190 Discover my handmade shop<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/trp-tag>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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