About Us

“IT SEEMS TO ME WE CAN NEVER GIVE UP LONGING AND WISHING WHILE WE ARE STILL ALIVE. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS WE NEED TO FEEL BEAUTIFUL AND GOOD, AND WE MUST HUNGER FOR THEM.“ - George Eliot

 

“AND I JUST LOOKED UP AT THE NIGHT SKY, AND THERE WAS 1 BEAUTIFUL, GLOWING STAR, AND JUST LIKE THAT, I CLOSED MY EYES, CAUGHT MY BREATH, AND MADE A WISH.” - Katie Marks, Owner Wear Your Wish

 

“ITS OKAY TO DREAM, ITS OKAY TO WISH ON A STAR, ITS OKAY SEND YOUR WISHES TO THE SKY WITH THE SEEDS OF A DANDELION, ITS OK TO FEEL THOSE GOOD GOOD FEELINGS WHEN YOU DO THESE  THINGS, SOMETIMES SOMETHING SO SMALL, CAN MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.” - Katie Marks, Owner Wear Your Wish

 

It all started with a wish, I had when I was a little girl. I loved making people happy, and laugh from then to this day. NOTHING made me happier, then to make others laugh and happy.

…my life took a turn in my teens, and I got lost. VERY lost. I made some very bad choices, and didn’t think I was going to see my 20s.

…but it took me sitting by myself in an empty parking lot .. hundreds of miles away, with nobody in my corner, for me to wish I could get back all I had lost. I needed to feel something again, I had reached my bottom, I had lived a lifetime in my 18 years, and a few days later, I found out I was going to be a mom. It took me YEARS to regain trust, and forgiveness from the people I had hurt in my path of destruction. In the next 10 years, I got married, had 2 more children, was diagnosed and beat cancer. (WOOHOO) and after yet another bad turn, I found myself in a similar situation, but this time, I had 3 little faces looking at me, MOM to keep them safe happy and healthy. And I fought back instead of running away like I had done 10 years prior.

I decided I was no longer going to allow my life to take a back seat .. for ANYONE. I wanted to be happy. I knew I could be happy. I knew what I had to do, so I took my 3 kids, and started over just the 4 of us.

Against the opinions of some people, I knew I was doing what was right for US. And I was right. Through the next 13 years, I rediscovered who I was, I started doing the things I used to love. I met a lot of great people, some I can thank for getting me to where I am today (they know who they are). I've watched 2 of my kids graduate college, bought my 1^st home, and started wishing again, but the difference now, is all those wishes I made as a kid, when I was lost in NC, when I was starting over with 3 kids, is they are now coming true.

Through out my life, I would find myself doodling, it was my way to escape. I'd play music, or sit outside and listen to the sounds around me, and I was always seeing these dandelions, sometimes in the weirdest places.. it made me look twice the more I would see them.. and couple that with me always looking at the clock at 11:11 .. seeing “1111” everywhere, I started to incorporate that into my doodles, and then I found looking back a lot of things I had drawn had dandelions and 11:11 in them.. and the older I got I found the more I thought about my art time 😊 the happier it made me. I found myself feeling those feelings, I had as a kid, and it was such a good feeling, I wanted to give others the same feeling. I wanted the people around me to experience those genuine happy feelings and thoughts I would and still get when I see the perfect dandelion, when I am looking up at the sky on a beautiful clear night, when I check the time and guess what? 😊 I want everyone to have the same good good feels as I get. Its such a beautiful feeling!

DON’T EVER STOP MAKING YOUR WISHES, BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU THEY CAN COME TRUE. YOU JUST NEED TO BELIEVE IN THEM.